| Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch philosopher |
| Friedrich Spitta (1852–1924), German Protestant theologian |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825–1908), Librarian of the United States Congress |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American author |
| Ludwig Spohr (1784–1859), German composer and violinist |
| Jacob Spon (1647–1685), French doctor and archæologist |
| Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851), Italian musical composer |
| Alexander Spotswood (1676–1740), American colonial governor |
| John Spottiswoode (1565–1639), Archbishop of St. Andrews and historian of Scotland |
| William Spottiswoode (1825–1883), English mathematician and physicist |
| Charles Sprague (1791–1875), American poet |
| William Buell Sprague (1795–1876), American clergyman |
| Thomas Sprat (1635–1713), English divine |
| Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt (1811–1888), English vice-admiral, hydrographer and geologist |
| Claus Spreckels (1828–1908), American capitalist |
| Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833), German botanist and physician |
| Aloys Sprenger (1813–1893), Austrian orientalist |
| Jakob Sprenger (1436/8–1495), Dominican inquisitor of Cologne |
| Göran Magnus Sprengtporten (1740–1819), Swedish and Russian politician |
| Jakob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786), Swedish soldier and politician |
| Leverett Wilson Spring (1840–1917), American author and educator |
| Anton Springer (1825–1891), German writer |
| Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (1859–1918), English diplomatist |
| Eugène Spuller (1835–1896), French politician and writer |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892), English Nonconformist divine |
| Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776–1832), German phrenologist |
| Ephraim George Squier (1821–1888), American author and archæologist |
| Marguerite-Jeanne, Baronne de Staal (1684–1750), French author |
| Bernhard Stade (1848–1906), German Protestant theologian |
| Johann Philipp von Stadion (1763–1824), Austrian statesman |
| Stafford, famous English house |
| Earls and Marquesses of Stafford |
| Friedrich Julius Stahl (1802–1861), German ecclesiastical lawyer and politician |
| Georg Ernst Stahl (1660–1734), German chemist and physician |
| Sir John Stainer (1840–1901), English composer and organist |
| James Dalrymple, Viscount of Stair (1619–1695), Scottish lawyer and statesman |
| Gottfried Stallbaum (1793–1861), German classical scholar |
| Alexander Stamboliiski (1879–1923), Bulgarian statesman |
| Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895), Bulgarian statesman |
| Henry Grey, Earl of Stamford (c. 1599–1673), English noble |
| Myles Standish (1584?–1656), American colonist |
| Clarkson Stanfield (1793–1867), English marine painter |
| Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), Irish musical composer |
| Leland Stanford (1824–1893), American public man and philanthropist |
| Earls Stanhope |
| Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839), English noble |
| Stanisław I. (1677–1766), Leszczyński, King of Poland |
| Stanisław II. Augustus (1732–1798), Poniatowski, King of Poland |
| Stanley, ancient and historic English family |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881), English divine, Dean of Westminster |
| Edward Stanley (1779–1849), Bishop of Norwich |
| Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), British explorer of Africa, discoverer of the course of the Congo |
| Thomas Stanley (1625–1678), English poet and philosopher |
| Sir William Stanley (1548–1630), English soldier and traitor |
| Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, Baron Stanmore (1829–1912), British administrator |
| Joseph Stannard (1797–1830), British painter |
| Sir James Stansfeld (1820–1898), English politician |
| Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814–1869), American statesman |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1816–1902), American reformer |
| Richard Stanyhurst (1547–1618), English translator of Virgil |
| Walter de Stapledon (1261–1326), English Bishop |
| Charles van der Stappen (1843–1910), Belgian sculptor |
| James Stark (1794–1859), British painter |
| John Stark (1728–1822), American soldier |
| James Starley (1830–1881), British inventor |
| Jean Servais Stas (1813–1891), Belgian chemist |
| Stasinus, supposed author of the Cypria |
| Statius (c. 45–c. 96 A.D.), Latin poet |
| Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781–1859), English traveller and orientalist |
| Howard Staunton (1810–1874), English Shakespearian scholar and writer on chess |
