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Margaret Sackville |
UK poet |
(1881-1963) |
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Jonas Salk |
US physician / researcher |
(1914-1995) |
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Carl Sagan |
US astronomer |
(1932-1994) |
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J. D. Salinger |
US writer |
(1919-) |
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Jonas E. Salk |
US virologoist |
(1914-) |
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Sallust |
Roman historian |
(~86-35 BC) |
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
French novelist and
aviator |
(1900–1944) |
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Irish/US sculptor |
(1848-1907) |
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Paul Samuelson |
US economist |
(1915-) |
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George Santayana |
US philosopher |
(1863–1952) |
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Susan Sarandon |
US actress |
(1946-) |
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Jean-Paul Sartre |
French philosopher/writer |
(1905–1980) |
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Vidal Sassoon |
UK hairstylist |
(1928-) |
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Arthur Schawlow |
Physics Nobel winner |
(1921-1999) |
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Jonathan Schattke |
US Computer scientist |
(1966-) |
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Friedrich von Schiller |
German dramatist |
(1759–1805) |
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Arthur Schlesinger |
US historian |
(1888-1965) |
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Arthur Schopenhauer |
German philosopher |
(1788–1860) |
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Albert Schweitzer |
German philosopher |
(1875–1965) |
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Robert Schuller |
US clergyman |
(1926-) |
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Charles Schultz |
US cartoonist (Peanuts) |
(1922-2000) |
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E. F. Schumacher |
German economist |
(1911-1977) |
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Robert Schumann |
German composer |
(1810-1856) |
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Charles M. Schwab |
US businessman |
(1862-1939) |
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Albert Schweitzer |
Franco-German theologian |
(1875–1965) |
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John Sculley |
ex-CEO, Apple Computer
and Pepsico |
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Hans Selye |
Austrian physician |
(1907-1982) |
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George J. Seidel |
US philosopher |
|
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Lucius Seneca |
Roman playwright/poet |
(4 BC-30 AD) |
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Peter Senge |
US MIT professor/author |
|
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William Shakespeare |
UK dramatist and poet
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(1564–1616) |
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George Bernard Shaw |
UK playwright |
(1856-1950) |
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Gail Sheehy |
US journalist/writer |
(1937-) |
|
Fulton Sheen |
US Catholic preacher |
(1895-1979) |
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Denise Shekerjian |
US Author (on geniuses) |
|
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Percy Bysse Shelley |
UK poet |
(1792–1822) |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
UK author |
(1797-1851) |
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Mark Shepherd |
CEO, Texas Instruments |
|
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Harold Sherman |
US author |
(1898-1951) |
|
Dimitri Shostakovich |
Russian composer |
(1906–1975) |
|
Spencer Silver |
US Chemist (Post-it glue
inventor) |
|
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Herbert Simon |
US social scientist (and
Nobel prizewinner) |
(1916-) |
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Neil Simon |
US playwright |
(1922-) |
|
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Polish writer |
(1904-1991) |
|
B. F. Skinner |
US psychologist |
(1904–1990) |
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Samuel Smiles |
UK writer |
(1812–1904) |
|
Dodie Smith |
UK dramatist and novelist |
(1896–1990) |
|
Adam Smith |
Scottish economist |
(1723-1790) |
|
Charles Percy Snow |
UK scientist, novelist and administrator |
(1905-1980) |
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Socrates |
Greek philosopher |
(470-399 BC) |
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Sobonfu Somé |
African author |
|
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Susan Sontag |
US novelist and essayist
|
(1933– ) |
|
Ralph Sockman |
US preacher |
(1899-) |
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Sophocles |
Greek playwright |
(c. 496-406 BC) |
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Henry Spencer |
UK Earl |
(1620-1643) |
|
Herbert Spencer |
UK philosopher |
(1820-1903) |
|
Benedict de Spinoza |
Dutch philosopher |
(1632-1677) |
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Steven Spielberg |
US film director |
(1946– ) |
|
Benjamin Spock |
US doctor |
(1903–1998) |
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Joseph Stalin |
Russian politician |
(1879–1953) |
|
Ray Stata |
US businessman (co-founder, Analog Devices) |
|
|
Gertrude Stein |
US writer |
(1874–1946) |
|
Saul Steinberg |
Romanian artist |
(1914-1999) |
|
Charles P. Steinmetz |
German engineer/inventor |
(1865-1923) |
|
Isaac Stern |
Russian/US violinist |
(1920-) |
|
Wallace Stevens |
US Poet/executive |
(1879-1955( |
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
Scottish writer |
(1850–1894) |
|
Anthony Storr |
US psychiatrist |
|
|
Tom Stoppard |
Czech/UK dramatist |
(1937– ) |
|
Geraint Straker |
UK Philosopher |
(1989- ) |
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Richard Strauss |
German composer |
(1864-1949) |
|
Igor Stravinsky |
Russian/American composer |
(1882-1971) |
|
Simeon Strunsky |
Russian journalist |
(1879-1948) |
|
D. T. Suzuki |
Japanese zen author |
(1870-1966) |
|
Shunryu Suzuki |
Japanese zen
teacher/author |
(1904-1971) |
|
Joseph Stalin |
Soviet president |
(1879-1953) |
|
Jonathan Swift |
Irish priest and writer |
(1667–1745) |
|
Publilius Syrus |
Roman dramatist |
(1st century BC) |
|
Thomas Szasz |
US psychiatry professor |
(1920-) |
|
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
|
Hungarian/US biochemist |
(1893-1986) |
