List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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- Shaara, Michael, (died 1988), author
- Shabazz, Betty, (born 1936), civil rights leader and wife of Malcolm X
- Shackleton, Ernest, (1874-1922), explorer
- Shadbolt, Maurice, author
- Shaffer, Anthony, (born 1926), dramatist
- Shaffer, Elaine, US Flautist
- Shaffer, Paul, (born 1949), Musical director The Late Show with David Letterman
- Shaffer, Peter, (born 1926), dramatist
- Shafik, Prince Chahryar, (died 1979), nephew of the Shah of Iran, murdered in Paris, France.
- Shaggy, (born 1968), musician
- Shahak, Israel, (1933-2001), chemist
- Shahbandar, Pengiran
- Shah, Nadir, (born 1688)
- Shah, Wali Khan Amin, alleged terrorist
- Shahrani, Nematullah
- Shahrbaraz of Persia, year 630.
- Shainblum, Mark, Canadian writer
- Shaka, (c. 1787-1828), king of Zulus
- Shakespeare, William, (c. 1564-1616), English playwright
- Shakira, (born 1977), singer
- Shakur, Assata, (born 1947), activist, convict
- Shakur, Tupac, (1971-1996), US rapper
- Shalhoub, Tony, (born 1953), actor
- Shalmaneser I, 1274-1245 BCE
- Shalmaneser III, Assyrian king
- Shanawdithit, (died 1829), last known Beothuk indian of Newfoundland dies
- Shand, Jimmy
- Shandling, Garry, (born 1949), comedian, stand-up comedian
- Shange, Ntozake, (born 1948), poet
- Shankar, Ravi, (born 1920), musician
- Shannon, Claude E, (1916-2001), inventor of information theory
- Shannon, Del, (1934-1990), entertainer (suicide)
- Shannon, Molly, (born 1964), US comedian
- Shannon, Sharon, musician
- Shante, Roxanne
- Shantideva
- Shanyin, Li, poet
- Shapcott, Jo, poet
- Shapiro, Karl, poet
- Shapley, Harlow, (USA, 1885-1972), astronomer
- Shapur I of Persia, from 241 to 272
- Shapur II of Persia, (310-379), from 310 to 379
- Shapur III of Persia, from 383 to 388.
- Sharaf ibn Rajih al-Fawwaz, Iraqi king
- Sharaku
- Shariati, Ali, (1933-1977), sociologist
- Sharif, Omar, (born 1932), actor
- Sharipov, Salizhan, astronaut
- Sharkey, Jack, (1902-1994), boxing champion
- Sharma, Rakesh, astronaut
- Sharman, Helen, astronaut
- Sharon, Ariel, (born 1928), Israeli prime minister
- Sharp, Elliott, musician
- Sharpe, Avery
- Sharpe, Tom, author of Wilt
- Sharpton, Al, (born 1954), minister, politician
- Shatalov, Vladimir, (born 1927), astronaut
- Shatner, William, (born 1931), US actor of Star Trek fame
- Shavers, Earnie, (born 1945), boxer
- Shaw, Artie, (born 1910), musician
- Shaw, Bob, (1931-1996), British science fiction author
- Shaw, Brewster, astronaut
- Shaw, Christian, the woman who started the Paisley thread industry
- Shaw, Clay, (died 1975), John F. Kennedy assassination investigator
- Shaw, Fiona, (born 1958), Irish actor
- Shaw, George Bernard, (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
- Shaw, Irwin, (1913-1984), author
- Shaw, John, (1773-1823), US Navy captain
- Shaw, Percy, cat's eyes
- Shaw, Robert, (1927-1978), actor
- Shaw, Sandie
- Shaw, Woody, musician
- Shawkat, Alia, (born 1989), actress
- Shawn, Ted, (died 1972), dancer
- Shawn, Wallace, (born 1943), actor
- Shawn, William, (born 1907), editor
- Shay, Ephraim (1839-1916), Shay locomotive
- Shea, Jack, (died 2002), Olympics speed skating gold medalist
- Sheakley, James, (1893-1897)
- Shear, Rhonda, show host
- Shearer, Alan, (born 1970), soccer player
- Shearer, Athole, actor
- Shearer, Douglas, (1899-1971), pioneer motion-picture sound engineer
- Shearer, Harry, (born 1943), comedian
- Shearer, Moira, (born 1926), actress, dancer
- Shearer, Norma, (1902-1983), actor
- Shearing, George, (born 1919), musician
- Sheckley, Robert, (born 1928), author
- Sheedy, Ally, (born 1962), actress
- Sheehan, Billy, rock bassist
- Sheehy, Gail, (born 1937), writer
- Sheen, Charlie, (born 1965), American actor
- Sheen, Martin, (born 1940), US actor
- Sheene, Barry, (1950-2003), motorcycling champion
- Sheen, Fulton J, (1895-1979), bishop, television personality
- Sheffield, Charles, (1935-2002), physicist and author
- Sheffield, William Jennings
- Sheikhe'eh Baha'ee, scientist
- Sheldon, Alice, (listed under her pen name of James Tiptree, Jr)
- Sheldon, Gilbert, (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sheldon, Sidney, US author
- Sheldrake, Rupert, (born 1942), biologist
- Shellabarger, Samuel, (1888-1954), author
- Shelley, Mary, (1797-1851), English author
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, (1797-1851), author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, (1792-1822), (also his wife, Mary Shelley)
- Shelton, Deborah, (born 1952), actress
- Shelton, Gilbert, comic creator
- Sheng, Kang
- Shengliang, Gong, Christian preacher
