Biography
1803 peopleBiographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Sophocles
Born: c. 496 B.C.E. Colonus, Greece Died: 406 B.C.E. Athens, Greece Greek dramatist ...
Annika Sorenstam
October 9, 1970 • Stockholm, Sweden Golfer Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam is one of the best golfers to set foot on the green. She won...
Edward Soriano
Army Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano (born 1946) was one of the highest-ranking Filipino Americans in the history of the American military. He was involved in some of the most difficult of...
Gary Soto
April 12, 1952 • Fresno, California Author Gary Soto is a man who writes from experience. He grew up in one of the many barr...
Hernando de Soto
Born: c. 1496 Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain Died: May 21, 1542 Ferriday (now in Louisiana in the United States) Spanish explorer ...
Warren Spahn
Born April 23, 1921, in Buffalo, NY; died November 24, 2003, in Broken Arrow, OK. Professional baseball player. Warren Spahn was a remarkable left-handed pitcher who won more games than an...
Aaron Spelling
Born April 22, 1923, in Dallas, TX; died of complications from a stroke, June 23, 2006, in Los Angeles, CA. Television producer. Aaron Spelling reigned as the king of prime-time television...
Margaret Spellings
U.S. Secretary of Education Born in 1957 in Michigan; married (divorced, 1997); married Robert Spellings, 2001; children: Mary, Grace. Education: Uni...
David Spergel
Astrophysicist Born David Nathaniel Spergel, March 25, 1961, in Rochester, NY; married Laura H. Kahn (a doctor), August 26, 1990; children: Julian, Sarah, Joshua. ...
Steven Spielberg
Born: December 18, 1947 Cincinnati, Ohio American film director Steven Spielberg is one of the wealthiest and most powerful moviemakers in Hollyw...
Walter Spies
German-born artist Walter Spies (1895–1942), who spent much of his life in what is now Indonesia, was noted for a unique style that combined Western and Eastern elements, exploring...
Mickey Spillane
Born Frank Morrison Spillane, March 9, 1918, in Brooklyn, NY; died of pancreatic cancer, July 17, 2006, in Murrells Inlet, SC. Author. Mickey Spillane created the most hard-bitten of all t...
Eliot Spitzer
Governor of New York Born Eliot Laurence Spitzer, June 10, 1959, in New York, NY; son of Bernard (a real estate developer) and Anne (a literature professor) Spitzer; married...
Benjamin Spock
Born: May 2, 1903 New Haven, Connecticut Died: March 15, 1998 La Jolla, California American pediatrician and political activist ...
Ed Spray
President of Scripps Networks Born Edward A. Spray, November 28, 1941, in Seymour, IN; married Donna Cornwell, June 29, 1963; children: Brian, Catherine. Education...
Stephen Sprouse
Born in 1953, in Ohio; died of heart failure, March 4, 2004, in New York, NY. Fashion designer. Twenty years after Stephen Sprouse's debut as a fashion designer on New York runways...
Robert Stack
Born January 13, 1919, in Los Angeles, CA; died of heart failure, May 14, 2003, in Bel Air, CA. Actor. Actor Robert Stack was known for his portrayal of determined, crime fighter Eliot Nes...
Joseph Stalin
Born: December 21, 1879 Gori, Georgia Died: March 5, 1953 Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Russian ruler T...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born: November 12, 1815 Johnstown, New York Died: October 26, 1902 New York, New York American writer and women's rights activist ...
Maureen Stapleton
Born Lois Maureen Stapleton, June 21, 1925, in Troy, NY; died of complications from respiratory ailments, March 13, 2006, in Lenox, MA. Actress. Maureen Stapleton, an actress for 60 years,...