Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A singer and songwriter based in Australia.she grew up in New Zealand and in Singapore. Based in Mel

A singer and songwriter based in Australia.she grew up in New Zealand and in Singapore. Based in Melbourne, she headed north to Darwin after finishing university, where she won Triple J's Unearthed contest in 2003. Returning to Melbourne, she launched her debut album "All The Pretty Boys" in 2005. Sophie is regularly asked to play high profile events in Melbourne and around Australia. She performed the national anthem live from Caulfield Raceway (Super Saturday) in March 2007. It was broadcast live on Channel 7, and syndicated on many other networks. Koh is also a qualified optometrist.

An English actress, best known for playing the role of Diane Butcher in the BBC soap opera, EastEnde

An English actress, best known for playing the role of Diane Butcher in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.Sophie initially trained to be a dancer, but after tearing a muscle in her groin she was forced to give it up and she turned to acting instead. She trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and during this time she secured her first acting role when she became a regular cast member in BBC's Grange Hill. After graduating from drama school in 1988, Lawrence was instantly cast as Diane Butcher, the bohemian daughter of Frank Butcher (Mike Reid), in the popular soap opera EastEnders. She remained in the role until 1991, and returned for four brief stints in 1993, 1994, 1997 and 2008.

Was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent her career in Sweden, where she became a star

Was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent her career in Sweden, where she became a star and the ballet mistress of the Royal Swedish Ballet and principal of the ballet school.

Was a presenter for CBBC until 2006. She was in Precious, the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Conte

Was a presenter for CBBC until 2006. She was in Precious, the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999.Sophie McDonnell was born in Preston, Lancashire and worked as a model and actress before joining girl band Precious. She has acted in Emmerdale and an episode of Cold Feet.In the summer of 2005 she presented as a guest for two weeks the BBC's flagship Saturday morning programme The Saturday Show. She presented in-vision links on the CBBC channel up until summer 2006, and now presents The Big Toe Radio Show on BBC7. She presented the final series of 50/50 on CBBC.

A Russian born jazz vocalist who currently lives in Canada. After emigrating from Russia in the earl

A Russian born jazz vocalist who currently lives in Canada. After emigrating from Russia in the early 1990s, Milman, who is of Jewish heritage,[1] spent most of her childhood years in Israel where she listened extensively to jazz. Her self-titled debut al

A Swedish electronica artist. Born in Lund, Sweden, she began making music as a child and moved into

A Swedish electronica artist. Born in Lund, Sweden, she began making music as a child and moved into electronic music at age 13. She has stated she is heavily influenced by Madonna.Rimheden released her first album Underneath The Floor in 1999 under the name Hayce. She collaborated with various guest musicians. Over the next few years she contributed songs to various compilation albums, including "Don't Follow" (2001) on Electric Ladyland (as Sophie Rimheden), "Cadillac" (as Hayce, 2002) for Circle o and "Food" (as Ban Ham, 2003) on Nattskift. In 2003, she released her first album under her own name, Hi-Fi on Mitek. A mixture of glitch pop, distorted disco, and electro-bleep-funk, the album was a critical success in her homeland

Is an artist based in London. Von Hellerman has shown work internationally in exhibitions including

Is an artist based in London. Von Hellerman has shown work internationally in exhibitions including "Dear Painter… Paint Me" at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, "On The Ground" at Vilma Gold in London and "Post Modern" at Greene Naftali in New York.

Is a Georgian musical artist. She comes from a family of Laz origin. It was announced on December 12

Is a Georgian musical artist. She comes from a family of Laz origin. It was announced on December 12, 2006 that Sopho would represent her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song "Visionary Dream" was Georgia's first entry into the contes

Was an internationally renowned classical guitar pedagogue. Papas was a regular contributor to many

Was an internationally renowned classical guitar pedagogue. Papas was a regular contributor to many scholarly music journals, especially to CRESCENDO magazine; however, he is best known for his "Method for the Classic Guitar" and his revised edition of Fernando Sor's "Sixty Short Pieces for Guitar", first published in 1963. Additional publications include:

A Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality who is best known for her large, natural breas

A Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality who is best known for her large, natural breasts. One of the top, award-winning actresses in the AV field of her time, she attained mainstream media recognition.Sora Aoi was born November 11, 1983 in T

A Spanish singer.Soraya participated in the fourth series of the Spanish television series Operació

A Spanish singer.Soraya participated in the fourth series of the Spanish television series Operación Triunfo in 2005 where she came second overall. Her début album "Corazón De Fuego" was released on December 5, 2005 produced by Kike Santander. The album got Platinum status.On November 21st 2006, Soraya released her second album. It was her first English language album. The first single was a cover of Laura Branigan's Self Control. The remainder of the album was a mixture of 80s cover versions and new songs. The song reached Gold Status in the Promusicae Digital Songs charts and peaked at number 1 on the Spanish Cadena 100. The second single from Ochenta's was a cover of Spagna's "Call Me". 'Ochenta's' is one of the most successful albums of 2007 in Spain and achieved platinum after many weeks charting in the top ten albums chart.

Was a Danish-born Latter-day Saint painter. He won the Prix de Rome. His work has been highly praise

Was a Danish-born Latter-day Saint painter. He won the Prix de Rome. His work has been highly praised by Alexandre Cirici Pellicer.He was the son of Knud Edsberg who was also a painter. First Knud and then Soren joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1961.

