Authors by S

Tupac Shakur 154

rapper and actor 1971–1996

William Shakespeare 699

English playwright and poet 1564–1616

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 120

Russian writer 1918–2008

Socrates 168

classical Greek Athenian philosopher -470–-399 BC

Joseph Stalin 95

General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1879–1953

Albert Schweitzer 126

French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosoph… 1875–1965

José Saramago 138

Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in … 1922–2010

Friedrich Schiller 111

German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright 1759–1805

Charles Spurgeon 49

British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist 1834–1892

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 38

French writer and aviator 1900–1944

Rishi Sunak	Chancellor of the Exchequer o…	1980
Adrianus Sunarko	Indonesian Roman Catholic bis…	1966
Billy Sunday	American evangelist and baseb…	1862–1935
Peter Sunde	Swedish activist and computer…	1978
Abby Sunderland	Camera Assistant, Inspiration…	1993
Pär Sundström	Swedish bassist	1981
Ts'ao Sung		830–901
Tomislav Sunić	Croatian-American writer, tra…	1953
Bhaskar Sunkara	American writer	1989
John E. Sununu	American politician	1964
Patrick Suppes	philosopher from United State…	1922–2014
Kamala Surayya	Indian author	1934–2009
Al B. Sure!	American musician	1968
Sher Shah Suri	founder of Sur Empire in Nort…	1486–1545
Luciano Suriani	Vatican archbishop and diplom…	1957
James Surowiecki	American journalist	1967
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey	English Earl	1516–1547
Robert Smith Surtees	English writer	1805–1864
Jacqueline Susann	Novelist, actress	1918–1974
Patrick Süskind	German writer and screenwriter	1949
Henry Suso	Dominican friar and mystic	1295–1366
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	American former actress and m…	1981
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex	a member of the British royal…	1984
Leonard Susskind	American physicist	1940
Rosemary Sutcliff	English author	1920–1992
George Sutherland	Associate Justice of the U.S.…	1862–1942
Graham Sutherland	English artist	1903–1980
Kiefer Sutherland	English-Canadian actor, direc…	1966
Graham Sutton	Welsh scientist	1903–1977
Alexander Suvorov	Russian military commander	1730–1800
Joseph Theodorus Suwatan	Indonesian Roman Catholic bis…	1940
Han Suyin	physician and author	1917–2012
Helen Suzman	South African politician	1917–2009
David Suzuki	Canadian popular scientist an…	1936
D.T. Suzuki	Japanese author and philosoph…	1870–1966
Ichiro Suzuki	Japanese baseball player	1973
Kōji Suzuki	Japanese writer	1957
Shunryu Suzuki	Japanese Buddhist missionary	1904–1971
Ksenia Svetlova	Israeli journalist	1977
Italo Svevo	Italian writer	1861–1928
Caridad Svich	American writer	1963
Jimmy Swaggart	pastor, musician, teacher, te…	1935
Paul J. Swain	Catholic bishop	1943–2022
Roger Swain	American television personali…	1949
Bhakti Tirtha Swami	American Hindu writer	1950–2005
Om Swami	Indian mystic	1979
Radhanath Swami	Gaudiya Vaishnava guru	1950
Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji	Indian guru	1942
M. S. Swaminathan	Indian scientist	1925
Subramanian Swamy	Indian politician	1939
Bob Swan	American business executive	1960
Teal Swan	American spiritual teacher	1984
Cub Swanson	American mixed martial artist	1983
Gloria Swanson	American actress	1899–1983
Michael Swanwick	American science fiction auth…	1950
Sushma Swaraj	Indian politician	1952–2019
Aaron Swartz	computer programmer and inter…	1986–2013
John Swartzwelder	1950; comedy writer and novel…	1950
Ram Swarup	Indian historian	1920–1998
Vikas Swarup	Indian novelist and diplomat	1961
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden	King of Sweden	1946
Emanuel Swedenborg	Swedish 18th century scientis…	1688–1772
Paul Sweeney	Scottish politician	1989
Victoria Sweet	Physician
Skye Sweetnam	Canadian singer-songwriter	1988
Paul Sweezy	American economist	1910–2004
John Sweller	educational psychologist	1946
Sophie Swetchine	Russian salon-holder	1782–1857
Graham Swift	English writer	1949
Jonathan Swift	Anglo-Irish satirist, essayis…	1667–1745
Patrick Swift	British artist	1927–1983
Taylor Swift	American singer-songwriter	1989
Brian Swimme	American cosmologist	1950
Algernon Charles Swinburne	English poet, playwright, nov…	1837–1909
Jo Swinson	British politician and leader…	1980
Owen Swiny	Irish theatre manager	1676–1754
Barry Switzer	American football player and …	1937
Kathrine Switzer	American distance runner	1947
Anthony Swofford	American writer and United St…	1970
Eric Sykes	English actor and director	1923–2012
Oliver Sykes	British musician	1986
Plum Sykes	British fashion writer	1969
Buddy de Sylva	American musician	1895–1950
James Joseph Sylvester	English mathematician	1814–1897
Joshua Sylvester	English poet	1563–1618
Ronald Syme	New Zealand-born historian an…	1903–1989
Charles Symmons	Welsh poet	1749–1826
John Addington Symonds	English poet and literary cri…	1840–1893
Arthur Symons	British poet	1865–1945
Red Symons	Australian broadcaster and mu…	1949
John Millington Synge	Irish playwright, poet, prose…	1871–1909
Dionysius I of Syracuse	Sicilian tyrant	-430–-367 BC
Ephrem the Syrian	Syriac deacon and a prolific …	306–373
John Szarkowski	American curator	1925–2007
Thomas Szasz	Hungarian psychiatrist	1920–2012
Stefan Szczesny	German painter and sculptor	1951
Michael Szenberg	American economist	1934
Albert Szent-Györgyi	Hungarian biochemist who won …	1893–1986
Leó Szilárd	Physicist and biologist	1898–1964
Hsu Szu-chien	Taiwanese politician