| Pierre Schaeffer | French musicologist | 1910–1995 |
| Adam Schaff | Polish Marxist philosopher an… | 1913–2006 |
| Philip Schaff | American Calvinist theologian | 1819–1893 |
| Simon Schama | British historian | 1945 |
| Rafik Schami | German writer | 1946 |
| Elmer Eric Schattschneider | American political scientist | 1892–1971 |
| Dave Schatz | American politician | 1963 |
| Gottfried Schatz | biochemist | 1936–2015 |
| Viktor Schauberger | austrian philosopher and inve… | 1885–1958 |
| Arthur Leonard Schawlow | American physicist | 1921–1999 |
| Andrew Scheer | 35th Speaker of the Canadian … | 1979 |
| August-Wilhelm Scheer | German business theorist | 1941 |
| Edgar H. Schein | Psychologist | 1928 |
| Max Scheler | German philosopher | 1874–1928 |
| Andreas Schelfhout | Dutch painter, etcher and lit… | 1787–1870 |
| Jonathan Schell | American author | 1943–2014 |
| Walter Schellenberg | German general | 1910–1952 |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling | German philosopher (idealism) | 1775–1854 |
| Thomas C. Schelling | American economist | 1921–2016 |
| Heinrich Schenker | Austrian music theorist | 1868–1935 |
| Michael Scheuer | American counterterrorism ana… | 1952 |
| Giovanni Schiaparelli | Italian astronomer and scienc… | 1835–1910 |
| Bob Schieffer | Journalist, Anchor for CBS Ne… | 1937 |
| Egon Schiele | austrian painter | 1890–1918 |
| Adam Schiff | American politician | 1960 |
| Peter D. Schiff | American entrepreneur, econom… | 1963 |
| Stacy Schiff | American female Author, Pulit… | 1961 |
| Claudia Schiffer | German model | 1970 |
| Edward Schillebeeckx | Belgian theologian | 1914–2009 |
| Friedrich Schiller | German poet, philosopher, his… | 1759–1805 |
| Herbert Schiller | American media critic | 1919–2000 |
| Karl Schiller | German scientist and politici… | 1911–1994 |
| Oskar Schindler | German industrialist and Holo… | 1908–1974 |
| Cathleen Schine | American writer | 1953 |
| Karl Friedrich Schinkel | Prussian architect, city plan… | 1781–1841 |
| Albert Schinz | American writer | 1870–1943 |
| Baldur von Schirach | German Nazi leader convicted … | 1907–1974 |
| Phyllis Schlafly | American activist | 1924–2016 |
| Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel | German poet, critic and schol… | 1772–1829 |
| Friedrich Schleiermacher | German theologian, philosophe… | 1768–1834 |
| Moritz Schlick | German philosopher | 1882–1936 |
| Burkard Schliessmann | classical pianist | |
| Bernhard Schlink | German writer | 1944 |
| Laura Amy Schlitz | children's author | 1955 |
| Eric Schlosser | American journalist and author | 1959 |
| Max Schmeling | German boxer | 1905–2005 |
| Mary Schmich | American columnist | 1953 |
| Eric Schmidt | software engineer, businessman | 1955 |
| Gary D. Schmidt | American writer | 1957 |
| Helmut Schmidt | Chancellor of West Germany 19… | 1918–2015 |
| Marlene Schmidt | German actress | 1937 |
| Paul Schmidt | German translator, Nazi | 1899–1970 |
| Karl Schmidt-Rottluff | German artist | 1884–1976 |
| Carl Schmitt | German jurist, political theo… | 1888–1985 |
| Eric Schmitt | American politician, lawyer | 1975 |
| Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | French writer | 1960 |
| Roland W. Schmitt | American academic | 1923–2017 |
| John G. Schmitz | American politician | 1930–2001 |
| Artur Schnabel | Austrian pianist | 1882–1951 |
| Paul Schnabel | | |
| John Schnatter | American entrepreneur, founde… | 1961 |
| Carolee Schneemann | American photographer, perfor… | 1939–2019 |
| Menachem Mendel Schneerson | Hasidic rabbi | 1902–1994 |
| Eddie August Schneider | American aviator | 1911–1940 |
| H. W. Schneider | | 1817–1887 |
| Ira Schneider | American artist | 1939 |
| Sally Schneider | American journalist | |
| Bruce Schneier | American computer scientist | 1963 |
| Arthur Schnitzler | Austrian writer | 1862–1931 |
| Diane Schoemperlen | Canadian writer | 1954 |
| Lawrence M. Schoen | American writer and klingonist | 1959 |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Austrian-American composer | 1874–1951 |
| Evan Schoenberg | | |
| Bobbejaan Schoepen | musician, performer | 1925–2010 |
| Nicolas Schöffer | French sculptor and plastician | 1912–1992 |
| Gershom Scholem | German-born Israeli philosoph… | 1897–1982 |
| Myron Scholes | Canadian economist | 1941 |
| Paul Scholes | English footballer | 1974 |
| Sophie Scholl | White Rose member | 1921–1943 |
| Olaf Scholz | German politician, federal mi… | 1958 |
| Donald A. Schön | American academic | 1930–1997 |
| Robin Schone | American writer | 1954 |
| Ken Schoolland | American academic | 1950 |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | American film editor | 1940 |
| Arthur Schopenhauer | German philosopher | 1788–1860 |
| Paul Schrader | American film director | 1946 |
| Peter W. Schramm | American academic | 1946–2015 |
| Nikolas Schreck | American musician and writer | |
| Zeena Schreck | Tantric Buddhist/Sethian | 1963 |
| Ellen Schreiber | American writer | 1967 |
| Flora Rheta Schreiber | American journalist | 1918–1988 |
| Henry Schriver | American politician | 1914–2011 |
| Ernst Schröder | German mathematician | 1841–1902 |
| Gerhard Schröder | German politician (SPD) | 1944 |
| Erwin Schrödinger | Austrian physicist | 1887–1961 |
| Karl Schroeder | Author. Technology consultant | 1962 |
| Friedrich von Schrötter | Prussian politician | 1743–1815 |
| Norm Schryer | | |
| Franz Schubert | Austrian composer | 1797–1828 |
| Helen Schucman | Clinical Psychologist | 1909–1981 |
