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

Rufus Sewell
English actor
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
Irish professional rugby union player
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
French actress
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
English professional footballer
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
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
Turkish-British novelist
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
British television and radio executive
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
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
Actor
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
Actor and Poet
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
American film, television, and theatre director
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
English television and radio sports presenter
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
Secretary of State for Transport
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
Conservative Party politician
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
Indian international cricketer
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
Chairman of the BBC
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
English drummer
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
British journalist
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
American actor
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
Russian fashion model
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 ...