American Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a Minnesota politician, a former state legislator, and a former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader

Was a Minnesota politician, a former state legislator, and a former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader.Holmquist served as Superintendent and Principal of Grove City schools, and worked as a lumber dealer. He was first elected to the Minnesota House of Repr

Was a U.S. abstract painter. One of his significant achievements was co-founding the Synchromist mov

Was a U.S. abstract painter. One of his significant achievements was co-founding the Synchromist movement in 1913.He soon moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, Académie Julian, École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Colarossi. While there he and Morgan Russell developed synchromism, an art movement which aimed to create emotion with color. In 1915, during World War I, he left the Parisian art world for New York, and after for southern California, to which he brought the 'gospel' of modern art, and established the first exposition of modern art in Los Angeles.

a licensed psychologist, attorney, practicing psychotherapist and the author of books and articles

a licensed psychologist, attorney, practicing psychotherapist and the author of books and articles on the subject of alcoholism, addiction and addiction treatment.

Born Starlet Marie Jones in Badin, North Carolina, Star moved to New Jersey as a small child where s

Born Starlet Marie Jones in Badin, North Carolina, Star moved to New Jersey as a small child where she graduated from Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.[1] She earned a B.A. degree in The Administration of Justice at American University

Starman is Jack Knight, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics Universe, and a member of the Justic

Starman is Jack Knight, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics Universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America.

Was a sculptor, architect, and artist best known for his graceful steel wind kinetic sculptures.Star

Was a sculptor, architect, and artist best known for his graceful steel wind kinetic sculptures.Starr Kempf was raised on a small farm in Ohio, near a Swiss Mennonite community. His family, including his father and seven uncles, were blacksmiths and carpe

Was an American chess master.He won at St. Louis 1904 (U.S. Open Chess Championship) and took 9th at

Was an American chess master.He won at St. Louis 1904 (U.S. Open Chess Championship) and took 9th at St. Louis 1904 (the 7th American Chess Congress, Frank James Marshall won), tied for 9-10th at Philadelphia 1904 (Morgan won), took 2nd, behind C.S. Martinez, at Philadelphia 1911, participated in the American Chess Bulletin tournament in 1914/15, tied for 3rd-4th at Atlantic City 1920 (Marshall won), took 10th at Atlantic City 1921 (the 8th American Chess Congress, Dawid Janowski won), shared 1st with Norman Whitaker at San Francisco 1923 (US Open), took 8th at Detroit 1924 (US Open, Carlos Torre Repetto won), tied for 3rd-5th at Kalamazoo 1927 (Whitaker won),[3] and took 6th at Bradley Beach 1928 (Abraham Kupchik won)

Born March 24, 1972 in Flushing, New York) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the

Born March 24, 1972 in Flushing, New York) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics (1993-1994, 1997, 2006), Cleveland Indians (1998-2001)

Is a professional skateboarder. His hometown is Vacaville, CA and currently resides in Sacramento, C

Is a professional skateboarder. His hometown is Vacaville, CA and currently resides in Sacramento, CA. He began skateboarding in 1992 and went professional in 2003. He is known for his 360 flips and his ability to skate switch. Especially his switch kickf

Is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Is a Canadian cross-country skier and chef. Kuhn was born in Banff and competed in various internati

Is a Canadian cross-country skier and chef. Kuhn was born in Banff and competed in various international skiing events from 1998 to 2000, before retiring in 2001 to become a full-time chef. In 2005, while working at a fine restaurant in Edmonton, Kuhn dec

Is a Canadian soccer player currently playing for Surrey United in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League

Is a Canadian soccer player currently playing for Surrey United in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League. Leslie has represented Canada at U-17 and U-23 level. Leslie's father originally hails from Barbados, while his mother comes from Trinidad & Tobago. During the off-season, Leslie helps former Whitecaps teammate Jeff Clarke run soccer academy programs at Guildford Athletic Club.

