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

Bjoern Seibert

Bjoern Seibert

President of the European Commission

Bjoern Seibertis a German politician who is the current Head of Cabinet for Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. He's worked with von der Leyen since she was Defence Minister of...

Mark Selby

Mark Selby

English professional snooker player

Date of Birth: 19 June 1983
Age: 42

Mark Anthony Selbyis an English professional snooker player. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 22 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all-time list of ranking ...

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

English actor

Date of Birth: 10 July 1972
Age: 53

Peter Szymon Serafinowiczis an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. His film roles include the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Pete in Shaun of ...

Andrew Serkis

Andrew Serkis

English actor and filmmaker

Date of Birth: 20 April 1964
Age: 62

Andrew Clement Serkisis an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such ...

Rodman Serling

Rodman Serling

American screenwriter

Date of Birth: 25 December 1924
Age: 50

Rodman Edward Serlingwas an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Serling was acti...

Mark Serwotka

Mark Serwotka

General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union

Date of Birth: 26 April 1963
Age: 63

Mark Henryk Serwotkais General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the largest trade union representing British civil servants. He was President of the Trades Union Congress (...

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 ...