Biography
1803 peopleBiographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Carl Sandburg
Born: January 6, 1878 Galesburg, Illinois Died: July 22, 1967 Flat Rock, North Carolina American poet, biographer, and singer ...
Margaret Sanger
Born: September 14, 1884 Corning, New York Died: September 6, 1966 Tucson, Arizona American author, nurse, and activist ...
Jean-Paul Sartre
Born: June 21, 1905 Paris, France Died: April 15, 1980 Paris, France French philosopher and writer The French philoso...
Marjane Satrapi
Graphic novelist Born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran; married, c. 1994. Education: Graduated from L'Ecole de Beaux-Arts, Tehran, Iran; studied at Arts Deco in...
Francesco Scavullo
Born January 16, 1921, in New York, NY; died of heart failure, January 6, 2004, in New York, NY. Fashion photographer. The fashion world's Francesco Scavullo was indelibly associated with ...
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
NATO Secretary General Born Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer, April 3, 1948, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; son of the general secretary of a stockbrokers' association; marri...
Oskar Schindler
Born: April 28, 1908 Zwittau, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire Died: October 9, 1974 Frankfurt, Germany German businessman ...
John Schlesinger
Born John Richard Schlesinger, February 16, 1926, in London, England; died of complications from a stroke, July 25, 2003, in Palm Springs, CA. Director and actor. Known for such films as ...
Artur Schnabel
Austrian-born pianist Artur Schnabel (1882–1951) was the first artist to record all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. Only modestly gifted technically, he was renowned for the depth of...
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States Born March 26, 1954, in Pensacola, FL; daughter of an atomic physicist/astrophysicist and microbiologist; married Ric...
Liev Schreiber
Actor Born Isaac Liev Schreiber, October 4, 1967, in San Francisco, CA; son of Tell (an actor and director) and Heather (a painter and cab driver; maiden name, Milgram) Schr...
Franz Schubert
Born: January 31, 1797 Vienna, Austria Died: November 19, 1828 Vienna, Austria Austrian composer Franz Schubert, an early romantic Austrian composer, is best kno...
Charles M. Schulz
Born: November 26, 1922 Minneapolis, Minnesota Died: February 12, 2000 Santa Rosa, California American cartoonist Car...
Michael Schumacher
Professional race car driver Born January 3, 1969, in Huerth-Hermuelheim, Germany; son of Rolf (a bricklayer and go-kart track worker) and Elisabeth (a go-kart track worker)...
Joel Schumacher
Film director and screenwriter Born August 29, 1939, in New York, NY; son of Francis and Marian (Kantor) Schumacher. Education: Attended Parsons Scho...
Josh Schwartz
August 6, 1976 • Providence, Rhode Island Screenwriter The Fox network introduced The O.C. in August of 2003 as...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
July 30, 1947 • Graz, Austria Actor, politician, bodybuilder Most people successfully pursue one or two careers throughout their lives. ...
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Born Olga Maria Elisabeth Frederike Schwarzkopf, December 9, 1915, in Jarotschin, Germany; died August 3, 2006, in Schruns, Austria. Opera singer. German lyric soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkop...
Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
Architects and artists Born Elizabeth Diller, in 1954, in Poland; married Ricardo Scofidio. Education: Cooper Union School of Architecture, B.A., 1979. Bor...
Martin Scorsese
Born: November 17, 1942 Flushing, New York American director and screenwriter Martin Scorsese is a director and writer of highly personal films. While ...