| Sir William Foster Stawell (1815–1889), British colonial statesman |
| William Thomas Stead (1849–1912), English journalist |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908), American poet and critic |
| Henry Wickham Steed (1871–1956), English journalist |
| Flora Annie Webster Steel (1847–1929), English writer |
| Anne Steele (1717–1778), English hymn-writer |
| Sir Richard Steele (1672–1729), English man of letters |
| Thomas Steele (1788–1848), Irish politician and writer |
| William Steele (d. 1680), Lord Chancellor of Ireland |
| Jan Steen (1626–1679), Dutch subject-painter |
| Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942), English painter |
| George Steevens (1736–1800), English Shakespearian commentator |
| George Warrington Steevens (1869–1900), English journalist |
| Vilhjálmur Stefánsson (1879–1962), Canadian explorer |
| Agostino Steffani (1654–1728), Italian ecclesiastic, diplomatist and musical composer |
| Henrik Steffens (1773–1845), German philosopher, scientist and poet |
| Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823), German pianist and composer |
| Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827), friend of Goethe |
| Karl, Freiherr vom und zum Stein (1757–1831), German statesman |
| Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss mathematician |
| Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796–1877), Prussian general field-marshal |
| Moritz Steinschneider (1816–1907), Jewish bibliographer |
| Heymann Steinthal (1823–1899), German philosopher and philologist |
| William Steinway (1836–1896), American manufacturer |
| Magnus Gustafsson Stenbock (1664–1717), Swedish soldier |
| Stendhal (1783–1842), French author |
| Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686), Danish naturalist |
| Heinrich von Stephan (1831–1897), German statesman |
| Stephanus Byzantinus (Sixth Century?), author of a geographical dictionary |
| Saint Stephen (d. c. 36), the “proto-martyr” |
| Stephen, name of nine popes |
| Stephen (1097?–1154), King of England |
| Stephen I. (975?–1038), Saint, King of Hungary |
| Stephen V. (1239–1272), King of Hungary |
| Sir James Stephen (1789–1859), English historian |
| Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829–1894), English lawyer, judge and publicist |
| Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904), English biographer and literary critic |
| Stephen bar Sūdhailē (c. 500–c. 550), Syrian mystical writer |
| Stephen Báthory (1533–1586), King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania |
| Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886), American authoress |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812–1883), American statesman |
| John Lloyd Stephens (1805–1852), American traveller |
| George Stephenson (1781–1848), English engineer |
| Robert Stephenson (1803–1859), English engineer |
| George Stepney (1663–1707), English poet and diplomatist |
| Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky (Stepniak) (1851–1895), Russian revolutionist |
| Antoinette Sterling (1850–1904), Anglo-American vocalist |
| John Sterling (1806–1844), British author |
| Daniel Stern (1805–1876), French author |
| George Miller Sternberg (1838–1915), American surgeon and bacteriologist |
| Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), English humorist |
| Richard Sterne (c. 1596–1683), English divine, Archbishop of York |
| Simon Sterne (1839–1901), American lawyer and writer |
| Thomas Sternhold (d. 1549), English versifier |
| John Robert Sitlington Sterrett (1851–1914), American Greek scholar |
| Stesichorus (c. 640–c. 555 B.C.), Greek lyric poet |
| Sir James Steuart (1712–1780), English economist |
| Baron von Steuben (1730–1794), German soldier |
| Agostino Steuco (1497?–1548), Italian scholar and divine |
| Alfred Stevens (1828–1906), Belgian painter |
| Henry Stevens (1819–1886), American bibliographer |
| Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), American political leader |
| Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835–1914), American political leader |
| Robert Stevenson (1772–1850), Scottish engineer |
| Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), British essayist, novelist and poet |
| Simon Stevinus (1548–1620), Dutch mathematician |
| Stewart, surname of a family which inherited the Scottish and ultimately the English crown |
| Alexander Turney Stewart (1803–1876), American merchant |
| Balfour Stewart (1828–1887), Scottish physicist |
| Charles Stewart (1778–1869), American naval officer |
| Sir Donald Martin Stewart (1824–1900), British field marshal |
| Dugald Stewart (1753–1828), Scottish philosopher |
| Sir Herbert Stewart (1843–1885), British soldier |
