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Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

English actor

Date of Birth: 29 October 1967
Age: 58

Rufus Frederik Sewellis an English actor. In film, he has appeared in Carrington (1995), Hamlet (1996), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dark City (1998), A Knight's Tale (2001), The Legend of Zorro (2005), T...

Jonathan Sexton

Jonathan Sexton

Irish professional rugby union player

Date of Birth: 11 July 1985
Age: 40

Jonathan Jeremiah Sextonis an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for and captains the Ireland national team. He also played club rugby for Leinster and Racing 92. He also re...

Lea Seydoux-fornier

Lea Seydoux-fornier

French actress

Date of Birth: 1 July 1985
Age: 40

Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonneis a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received various accolades including five César Award nominations, two Lumières Awards...

Jamie Shackleton

Jamie Shackleton

English professional footballer

Date of Birth: 8 October 1999
Age: 26

Jamie Stuart Shackletonis an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Leeds United. Shackleton can also play as a right-back. A graduate of the Lee...

Paul Shackleton

Paul Shackleton

Corporate Finance Director at Arden Partners

Paul Shackletonis Corporate Finance Director at Arden Partners. Career Corporate Finance Director Arden PartnersCorporate Finance Director Wh IrelandHead of Corporate Finance Daniel Stewart & CompanyC...

Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

Turkish-British novelist

Date of Birth: 25 October 1971
Age: 54

Elif Shafakis a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist and activist. Shafak[a] writes in Turkish and English, and has published 19 works. She is best known for her nov...

Samir Shah

Samir Shah

British television and radio executive

Date of Birth: 29 January 1952
Age: 74

Samir Shahis a British television and radio executive. He has worked for London Weekend Television, the BBC, and is the chief executive of Juniper TV (his own one man band company) a British company. ...

Faiza Shaheen

Faiza Shaheen

British academic and economist

Faiza Shaheenis a British academic and economist in the field of economic inequality. In 2018, she was selected to be the prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour for Chingford and Woodford Gree...

Saagar Shaikh

Saagar Shaikh

Actor

Date of Birth: 29 November 1986
Age: 39

Saagar Shaikhis filmmaker, actor, and influencer who has been seen in episodes of Just Giggle It and Average Joe. He has also appeared in films like Chavez Cage of Glory and Welcome to Forever. Outsid...

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Actor and Poet

Date of Birth: 26 April 1564
Age: 51

William Shakespearewas an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's nati...

Matt Shakman

Matt Shakman

American film, television, and theatre director

Date of Birth: 8 August 1975
Age: 50

Matt Shakmanis an American film, television, and theatre director, and former child actor. He produced and directed WandaVision and has directed episodes of The Great, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphi...

Katie Shanahan

Katie Shanahan

English television and radio sports presenter

Date of Birth: 20 December 1991
Age: 34

Katie Shanahanis an English television and radio sports presenter and former field hockey player. She has worked with major UK broadcasters including Sky Sports, BBC Sport, ITV Sport, Channel 5 and ta...

Grant Shapps

Grant Shapps

Secretary of State for Transport

Date of Birth: 14 September 1968
Age: 57

Grant Shapps(born 14 September 1968) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since 2019. Shapps also has Cabinet responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse.[1] A mem...

Alok Sharma

Alok Sharma

Conservative Party politician

Date of Birth: 7 September 1967
Age: 58

Sir Alok Kumar Sharmais a British Conservative Party politician who served as President for COP26 from 2021 to 2022, having previously served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial ...

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma

Indian international cricketer

Date of Birth: 30 April 1987
Age: 39

Rohit Gurunath Sharmais an Indian international cricketer and the current captain of India men’s cricket team in all formats. Considered one of the best batsmen of his generation and one of greatest o...

Richard Sharp

Richard Sharp

Chairman of the BBC

Date of Birth: 8 February 1956
Age: 70

Richard Simon Sharpis an English former banker who has been the chairman of the BBC since February 2021. Following the findings of the Heppinstall report on 28 April 2023 he announced his intention to...

Chris Sharrock

Chris Sharrock

English drummer

Date of Birth: 30 May 1964
Age: 61

Chris Sharrockis an English drummer, hailing from Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), England. He has been a member of the Icicle Works, the La's, the Wild Swans, World Party, the Lightning Seeds, R...

William Shawcross

William Shawcross

British journalist

Date of Birth: 28 May 1946
Age: 80

Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcrossis a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He is the incumbent Commissioner for Public Appointments. From 2012 to 2018 he chaired the Charity Commission for En...

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

American actor

Date of Birth: 12 November 1943
Age: 82

Wallace Michael Shawnis an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young ...

Irina Shaykhlislamova

Irina Shaykhlislamova

Russian fashion model

Date of Birth: 6 January 1986
Age: 40

Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova, known professionally asIrina Shaykis a Russian fashion model. She received international recognition when she appeared as the first Russian model on the cover of the ...