- Shengtan, Jin, (1608-1661), editor and critic
- Shenouda I of Alexandria, (859-880), Coptic Pope
- Shenouda II of Alexandria, (1032-1046), Coptic Pope
- Shenouda III of Alexandria, (born 1923), Coptic Pope
- Shenstone, William, poet
- Shepard, Alan, (1923-1998), US astronaut
- Shepard, Cybill, actress
- Shepard, Ernest, (1879-1976), illustrator
- Shepard, Lucius, US science fiction author
- Shepard, Matthew, (1976-1998), gay-bashing victim
- Shepard, Sam, (born 1943), dramatist
- Shepherd, Cybill, US television personality
- Shepherd, Jean, (1921-1999), writer, actor
- Shepherd, Joel, (born 1974), author
- Shepherd, William, astronaut
- Shepik, Brad, musician
- Sheridan, Ann, Actress 1915-1967
- Sheridan, Philip Henry, (1831-1888)
- Sheridan, Richard, (1751-1816), playwright
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, (1751-1816), playwright
- Sherman, Alan, (died 1973), comedian
- Sherman, Allan, (1924-1973), comedian
- Sherman, James S, (1855-1912), Vice President of the United States
- Sherman, John, (1823-1900)
- Sherman, Roger, (1721-1793), signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Sherman, William Tecumseh, (1820-1891), USA General
- Sherwood, Robert E, dramatist
- Shetterly, Will, (born 1955), author
- Sheung, Leung, (1918-1978)
- Shevchenko, Taras, poet
- Shewchuk, Murphy O, Canadian writer
- Shider, Gary, (born 1953), musician (P Funk)
- Shields, Brooke, (born 1965), US model and actress
- Shields, Carol, (born 1935), author
- Shields, Harry, (1899-1971), musician
- Shields, Larry, (1893-1953), musician
- Shields, Megan, physician and author
- Shigemitsu, Mamoru, Japanese foreign minister
- Shigemoto, Corinne, (born 1959), US judo coach
- Shigeto, Hozumi, (1883-1951), Japanese author
- Shih, Hu, (1891-1962), Chinese author
- Shi Huang Di, Chinese Emperor
- Shijo, emperor of Japan
- Shikanosuke, Yamanaka, Japanese samurai
- Shilhana-Hamru-Lagamar, (c. 1110-1100 BCE)
- Shilkhak-In-Shushinak, (c. 1150-c. 1120 BCE)
- Shilts, Randy, (died 1994), author, AIDS activist
- Shimura, Goro, (born 1930), Japanese mathematician
- Shimura Takashi, (died 1982), Japanese actor
- Shinawatra, Thaksin, Thai prime minister
- Shines, Johnny, musician
- Shinran, (died 1262), founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect
- Shirai Yoshiro, boxer
- Shirakawa, emperor of Japan
- Shire, Talia, (born 1946), actor
- Shirley, Anne, actor
- Shirley, James, (1596-1666), poet
- Shirley, John, (born 1953), author
- Shirley, William, (1694-1771), colonial Governor of Massachusetts
- Shirov, Alexei, Russian chess player
- Shiva, Vandana
- Shivers, Allan, (1949-1957), American Governor of Texas
- Shklovsky, Iosif Samuilovich, (1916-1985), astronomer and astrophysicist
- Shlonsky, Avraham, poet
- Shocked, Michelle, (born 1962), musician
- Shockley, William, (died 1989), physicist
- Shockley, William Bradford, (born 1910), co-inventor of transistor
- Shoda Michiko, Japanese empress
- Shoemaker, Eugene, (1928-1997), US astronomer
- Shoemaker, Sydney, philosopher
- Shoemaker, Willie, (1931 - 2003), jockey
- Shoko, emperor of Japan
- Shoma, Morita, (1874-1938), Japanese psychologist
- Shomu, emperor of Japan
- Shonai, Yokoi
- Shonin, Georgi, (1935-1997), astronaut
- Shonin, Honen, (born 1133), who later established Pure Land Buddhism as an independent sect in Japan
- Shooter, Jim, comic creator
- Shor, Peter, mathematician
- Shore, Dinah, (1917-1994), US musician
- Shore, Eddie
- Shore, Jane, (~1445-~1527)
- Short, Bobby, (born 1924), jazz musician
- Shorter, Frank, (born 1947), marathon runner
- Short, Luke, (1908-1975), actor
- Short, Martin, Canadian actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
- Short, Nigel, (born 1965), chess player
- Shorter, Wayne, (born 1933), Jazz musician
- Shostakovich, Dmitri, (1906-1975), Russian
- Shotoku, empress of Japan, (572-622)
- Shrapnel, Henry, (1761-1842), soldier, weapons innovator
- Shreve, Henry Miller, (1785-1854), American steamboat captain and inventor
- Shriver, Loren, astronaut
- Shriver, Maria, (born 1955), US TV journalist
- Shriver, Sargent, (born 1915), former candidate for Vice President of the United States, brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy
- Shubert, Franz, (born 1797), Austrian pianist, composer
- Shula, Don, (born 1930), American football coach
- Shuman, Mort, songwriter
- Shushunova, Yelena, (born 1969), gymnast
- Shuster, Joe, (1914-1992), creator of Superman
- Shute, Nevil, (1899-1960), British author
- Shutruk-Nahhunte, (c. 1185-c. 1155 BCE)
- Shuttleworth, Mark, Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte, astronaut
- Shyamalan, M. Night, (born 1970), film director, writer, producer, actor