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

Paul Simon
American musician, actor and singer
Paul Frederic Simon(born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music. Sim...

Marco Simone
Italian professional football manager and former player
Marco Simoneis an Italian professional football manager and former player. As a player, he was a striker and winger. He most prominently played for Milan, with whom he won four Serie A championships a...

Rita Simons
English actress and singer
Rita Joanne Simonsis an English actress and singer from London. She is best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2017, when her character was killed-off, along...

Wallis Simpson
American socialite
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, known asWallis Simpson, was an American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former King-Emperor Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcé...

Emily Simpson
TV personality
Emily Simpsonis TV personality. She is reality star and equestrian who appeared on The Real Housewives of Orange County in season 13. Her first Instagram post is a selfie with a horse from February 20...

Katie Simpson
Canadian journalist
Katie Simpsonis a Canadian journalist who is currently a foreign correspondent for CBC News based in Washington, D.C. Career Simpson reported on the Rob Ford video scandal for CP24. Simpson became a f...

Anthony Simpson
English television screenwriter and actor
Anthony McVay Simpson, publishing under pen nameTony Warren, was an English television screenwriter and actor, best known for creating the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He created other television...

Robert Singer
American television producer
Robert Singeris an American television producer, director and writer. He is known for his work on Supernatural where he served as an executive producer, senior director and occasional writer. The char...

Ranjit Singh
British doctor
Ranjit "Ranj" Singh Sanghais a British doctor, television presenter, author and columnist. He is best known as a celebrity dancer on the BBC One dance series Strictly Come Dancing, and co-creating and...

Paul Sinha
British comedian
Supriya Kumar "Paul" Sinhais a British professional quizzer, comedian, doctor and broadcaster. He has written and performed extensively on BBC Radio 4, and is one of the six Chasers on the ITV game sh...

Sadie Sink
American actress
Sadie Elizabeth Sinkis an American actress. She began her career in theater, playing the title role in the musical Annie (2012–14) and young Elizabeth II in the historical play The Audience (2015) on ...

Jannik Sinner
Italian professional tennis player
Jannik Sinneris an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 10 April 2023, and world No. 124 in doubl...

Frederic Sirieix
television personality
Frédéric Sirieixis a French maître d'hôtel and television personality based in the United Kingdom, best known for appearing on Channel 4's First Dates, and BBC Two's Million Pound Menu. Sirieix grew u...

Joelle Siwa
American singer
Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwais an American singer, dancer, actress, and media personality. From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as a dancer on two seasons of the reality television show Dance Moms alongside h...

Alexander Skarsgard
Swedish actor
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgårdis a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at age seven but quit at thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to actin...

Helen Skelton
English television presenter and actress
Helen Elizabeth Skeltonis an English television presenter and actress. She co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter from 2008 until 2013, and since 2014 has been a presenter on Countryfile...

Aljaz Skorjanec
Dancer and choreographer
Aljaz Skorjanecis a Slovenian dancer and choreographer who has appeared on the BBC series Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer. In March 2022 he announced, via his Instagram account, that he...

Neal Skupski
British professional tennis player
Neal Skupskiis a British professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2023 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles with We...

Budjerah Slabb
Australian singer-songwriter
Budjerah Slabb, known mononymously asBudjerah, is an Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter from Fingal Head, New South Wales. He is a Coodjinburra man from the Bundjalung nation. His debut single "M...

Jenny Slate
American actress
Jenny Slateis an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. Following her early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and ...