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  • Salvador Allende 1908–1973President of Chile from November 1970 until the coup of 11 September 1973.
  • Sam Altman 22 Apr 1985 –American entrepreneur; co-chair of OpenAI at its December 2015 launch and its CEO since 2019, apart from November 17-29, 2023.
  • Sam Bankman-FriedFounder and chief executive of FTX; convicted in 2023 of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
  • Sam FosterAustrian-born manufacturer in Leominster, Massachusetts, who founded the company that became Foster Grant.
  • Sam GravesU.S. representative from Missouri; the House Transportation Committee’s Republican leader during its 737 MAX inquiry.
  • Samuel Untermyer 1858–1940New York lawyer, counsel for the Pujo Committee.
  • Samuel Worcester 1798–1859Missionary among the Cherokee, convicted in Georgia in 1831 and freed in 1833.
  • Samya StumoAged 24; killed on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 on 10 March 2019 on her way to help set up health-care offices in countries that needed them.
  • Sandra ScarrPsychologist who, with C. B. Ernhart, reported Herbert Needleman for scientific misconduct in 1990-1991.
  • Sara Nazarbayeva 1941 –Founder and president of the Bobek children's charity fund from 1992; wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
  • Sarah CameronHistorian of the Kazakh famine at the University of Maryland.
  • Sarah Josepha Hale 1788–1879Editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book who campaigned for a national Thanksgiving Day.
  • Scott GottliebPhysician; FDA Commissioner from 2017 to 2019; joined Pfizer's board in June 2019.
  • Scott HirstProfessor of law at Boston University; co-author of The Specter of the Giant Three.
  • Scott SheffieldFounder and former chief executive of Pioneer Natural Resources.
  • Sergei Korolev 1906–1966Soviet rocket designer, behind Sputnik 1 and the N-1.
  • Sergey BrinCo-founder of Google; its president from 1998, and president of Alphabet 2015–2019.
  • Sergey Sazonov 1860–1927Foreign Minister of Russia in 1914.
  • Serhii Plokhy 1957 –Ukrainian-American historian; professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University.
  • Severin BorensteinEconomist at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business; named California’s “mystery gasoline surcharge”.
  • Shang-Jin WeiEconomist; co-author with Yifan Zhou of the 2025 NBER working paper on congressional leaders’ trades.
  • Shaorong LiuChemistry professor at the University of Oklahoma; with his wife formed and controlled a company that received Department of Energy small-business technology grants. Pleaded guilty to a false statement; sentenced in 2023.
  • Shimon PeresForeign Minister of Israel in 1993; signed the Declaration of Principles for Israel.
  • Sidney B. Fay 1876–1967U.S. historian who wrote The Origins of the World War.
  • Sidney GottliebCIA official; chief of the Technical Services Division, who ran MKULTRA research.
  • Silas SouleCaptain in the 1st Colorado Cavalry who was at Sand Creek and testified to what happened; shot dead in Denver in 1865.
  • Simeon EcuyerCaptain commanding Fort Pitt in 1763.
  • Sir Henry McMahonBritish High Commissioner in Egypt who wrote to the Sharif of Mecca in 1915.
  • Sir Mark SykesBritish politician and adviser on the Middle East who met Zionist leaders in February 1917.
  • Sixtus IV 1414–1484Pope from 1471 to 1484, whose bull of 1478 let the Spanish crown name inquisitors.
  • Soghomon TehlirianTold a Berlin court he survived the 1915 massacre at Erzincan; shot Talaat Pasha dead in Berlin in 1921 and was acquitted by a German jury.
  • Spencer BachusRepublican U.S. Representative from Alabama; ranking member, then chairman, of the House Financial Services Committee.
  • Stanislav Shushkevich 15 Dec 1934 – May 2022First head of state of independent Belarus (1991–1994).
  • Stanley Wojcicki 1937 – 31 May 2023Particle physicist; Stanford physics professor from 1966 and twice chair of its physics department; father of Susan and Anne Wojcicki.
  • Stansfield TurnerNavy admiral; Director of Central Intelligence who told the Senate in 1977 of the newly found MKULTRA records.
  • Stephen A. Schwarzman 14 Feb 1947 –Co-founder of Blackstone and its long-time chief executive.
  • Stephen BuyerFormer Republican U.S. Representative from Indiana; convicted by a jury in 2023 of securities fraud over trades made on information from his consulting clients; conviction upheld on appeal; pardoned in June 2026. He says he is innocent.
  • Steve CollJournalist; author of Ghost Wars (2004).
  • Steve HuffmanCo-founder and chief executive of Reddit.
  • Steve Jobs 1955–2011Co-founder of Apple. He was its CEO from 1997 to 2011 and its chairman from August 2011 until his death in October 2011.
  • Steve Wozniak 1950 –Co-founder of Apple and designer of its first computers; an Apple director from 1977 to 1978.
  • Steven A. CohenAmerican investor; founder and CEO of Point72.
  • Sue Desmond-HellmannAmerican physician and executive, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; elected to OpenAI's board in March 2024.
  • Sundar PichaiCEO of Google since October 2015 and of Alphabet since December 2019.
  • Susan CreightonAntitrust lawyer; Bureau of Competition at the FTC from 2001; partner at Wilson Sonsini.
  • Susan Thompson Buffett until 2004Co-founder and president of the Buffett Foundation, renamed for her after her death in 2004.
  • Susan WagnerCo-founder and former vice chairman of BlackRock; Apple director since 2014.
  • Susan Wojcicki 1968 – 9 Aug 2024Google's 16th employee, whose Menlo Park garage was Google's first office; CEO of YouTube from 2014 to 2023.
  • Sylvestre GacumbitsiMayor (bourgmestre) of Rusumo commune in 1994; convicted of genocide by the Rwanda Tribunal for the attack on Nyarubuye Parish.