Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Mark Selby
English professional snooker player
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 ...
Pragmatic Semiconductor
Industry and Production
Pragmatic is a ultra-low-cost flexible electronics. Their flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs) are thinner than human hair and can be invisibly embedded in objects, enabling innovators to create nov
Peter Serafinowicz
English actor
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
English actor and filmmaker
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
American screenwriter
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...
The Insolvency Service
Economy
The Insolvency Service is an executive agency of the Department for Business and Trade with headquarters in London. It has around 1,700 staff, operating from 22 locations across the UK.
The Financial Ombudsman Service
Economy
The Financial Ombudsman Service is an ombudsman in the United Kingdom. It was established in 2000, and given statutory powers in 2001 by the Financial Services and Market
UK Institute of Customer Service
Communication and Internet
The UK Institute of Customer Service is an independent professional customer service body in the UK. The Institute exists to improve the efficiency of clients ' business by improving their experience
His Majesty's Home Civil Service (Civil Service)
Politics and Administration
His Majesty's Home Civil Service, also known as His Majesty's Civil Service, the Home Civil Service, or colloquially as the Civil Service, is the permanent bureaucracy or 
Mark Serwotka
General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union
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
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...