Is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle and butterfly events. He claimed

Is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle and butterfly events. He claimed a bronze medal (4x200m freestyle relay) at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California,

Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).Methodologically, Gries is a quantitative corpus linguist at the intersection of corpus linguistics and computational linguistics, who uses a variety of different statistical methods to investigate linguistic topics such as morphophonology (the formation of morphological blends), syntax (syntactic alternations), the syntax-lexis interface (collostructional analysis), and semantics (polysemy and near synonymy in English and Russian) and corpus-linguistic methodology (corpus homogeneity and comparisons, dispersion measures, and other quantitative methods); more recently,

Is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for York Lions. Zlatanov began his career as a youth

Is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for York Lions. Zlatanov began his career as a youth player with North York Hearts, the reserve team for the North York Astros. He made his Hearts debut on May 30, 2009 in a match against Unionville FC. Due to injuries and new management during the Astros 2009 season Zlatanov made his first full Astros debut on July 6, 2009 in a 2-2 draw versus the St. Catharines Wolves, he contributed by scoring his first career goal that helped the Astros achieve their first point of the 2009 season.

A Canadian curler. She throws lead rocks for Suzanne Gaudet.Clark was a member of Gaudet's junior te

A Canadian curler. She throws lead rocks for Suzanne Gaudet.Clark was a member of Gaudet's junior team which represented Prince Edward Island from 1998 to 2001 inclusively at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Clark played third for the team. In 2

A Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Cham

A Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Championships with the help of her team of sister Marliese Miller (third), Stacy Helm (second) and Amanda MacDon

Is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress and singer, who's best known for her role as Robert Wagn

Is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress and singer, who's best known for her role as Robert Wagner's wife and crime-fighting partner, Jennifer Hart, on the popular 1980s crime drama, Hart to Hart. For her contribution to the television industry, Powers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6778 Hollywood Blvd.

Is an Italian professional basketball player.The 208 cm (6' 10") center was drafted by the Cleveland

Is an Italian professional basketball player.The 208 cm (6' 10") center was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (52nd overall pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft, they have traded his NBA rights to the Phoenix Suns in 1991 for the rights to Miloš Babic. He has appeared in seven games with the Suns in the 1995-96 NBA season.

Brass is the youngest of four children; she has two older sisters and an older brother. She also has

Brass is the youngest of four children; she has two older sisters and an older brother. She also has a nephew. Brass enjoys dancing, singing and spending time with family and friends.Brass started acting during her early years, appearing in an advert for Pampers diapers at just six months old. Since then, she has starred in over 50 national commercials and print ads combined. Brass's first appearance on a TV programme was playing a little girl called Kelly on an episode of The Amanda Show when she was just seven years old. She starred in an episode of The Amanda Show again two years later, playing Becky. Brass has appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond, ER, Malcolm in the Middle and Friends, amongst other TV programs. She has also starred in several films, with the last one being Target in 2004. From May 2006 to May 2007 she starred in her own webshow called GirlTalkTV with fellow actress Abigail Mavity.

A Canadian singer from Orleans, Ontario, and the fifth-place finalist in the 2006 season of Canadian

A Canadian singer from Orleans, Ontario, and the fifth-place finalist in the 2006 season of Canadian Idol. A student at École secondaire publique De La Salle, she has been a stage performer at several Ottawa-area theatrical venues since the age of four, On Canadian Idol, she was known for the trademark bow in her hair and for having a flair for the music of the 1920s.

Is a retired American basketball player. He was a 6'8" 240 lb. forward and played one season in the

Is a retired American basketball player. He was a 6'8" 240 lb. forward and played one season in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers, by whom he was selected in the 1986 NBA Draft (5th round, 100th pick overall[1]).

Is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Eriksen won the gold medal in the Giant Slal

Is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Eriksen won the gold medal in the Giant Slalom event at the 1952 Winter Olympics, which were held in Oslo, Norway. He also won a silver medal in the slalom race. Eriksen was the first skier from outs

Is an American sprint canoer who has competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. He won a gold m

Is an American sprint canoer who has competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.

Was an American actress.Adler was a member of the Jewish-American Adler acting dynasty, the daughter

Was an American actress.Adler was a member of the Jewish-American Adler acting dynasty, the daughter of Sara and Jacob P. Adler, the sister of Luther and Jay Adler, and half-sister of Charles Adler. Jacob and Sara Adler were two of the finest actors of the American Yiddish theatre. They were a significant part of a vital ethnic theatrical scene that thrived in New York from the late nineteenth century well into the 1950's. Stella was destined to become the most famous and influential member of the family. She began her acting career at the age of four and concluded it fifty-five years later, in 1961. During that time, and for years after, Stella Adler taught. With the full force of her formidable energy, she dedicated herself to transmitting to others, the craft that served her so well.