| Ma Shaowu | Chinese general | 1874–1937 |
| Steven Shapin | American sociologist | 1943 |
| Ben Shapiro | American journalist and attor… | 1984 |
| Dani Shapiro | Author | 1962 |
| Ian Shapiro | American political theorist | 1956 |
| Karl Shapiro | Poet, essayist | 1913–2000 |
| Marc Shapiro | American historian | 1966 |
| Rami M. Shapiro | American rabbi | 1951 |
| Thomas Shapiro | American sociologist | 1947 |
| Natan Sharansky | Israeli politician | 1948 |
| Ali Shariati | Iranian academic and activist | 1933–1977 |
| Hossein Shariatmadari | Iranian government spokesman | 1947 |
| Kim Sharma | Indian actress | 1980 |
| Mahesh Sharma | Indian politician | 1959 |
| Ram Sharan Sharma | historian | 1919–2011 |
| Robin S. Sharma | Canadian self help writer | 1965 |
| Rohit Sharma | Indian cricketer | 1987 |
| Shankar Dayal Sharma | Indian politician | 1918–1999 |
| Helen Sharman | British chemist who became th… | 1963 |
| Ariel Sharon | prime minister of Israel and … | 1928–2014 |
| Gene Sharp | American political scientist | 1928–2018 |
| Granville Sharp | English campaigners for the a… | 1735–1813 |
| Willoughby Sharp | American artist | 1936–2008 |
| Larry Sharpe | American politician | 1968 |
| Shannon Sharpe | Player of American football | 1968 |
| Tom Sharpe | English satirical novelist | 1928–2013 |
| William F. Sharpe | American economist | 1934 |
| K. Barry Sharpless | American chemist | 1941 |
| Al Sharpton | American Baptist minister, ci… | 1954 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | The second Prime Minister of … | 1904–1966 |
| William Shatner | Canadian actor, musician, rec… | 1931 |
| Nina Shatskaya | Russian singer | 1966 |
| Billy Joe Shaver | American singer-songwriter | 1939 |
| Artie Shaw | American clarinetist, compose… | 1910–2004 |
| George Bernard Shaw | Irish playwright | 1856–1950 |
| Irwin Shaw | American politician | 1913–1984 |
| Roy Shaw | | |
| Sandie Shaw | English pop singer | 1947 |
| Scott Shaw | American actor | 1958 |
| Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross | British politician | 1902–2003 |
| William Shawcross | British journalist | 1946 |
| Wallace Shawn | American actor, playwright, a… | 1943 |
| Ahmed Shawqi | Egyptian poet and dramatist | 1868–1932 |
| Jonathan Shay | American psychiatrist | 1941 |
| Maggie Shayne | American writer | 1965 |
| Chris Shays | American politician | 1945 |
| Maureen Shea | American boxer | 1981 |
| Michael Shea | writer | 1946–2014 |
| Claudia Shear | American actress | 1962 |
| Robert Sheckley | American writer | 1928–2005 |
| John Augustus Shedd | writer | 1859 |
| William Greenough Thayer Shedd | American theologian | 1820–1894 |
| Wilfrid Sheed | English-American novelist and… | 1930–2011 |
| Cindy Sheehan | American antiwar activist | 1957 |
| George Sheehan | Irish footballer | |
| Gail Sheehy | writer, biographer | 1937 |
| Kadda Sheekoff | | |
| Kadda Sheekoff | Haitian rapper, singer, songw… | 1993 |
| Ma Anand Sheela | former chief assistant for th… | 1949 |
| Charlie Sheen | American film and television … | 1965 |
| Fulton J. Sheen | Catholic bishop and televisio… | 1895–1979 |
| Martin Sheen | American actor | 1940 |
| Michael Sheen | Welsh actor | 1969 |
| Ed Sheeran | English singer-songwriter and… | 1991 |
| Josette Sheeran | American diplomat | 1954 |
| David Sheff | American writer | 1955 |
| Charles Sheffield | British scientist, American s… | 1935–2002 |
| Rob Sheffield | American music journalist | 1966 |
| Ahmed Sheikh | Palestinian journalist | 1949 |
| Ali Mohamed Shein | President of Zanzibar | 1948 |
| Judith Sheindlin | American lawyer, judge, telev… | 1942 |
| Chandra Shekhar | Indian politician | 1927–2007 |
| Carroll Shelby | American automotive designer,… | 1923–2012 |
| Dyan Sheldon | American novelist | |
| Oliver Sheldon | British businessman | 1894–1951 |
| Sidney Sheldon | American writer | 1917–2007 |
| Rupert Sheldrake | English biochemist, author an… | 1942 |
| Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | English novelist, short story… | 1797–1851 |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | English Romantic poet | 1792–1822 |
| Shay Shelnutt | American politician | 1967 |
| Herbert M. Shelton | American medical writer | 1895–1985 |
| Lynn Shelton | American film director, scree… | 1965–2020 |
| Uriah Shelton | American actor and singer | 1997 |
| George Shelvocke | | |
| Samuel Shem | American writer | 1944 |
| Freda Foh Shen | American actress | 1948 |
| Stephen Shen | Taiwanese politician | 1949 |
| Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan | Archbishop and Apostolic Nunc… | 1941 |
| Jin Shengtan | Chinese writer | 1610–1661 |
| William Shenstone | English gardener | 1714–1763 |
| Alan Shepard | American astronaut | 1923–1998 |
| Lucius Shepard | writer | 1947–2014 |
| Paul Shepard | American human ecologist | 1925–1996 |
| Roger Shepard | American psychologist | 1929 |
| Sam Shepard | American playwright and actor | 1943–2017 |
| Sara Shepard | Author | 1973 |
| Jean Shepherd | American writer and radio host | 1921–1999 |
| Lawrence Shepp | American mathematician | 1936–2013 |
| Barbara Sher | American writer | 1935 |
| Mallika Sherawat | Indian actress | 1976 |
