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

Mark Steven Spencer

Mark Steven Spencer

Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

Date of Birth: 20 January 1970
Age: 56

Mark Steven Spencer(born 20 January 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician[1] serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood since 2010.[2][3][4] He was appointed Government Chief Whi...

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

American film director

Date of Birth: 18 December 1946
Age: 79

Steven Allan Spielbergis an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in the New Hollywood era, and is one of the most commercially successful directors in history. Spiel...

Shaun Spiers

Shaun Spiers

Executive Director of the environmental think-tank

Date of Birth: 23 April 1962
Age: 64

Shaun Mark Spiersis the Executive Director of the environmental think-tank, Green Alliance and a former Member of the European Parliament. He was educated at Brentwood School, read PPE at St John's Co...

Dave Spikey

Dave Spikey

English comedian

Date of Birth: 6 October 1951
Age: 74

Dave Spikeyis an English comedian, actor, writer and film producer. He is best known for his stand-up comedy, writing and starring in the British comedy programme Phoenix Nights, presenting Bullseye a...

TNT Sports (BT Sport)

TNT Sports (BT Sport)

Advertising and media

TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe&nbs

NBC Sports

NBC Sports

Advertising and media

NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of C

Sky Sports

Sky Sports

Advertising and media

Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is th

Spotify

Spotify

Advertising and media

Spotify is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music st

John Springford

John Springford

Deputy director of the Centre for European Reform

John Springfordis deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London. He acted as secretary to the CER’s commission on the economic consequences of leaving the EU, which published its final r...

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer

Date of Birth: 23 September 1949
Age: 76

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteenis an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Nicknamed "the Boss", he has released 21 studio albums during a career spanning six decades, most of which feat...

Cole Sprouse

Cole Sprouse

American actor

Date of Birth: 4 August 1992
Age: 33

Cole Mitchell Sprouseis an American actor and photographer. He is known for his role as Cody Martin on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008) and its spin-off series The S...

Christopher Squire

Christopher Squire

English musician

Date of Birth: 4 March 1948
Age: 67

Christopher Russell Edward Squirewas an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-s...

Shankari Srinivasan

Shankari Srinivasan

Vice President, Energy, IHS Markit

Ms. Srinivasanhas specific expertise in global gas market fundamentals analysis, price forecasting, company strategy and scenario planning. She has authored numerous reports. Prior to joining IHS Mark...

Jackson-Stops & Staff

Jackson-Stops & Staff

The property

Jackson-Stops & Staff Limited is an active company incorporated on 22 September 1992 with the registered office located in Teddington, Greater London. Jackson-Stops & Staff (Country

James Staley

James Staley

Former Chief Executive Officer of Barclays

Date of Birth: 27 December 1956
Age: 69

James Edward "Jes" Staleyis an American banker, and the former group chief executive (CEO) of Barclays. He stood down as CEO on November 1, 2021, and was succeeded by C. S. Venkatakrishnan. Staley has...

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Actor

Date of Birth: 6 July 1946
Age: 79

Sylvester Enzio Stalloneis an American actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood i...

London Evening Standard

London Evening Standard

Advertising and media

London Evening Standard is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after being purchased by Russian business

The Commons Select Committee on Standards

The Commons Select Committee on Standards

Politics and Administration

The Commons Select Committee on Standards is appointed by the House of Commons to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. History The committee was c

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

Banks and investments

Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. W

Andrew Stanton

Andrew Stanton

American filmmaker

Date of Birth: 3 December 1965
Age: 60

Andrew Ayers Stantonis an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998), directing Finding ...