| John Stewart (1749–1822), British traveller |
| John Stewart of Baldynneis (?1540–?1607), Scottish verse writer, known as the translator of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso |
| Julius LeBlanc Stewart (1855–1919), American artist |
| William Stewart (c. 1481–c. 1550), Scottish poet and translator |
| Sir William Stewart (c. 1540–c. 1605), Scottish politician |
| Martinus Theunis Steyn (1857–1916), Dutch South African politician, last President of the Orange Free State |
| Rudolf Ewald Stier (1800–1862), German Protestant divine and mystic |
| Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), Austrian author |
| Stigand (d. 1072), Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Ezra Stiles (1727–1795), American clergyman and educationalist, seventh President of Yale College |
| Flavius Stilicho (d. 408), Roman general and statesman |
| John Still (1543?–1608), Bishop of Bath and Wells, formerly reputed to be the author of Gammer Gurton’s Needle |
| Alfred Stillé (1813–1900), American physician |
| Charles Janeway Stillé (1819–1899), American historian |
| Edward Stillingfleet (1635–1699), English divine |
| William James Stillman (1828–1901), American painter and journalist |
| Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus (c. 154–c. 74 B.C.), earliest Roman philologist |
| Stilpo, Greek philosopher of the Megarian school |
| Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943), American writer |
| Julius Stinde (1841–1905), German author |
| Hugo Stinnes (1870–1924), German industrialist and financier |
| Fanny Stirling (1815–1895), English actress |
| James Stirling (1692–1770), Scottish mathematician |
| James Hutchison Stirling (1820–1909), Scottish philosopher |
| Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1818–1878), Scottish man of letters and virtuoso |
| Georg Stjernhjelm (1598–1672), Swedish poet and scholar |
| Stobaeus (fl. Fifth Century A.D.), compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors |
| Christian Friedrich, Baron von Stockmar (1787–1863), Anglo-Belgian statesman |
| Frank Richard Stockton (1834–1902), American novelist |
| Richard Stockton (1730–1781), signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (1823–1902), poet and novelist |
| Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909), American traveler and writer |
| Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903), American author |
| William Osborn Stoddard (1835–1925), American author |
| Jean Nicolas Stofflet (1753–1796), Vendéan general |
| Bram Stoker (1847–1912), Irish author |
| Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903), British mathematician and physicist |
| Whitley Stokes (1830–1909), British lawyer and Celtic scholar |
| John Stokesley (c. 1475–1539), English prelate |
| Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg (1750–1819), German poet |
| Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874), Austrian palæontologist |
| Peter Stolypin (1862–1911), Russian statesman |
| Charles Pomeroy Stone (1824–1887), American soldier |
| Edward James Stone (1831–1897), British astronomer |
| Frank Stone (1800–1859), British painter |
| George Stone (1708?–1764), Archbishop of Armagh |
| Lucy Stone (1818–1893), American reformer, antislavery and woman’s-rights leader |
| Marcus Stone (1840–1921), English painter |
| Melville Elijah Stone (1848–1929), American journalist |
| Nicholas Stone (1586–1647), English sculptor and architect |
| Thomas Stone (1743–1787), signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| George Stoneman (1822–1894), American soldier |
| Antonio Stoppani (1824–1891), Italian geologist and palæontologist |
| Stephen Storace (1762–1796), English musical composer |
| Theodor Storm (1817–1888), German poet and novelist |
| Richard Salter Storrs (1821–1900), American Congregational clergyman |
| John Story (c. 1510–1571), English martyr |
| Joseph Story (1779–1845), American jurist |
| Robert Herbert Story (1835–1907), Scottish divine, principal of Glasgow University |
| William Wetmore Story (1819–1895), American sculptor and poet |
| Veit Stoss (1438/40–1533), German sculptor and wood carver |
| Charles Alfred Stothard (1786–1821), Antiquarian draughtsman |
| Thomas Stothard (1755–1834), English subject painter |
| John Stoughton (1807–1897), English Nonconformist divine |
| Robert Stout (1844–1930), New Zealand judge and statesman |
| John Stow (1525?–1605), English historian and antiquary |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896), American writer and philanthropist |
| Strabo (c. 64 B.C.–c. 23 A.D.), Greek geographer and historian |
| John Strachan (1778–1867), first Bishop of Toronto |
