American Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Acclaimed Canadian-born American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the Nation

Acclaimed Canadian-born American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988.[1]

An astronomer at The Citadel's Physics Department in Charleston, South Carolina. Adelman received hi

An astronomer at The Citadel's Physics Department in Charleston, South Carolina. Adelman received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Maryland in 1966 and his PhD in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1972. He specializes in stellar astronomy. He is a co-author of Bound for the Stars: Travel in the Solar System and Beyond (1981, ISBN 0-13-080382-0).

Is a football forward who currently plays in for Marathón. Saul is married and he and his wife, Rox

Is a football forward who currently plays in for Marathón. Saul is married and he and his wife, Roxana, have a baby boy, Joshua, born in September 2005 in Miami, Florida. He first attracted the attentions of Shanghai Shenhua when he scored a hat trick against Slovenia during the Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong in early 2002.

An astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a member of the American Academy o

An astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. [1], and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is of Jewish descent.Perlmutter heads the Supernova Cosmology Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It was this team along with the High-z Supernova Search Team which found evidence of the accelerating expansion of the universe. He is also a lead investigator in the Supernova/Acceleration Probe project.

A Canadian film actor, often cast as a shady professional.Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald, Wolfratha

A Canadian film actor, often cast as a shady professional.Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald, Wolfrathausen, Germany, the son of Polish-born Jews Frania and Israel Rubinek, who was a factory worker, theater company manager, Yiddish Theatre actor, and Talmudic scholar. Rubinek's parents were hidden by farmers for over two years during WWII, and moved to Canada in 1948.[1][2] Early in his career he gained the attention of Canadian audiences when he starred as detective Benny Cooperman in two TV movies, The Suicide Murders (1985) and Murder Sees the Light (1986), which are based on books in author Howard Engel's popular series of mystery novels set in the Niagara Region of Canada.

Is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip-ho

Is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip-hop and for his leading role in the independent film Slam.

Was a Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker

Was a Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker magazine.Steinberg left Italy after the introduction of anti-Semitic laws in Fascist Italy. He spent a year in the Dominican Republic awaiting a U.S. visa; in the meantime, he submitted his cartoons to foreign publications. In 1942, The New Yorker magazine sponsored his entry into the United States. During World War II, he worked for military intelligence, stationed in China, North Africa, and Italy. After the war's end, he returned to work for American publications, merging an encyclopedic knowledge of European art with the popular American art form of the cartoon, to pioneer a uniquely urbane style of illustration.

Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team.

Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team.

Was an American mathematician who cofounded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.Mac Lane was chris

Was an American mathematician who cofounded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.Mac Lane was christened "Leslie Saunders MacLane", but "Leslie" fell into disuse because his parents, Donald MacLane and Winifred Saunders, came to dislike it. He began inse

Is an Indian born American cricketer. Verma is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break googly. Ve

Is an Indian born American cricketer. Verma is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break googly. Verma currently represents the United States national cricket team. Verma made his debut for the United States in an unofficial Twenty20 against the UAE in a pre-tournament warm up match for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. During the tournament Verma made his full Twenty20 deubt against Scotland, where the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. Later in February 2010, Verma represented the United States in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, where he helped the United States gain promotion to the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Italy.

A professional Super Heavyweight American kickboxer and mixed martial artist, from Santa Rosa, Calif

A professional Super Heavyweight American kickboxer and mixed martial artist, from Santa Rosa, California. He's former IKF and WKA North American Super Heavyweight Muay Thai champion and former United States Airforce and Armed Forces boxing champion, currently competing in K-1 and WC

Samson was trained in ballet throughout her childhood and teen years. She became an exotic dancer at

Samson was trained in ballet throughout her childhood and teen years. She became an exotic dancer at Scores in New York City in the mid-1990s.[3] Samson has Italian, Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry.She made an adult movie titled Rocco Meats an Americ

Was a successful American singer of pop, jazz, and blues music in the 1940s and 1950s.Born Savannah

Was a successful American singer of pop, jazz, and blues music in the 1940s and 1950s.Born Savannah Valentine to Creole parents, she was raised in Brooklyn, and started singing in 1941 to support her family after her husband David Churchill was killed in

An American actress. Savannah's most recent role is as Zoe in the TV comedy series The Return of Jez