Was a famous Greek singer and performer of the Greek rebetiko type of music [1].In 1940 she decided

Was a famous Greek singer and performer of the Greek rebetiko type of music [1].In 1940 she decided to move to Athens. Her arrival in Athens coincided with World War II and a new challenging period started for Bellou. Her family completely lost touch with

An Algerian of Kabyle descent, singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in

An Algerian of Kabyle descent, singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Algerian political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threats. In 1999, Massi performed at the Femmes d'Algerie c

She was born on November 6, 1982 in Tokyo to a Japanese father Yoshitaka Shimada (?? ?? ,Shimada Yos

She was born on November 6, 1982 in Tokyo to a Japanese father Yoshitaka Shimada (?? ?? ,Shimada Yoshitaka?) and a half-Irish half-Japanese mother.Her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which

A Japanese composer, musician and author, formerly employed by Nintendo. She is best recognised for

A Japanese composer, musician and author, formerly employed by Nintendo. She is best recognised for her video game soundtracks during the 1980s and 1990s.Oka attended the Osaka College of Music in Osaka, Japan, majoring in Composition. During her time as a student, she began studying the music of Koji Kondo, and started composing music for video games, feeling that composing video game music would be a promising career. She was later hired by Nintendo as an inhouse composer in 1987, and had the opportunity to work on a game score with Koji Kondo (whom she still holds in high esteem to this day.)

A rockabilly singer, who recorded only a few songs during her career, but was highly influential as

A rockabilly singer, who recorded only a few songs during her career, but was highly influential as a pioneer of female rockabilly. Her name was earned because of her similarity to Sparkle, a supporting character in the Dick Tracy comic strip. Sparkle dre

An American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Gulbis started finding interes

An American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Gulbis started finding interest in the game at the early age of 4. By the time she reached 7 years old she had won her first tournament. In three years when she was only 10 years old, she was breaking par.Gulbis is of Latvian descent, her last name meaning swan in Latvian. She played in her first LPGA tour event as an amateur at the age of 14 (handicap of 2). She attended Granite Bay High School and graduated when she was 16. She turned professional at age 18 after playing for one season on the women's golf team at the University of Arizona.

The drummer for the rock band Panic at the Disco. He founded the band along with Ryan Ross, whom he

The drummer for the rock band Panic at the Disco. He founded the band along with Ryan Ross, whom he grew up with and is therefore one of the original members of the band. He is also the youngest member of the band.After Smith, Ryan Ross, and Brent Wilson finished with their band, The Summer League, the three added Brendon Urie to begin Panic! at the Disco. Panic was eventually heard by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, who signed them to his record label, Decaydance, a child label of Fueled by Ramen. Panic eventually released A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, which sold 2.2 million copies. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out became a cult hit, with its first single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" winning the Video of the Year Award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and peaking at #7 on the US charts.

Is an American artist. He is best known for his installations that feature large numbers of nude peo

Is an American artist. He is best known for his installations that feature large numbers of nude people posed in artistic formations. His installations are often situated in urban locations throughout the world. He also has done some "Beyond The City" woodland and beach installations and still does individuals and small groups occasionally.

Is one of Jamaica's most famous Deejays.He began his career around 1991. Once known to his friends a

Is one of Jamaica's most famous Deejays.He began his career around 1991. Once known to his friends as "Spaghetti" (tall and slim), but this was later shortened to Spragga. The Benz in his name comes from the sound system for which he used to work for, L.A. Benz, and it is through this that he found his way into the music industry at a Dubplate recording session with Buju Banton.

Was a Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer. He became widely recognized for hi

Was a Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer. He became widely recognized for his work starting in the 1930s, when he received the Benaki Prize from the Athens Academy. The recipient of a Guggenheim Prize for Greece (in 1960), Spyros Vassiliou's works have been exhibited in galleries throughout Europe, in the United States, and Canada.[1][2]

Is a Southern Gospel singer and songwriter. Parsons was born on April 4 1948 in Newton, West Virgini

Is a Southern Gospel singer and songwriter. Parsons was born on April 4 1948 in Newton, West Virginia to Squire and Maysel Parsons,[1] and was introduced to music by his father, who was a choir director and deacon at Newton Baptist Church. Squire's dad taught him to sing using shaped notes

Sri Sri was born to Sri.Venkat Ratnam, a scholar of languages, and Smt.Vishalakshi. His parents name

Sri Sri was born to Sri.Venkat Ratnam, a scholar of languages, and Smt.Vishalakshi. His parents named him Shankar since his birthday matched that of the 8th century CE Hindu saint, Adi Shankara. According to his biographies, at the age of four he could recite verses from the Bhagavad Gita . He was said to be often found in deep meditation even at a young age. Some of his followers of the Art of Living movement claim he received an advanced degree in physics at the age of 17.

An engineer who turned to playback singing for Indian films. He studied in Kerala and was coached in

An engineer who turned to playback singing for Indian films. He studied in Kerala and was coached in carnatic music by his aunt.In 1988, Srinivas approached music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, who was at the helm of tamil film music. He was offered the opportunity to work with Ilaiyaraaja, but however things did not work out,as he was suffering from severe throat infection that day.