| James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843–1916), British classical scholar |
| Sir John Strachey (1823–1907), British Indian civilian |
| John St. Loe Strachey (1860–1927), English journalist |
| Sir Richard Strachey (1817–1908), British soldier and Indian administrator |
| William Strachey (1572?–1621), American colonist and historian |
| Moritz, Graf von Strachwitz (1822–1847), German poet |
| Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682), Italian composer |
| Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737), Italian violin-maker |
| Earls of Strafford |
| Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1593–1641), English statesman |
| William Strang (1859–1921), British painter-etcher |
| Sir Robert Strange (1721–1792), Scottish line engraver |
| Viscount Strangford |
| John de Stratford (d. 1348), Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe (1786–1880), British diplomatist |
| Donald Alexander Smith, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820–1914), Canadian statesman and financier |
| Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn (1801–1885), British field-marshal |
| Ludwig Straus (1835–1899), Austrian violinist |
| David Friedrich Strauss (1808–1874), German theologian and man of letters |
| Johann Strauss (1804–1849), Austrian orchestral conductor and composer of dance-music |
| Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer |
| Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian musical composer |
| George Edmund Street (1824–1881), English architect |
| Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969), Flemish author |
| Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English historical writer |
| Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–1853), English naturalist and geologist |
| August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish author |
| Ralph Strode (fl. 1350–1400), English schoolman |
| William Strode (1602–1645), English parliamentarian |
| James Strong (1822–1894), American classical scholar |
| Strongylion (fl. Fifth Century B.C.), Greek sculptor |
| Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), Croatian Bishop and politician |
| Strozzi, name of an ancient and noble Florentine family |
| Johan Frederick Struensee (1737–1772), Danish political philosopher |
| Jedediah Strutt (1726–1797), British inventor and manufacturer |
| Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve (1793–1864), German astronomer |
| John Strype (1643–1737), English historian and biographer |
| Lady Arabella Stuart (1575–1615), English noble |
| Gilbert Stuart (1742–1786), eminent jurist and historian |
| Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), American artist |
| James Stuart (1843–1913), British educationist and politician |
| Jeb Stuart (1833–1864), American soldier |
| Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida (1759–1815), British lieutenant-general |
| John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), South Australian explorer |
| Moses Stuart (1780–1852), American biblical scholar |
| Ruth McEnery Stuart (1856–1917), American writer |
| John Stubbes (1543–1591), English pamphleteer |
| Charles William Stubbs (1845–1912), English divine |
| Philip Stubbs (fl. 1581–1593), English pamphleteer |
| William Stubbs (1825–1901), English historian and Bishop of Oxford |
| Franz von Stuck (1863–1928), German painter |
| Thomas Stucley (c. 1525–1578), English adventurer |
| Bernhard Studer (1794–1887), Swiss geologist |
| William Stukeley (1687–1765), English antiquary |
| Johann Stumpf (1500–1576), one of the chief writers on Swiss history and topography |
| Doveton Sturdee (1859–1925), British Admiral |
| Sturdza, name of an ancient Rumanian family |
| Sture, ancient patrician family of Sweden |
| Joseph Sturge (1793–1859), English philanthropist and politician |
| Russell Sturgis (1836–1909), American architect and art critic |
| Karl von Stürgkh (1859–1916), Austrian Prime Minister |
| Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803–1855), French mathematician, of German extraction |
| Jakob Sturm (1489–1553), German statesman and reformer |
| Julius Sturm (1816–1896), German poet |
| Boris Vladimirovich Stürmer (1849–1917), Russian politician |
| Charles Sturt (1795–1869), English explorer in New South Wales and in South Australia |
| Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), Dutch colonial governor |
| Bartolommeo Suardi (c. 1465–c. 1530), Italian painter and architect |
| Francisco Suárez (1548–1617), Spanish theologian and philosopher |
| Pierre Subleyras (1699–1749), French painter |
| Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duc d’Albufera da Valencia (1770–1826), Marshal of France |