An American actress. Savannah's most recent role is as Zoe in the TV comedy series The Return of Jezebel James.Realizing Savannah's talent and love for the industry, the Stehlin family ventured out to Los Angeles for a shot at her acting career. Within the Stehlin family's two-month stay in Los Angeles, Savannah had booked four SAG commercials. Savannah tested on the Gilmore Girls spin-off pilot for the WB. While back home in Florida for the summer, the Stehlin family decided they were ready for a change. Her parents were able to live in Los Angeles and they moved. Since the move in February 2004, Savannah had booked two more national commercials

Is a Japanese-born American judoka. Matsumoto competed for the United States in the women's 48 kg ju

Is a Japanese-born American judoka. Matsumoto competed for the United States in the women's 48 kg judo event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Matsumoto, who was raised in California, is coached by her father, David Matsumoto. She began judo at the age of 5. Ma

An American actress who works in television, film, theatre and music.[1] Her most recognizable roles

An American actress who works in television, film, theatre and music.[1] Her most recognizable roles have been as Naomi Wildman on Star Trek: Voyager (1998-2001) and Kyra Hart on the television series Reba (2001-2007).Scarlett made her acting debut at the age of three in Michael Jackson's music video, Heal the World (1992). She then began doing commercials and has filmed over three dozen to date. She has also starred in a number of television shows, including Judging Amy, That's Life, and Touched by an Angel.Scarlett was five years old when she made her debut on the silver screen in The Baby-Sitters Club. She also appeared in Slappy and the Stinkers, Happy, Texas, and Erin Brockovich, and TV-movies Geppetto and, on the Disney Channel, A Ring of Endless Light.

Was a Salvadoran politician. Born in Usulután, he was the son of Palestinian immigrants. Between 19

Was a Salvadoran politician. Born in Usulután, he was the son of Palestinian immigrants. Between 1973 and 1994, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of El Salvador. As GS of the PCS, Handal embraced elections and rejected armed struggle to conquer political power in El Salvador. Later on, after two allegedly fraudulent elections in 1972 and in 1977, and despite the intervention of the Communist Party of Cuba (History of the FMLN, newspaper "Frente"), Handal became convinced that the defeat of the military dictatorship would not be possible through elections. As a guerrilla leader in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was a member of the group that brought five opposition forces together to found the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).

An American singer. The younger sister of singer/actress Freda Payne, Scherrie Payne was the co-lead

An American singer. The younger sister of singer/actress Freda Payne, Scherrie Payne was the co-lead singer of The Supremes from 1973 to 1977, after Jean Terrell left the group in the fall of 1973. Because of her powerful voice and petite stature of only

Was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s.

Was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s.

Is an entrepreneur, "Old School" former professional Motorcycle MX and Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer

Is an entrepreneur, "Old School" former professional Motorcycle MX and Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and a founding father of BMX in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984. Indeed, in some ways, he is the founder of "Old School BMX" the

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Boston Celtics of the NBA.

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. In a ten-year NBA career, he has played for five teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Sacramento Kings and the Indiana Pacers.[1] Pollard is well known both for his defensive play and his unique hairstyles.

Is one of the world’s most recognized skiers and the first ever professional extreme skier. His ex

Is one of the world’s most recognized skiers and the first ever professional extreme skier. His extraordinary talent has helped shape today’s ski industry, and has inspired many skiers. Scot started skiing professionally in 1983 in Squaw Valley. A Warren

Is an American swimmer. Clary currently holds the American record in the 400-yard individual medley

Is an American swimmer. Clary currently holds the American record in the 400-yard individual medley (short course). He also holds the NCAA Division I record in the 200-yard backstroke (short course) and the 400-yard individual medley (short course).

His comedy material is deliberately provocative, referring often to gay life and culture, politics,

His comedy material is deliberately provocative, referring often to gay life and culture, politics, race and racism, and popular cultureIn 1994, he was awarded the Perrier Award for best newcomer, at the Edinburgh Festival.n 2001, Capurro appeared on Aust

An American inventor and serial entrepreneur. He is most widely known for inventing voicemail system

An American inventor and serial entrepreneur. He is most widely known for inventing voicemail systems.After graduation, Jones went to the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT as a research scientist from 1984 to 1986, where he worked on a variety of projects, including an Internet-based weather station atop the building, a high-resolution printer network, vision applications, an optical storage archival system, the Utah/MIT dexterous hand, and Rod Brooks' mobile robots.