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

Alan Shearer
English football pundit
Alan Sheareris an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premi...

Edward Shearmur
Film composer
Edward Shearmuris a British film composer. Born in London, England, at age seven he sang in the boys' choir at Westminster Cathedral. Educated at Eton College, he studied at the Royal College of Music...

Dan Sheehan
Irish professional rugby union player
Dan Patrick Sheehanis an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Career Club career Sheehan signed his fi...

Michael Sheen
Welsh actor
Michael Christopher Sheenis a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in Romeo and Juliet (1992)...

Edward Sheeran
Singer-songwriter
Edward Christopher Sheeranis an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran i...

The University of Sheffield
Science and education
The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth College in 1879

Royal Dutch Shell
Industry and Production
Royal Dutch Shell, Royal Dutch shell» - a British-Dutch oil and gas company. As of 2018, it is the largest oil and gas company and the 11th largest publicly traded company in

Northern & Shell
Advertising and media
Northern & Shell was founded in 1974 as the publisher of the music magazine International Musician and Recording World. The Northern & Shell group experienced four decades of expansion from th

Blake Shelton
American country music singer
Blake Tollison Sheltonis an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin...

Simon Shelton
English actor
Simon Shelton, also known asSimon Barnes, was an English actor. Early life Shelton was born in the Bethnal Green area of London on 13 January 1966. Career Shelton was best known for his children's tel...

Dax Shepard
American actor
Dax Randall Shepardis an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Since 2018, he has hosted Armchair Expert, a podcast in which he interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives....

Benjamin Shephard
English television presenter and journalist
Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephardis an English television presenter and journalist. He is currently the co-presenter of ITV's This Morning (2024–present), alongside Cat Deeley. Shepherd was a main p...

Jack Shepherd
English actor
Jack Peter Shepherdis an English actor. He is known for portraying the role of David Platt on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 2000. For his portrayal of David, he has won various awards, in...

David Sherborne
Lawyer
David Alexander Sherborneis the son of a KC who practiced as a criminal barrister. Sherborne was educated at UCS Hampstead and at Oxford. He was called to the bar in October 1992, to specialise, like ...

Sarah (Sarah Squirm) Sherman
American comedian
Sarah Shermanalso known professionally asSarah Squirm, is an American comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Sherman is known for using surreal and body horror comedy. She became a featured player on th...

William (Billy Sherwood) Sherwood
American songwriter and singer
William Wyman Sherwood (Billy Sherwood)is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock b...

Justin Shields
Platforms and Solutions Director, Vodafone Business
Justin Shieldsleads Vodafone Business Platforms and Solutions, the team responsible for its technology strategy, including all aspects of product development and customer solutions, from design to del...

Christopher Shiflett
American musician
Christopher Aubrey Shiflettis an American musician. He is most recognizable as lead guitarist for the American rock band Foo Fighters. He was previously a member of the punk rock bands No Use for a Na...

Peter Shilton
English former professional footballer
Peter Leslie Shiltonis an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His 30-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the distinction of playing over 1,000 league game...

Shoezone
Consumer goods
Shoe Zone (stylised as shoezone) is a footwear retailer in the United Kingdom which sells shoes at low prices. It has over 410 stores in different cities and towns throug