| Sir John Suckling (1609–1642), English poet |
| Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928), German dramatist and novelist |
| Eugène Sue (1804–1857), French novelist |
| Eduard Suess (1831–1914), Austrian geologist |
| Suetonius (c. 69–c. 122 A.D.), Roman historian |
| Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (First Century A.D.), Roman general |
| Earls and Dukes of Suffolk |
| Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (c. 1484–1545), Standard-bearer of Henry VII. |
| Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk (1561–1626), English admiral |
| William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk (1396–1450), English commander |
| Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez (1729–1788), French admiral |
| Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Baron St. Leonards (1781–1875), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain |
| Suger (1081–1151), French ecclesiastic, statesman and historian |
| Suïdas (Tenth Century?), Greek lexicographer |
| Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov (1848–1926), Russian general and war minister |
| Suleiman II. (1642–1691), Sultan of Turkey |
| Suleyman the Magnificent (1494/5–1566), Sultan of Turkey |
| Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138–78 B.C.), Roman general, politician and dictator |
| Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900), English musical composer |
| Barry Sullivan (1821–1891), Irish actor |
| John Sullivan (1740–1795), American soldier and political leader |
| James Sully (1842–1923), English psychologist |
| Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully (1559–1641), French statesman |
| Thomas Sully (1783–1872), American artist |
| Sully Prudhomme (René François Armand Prudhomme) (1839–1907), French poet |
| Sulpicia, name of two Roman poets |
| Publius Sulpicius Rufus (c. 124–88 B.C.), Roman orator and statesman |
| Servius Sulpicius Rufus (c. 106–43 B.C.), Roman orator and jurist |
| Charles Sumner (1811–1874), American statesman |
| Charles Richard Sumner (1790–1874), English Bishop |
| Edwin Vose Sumner (1797–1863), American soldier |
| John Bird Sumner (1780–1862), English Archbishop |
| William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American economist |
| Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), American soldier |
| Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland (1674–1722), English statesman |
| Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland (1640–1702), English politician |
| Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), Chinese revolutionary leader |
| Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), Austrian musical composer |
| Earldom of Surrey |
| Robert Surtees (1779–1834), English antiquary and topographical historian |
| Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864), English novelist and sporting writer |
| Clotilde de Surville, supposed author of the Poésies de Clotilde |
| Susarion (Sixth Century B.C.), Greek comic poet |
| Earls of Sussex |
| Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex (c. 1525–1583), Lord-lieutenant of Ireland |
| Earls and Dukes of Sutherland |
| Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), American mining engineer |
| Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Austrian writer |
| Sir Richard Sutton (d. c. 1524), college founder |
| Thomas Sutton (1532–1611), founder of Charterhouse school and hospital |
| Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov (1730–1800), Russian field marshal |
| Suyūṭī (1445–1505), Arabian encyclopædic writer |
| Hans Svane (1606–1668), Danish statesman and ecclesiastic |
| Johan Severin Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer |
| Johan Sverdrup (1816–1892), Norwegian statesman |
| Caroline Světlá (1830–1899), Czech writer |
| Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), Dutch naturalist |
| John Macallan Swan (1847–1910), English painter and sculptor |
| Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828–1914), English physicist and electrician |
| Anna Swanwick (1813–1899), English writer and philanthropist |
| Olof Swartz (1760–1818), Swedish botanist |
| Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), American jurist |
| Samuel Montagu, Baron Swaythling (1832–1911), British financier |
| Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic |
| Henry Sweet (1845–1912), English philologist |
| Madame Swetchine (1782–1857), Russian mystic |
| Henry Barclay Swete (1835–1917), English theologian |
| Sweyn I. (d. 1014), King of Denmark |
| Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, British satirist
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