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- Saad ZaghloulPrime Minister of Egypt (1924)
- Saadat Hasan MantoPakistani writer (1912–1955)
- Saar ProtectorateFrench protectorate (1947–1956)
- Sabuncuoğlu ŞerafeddinŞerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385–1468) (Ottoman Turkish: شرفالدّین صابونجیاوغلی) was a medie
- Sachindra Nath SanyalIndian revolutionary (1890–1942)
- Sack of Rome (455)Sack of Rome by the Vandals and Alans (455)
- Sadao ArakiJapanese officer and war criminal (1877–1966)
- Sadashivrao BhauMaratha general and minister (1730–1761)
- SadhguruIndian yogi and author (born 1957)
- Safavid artArt in Iran during the Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
- Safiya BukhariSafiya Bukhari (born Bernice Jones; April 2, 1950 – August 24, 2003) was an American membe
- Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad KhanIndian attorney and educator (1867-1930)
- Sai Baba of ShirdiHindu and Muslim saint (c. 1838–1918)
- Saint DavidPatron saint of Wales (c. 500 – c. 589)
- Saint-DomingueFrench colony on the island of Hispaniola (1659–1803)
- Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (French pronunciation: ; literally 'Saint-Étienne of Saint-G
- Sakya PanditaTibetan Lama (1182–1251)
- Salem BlandCanadian Methodist theologian and activist (1859–1950)
- Salim AliIndian ornithologist (1896–1987)
- Salim Ali's fruit batSalim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimalii) is a rare megabat species in the monotypic genu
- Sally Falk MooreAmerican anthropologist (1924–2021)
- Sally LedgerSally Ledger (14 December 1961 – 21 January 2009) was a British academic, who was a Profes
- Salomon MüllerSalomon Müller (7 April 1804 – 29 December 1864) was a German naturalist. He was born in H
- Salomon RosenblumSalomon Aminyu Zalman Rosenblum (2 June 1896 – 22 November 1959) was a Poland-born nuclear
- Saluva dynastySecond dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1485–1505 CE)
- Sam DolgoffAmerican anarcho-syndicalist (1902–1990)
- Sam ManekshawIndian military officer (1914–2009)
- Sam MarcySam Ballan (1911 – February 1, 1998), known by his pen name Sam Marcy, was an American law
- Sam MbahNigerian writer (1963–2014)
- Sam Webb (communist)Samuel Webb (born June 4, 1945) is an American activist and political leader, who served a
- SaṃghabhadraSaṃghabhadra (5th century CE, Sanskrit: संघभद्र, Ch. 僧伽跋陀羅・衆賢, Japanese: Sōgyabaddara or S
- Samir AminEgyptian-French economist and political scientist (1931–2018)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1Introduced in 2011, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is an Android-based tablet computer design
- Samuel DeWitt ProctorSamuel DeWitt Proctor (July 13, 1921 – May 22, 1997) was an American minister, educator, a
- Samuel Edward Konkin IIICanadian-American anarchist (1947–2004)
- Samuel GarmanAmerican zoologist (1843–1927)
- Samuel GoudsmitDutch-American physicist (1902–1978)
- Samuel Hunter ChristieBritish physicist and mathematician (1784–1865)
- Samuel Liddell (pirate)Samuel Liddell (fl. 1716) was a pirate, privateer, and merchant active in the Caribbean. H
- Samuel Liddell MacGregor MathersBritish occultist (1854–1918)
- Samuel Seabury (judge)American judge (1873–1958)
- Samuel SmilesSamuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government refor
- San Felipe, ChileSan Felipe (Spanish pronunciation: ; "St. Philip" in Spanish) is a commune and the capital
- San Sebastiano CuroneSan Sebastiano Curone (Piedmontese: San Bastiau Curou ) is a comune (municipality) in the
- San Vitale, RomeThe early Christian imperial basilica of the Saints Martyrs Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio and
- Sancha of Portugal (born 1264)Sancha of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: ) (2 February 1264 – 1279/c. 1284) was a Por
- Sancho IV of CastileSancho IV of Castile (12 May 1258 – 25 April 1295) called the Brave (el Bravo), was the ki
- Sancho, Count of ProvenceSancho (died 1223), also spelled Sanç or Sanche, was a Catalano-Aragonese nobleman and sta
- Sandra BartkyAmerican philosopher (1935–2016)
- Sangama dynastyFirst dynasty of Vijayanagara (1336–1485)
- SankardevIndian polymath (1449–1568)
- Sanskrit studiesSanskrit has been studied by Western scholars since the late 18th century. In the 19th cen
- Santa Fe de Nuevo MéxicoProvincial kingdom of New Spain (1598–1821); territory of Mexico (1821–48)
- ŚāntarakṣitaIndian Buddhist philosopher (725-788)
- Sara AhmedEnglish-Australian scholar (born 1969)
- Sara Bard FieldAmerican poet and suffragist (1882–1974)
- Sara HaardtSara Powell Haardt (March 1, 1898 – May 31, 1935) was an American author and professor of
- Sarekat IslamSarekat Islam or Syarikat Islam (lit. 'Islamic Association' or 'Islamic Union'; SI) was an
- Saroj DuttaIndian intellectual and Poet (1914–1971)
- Sarojini NaiduIndian political activist and poet (1879–1949)
- Sasanian dynastyFounding house of the Sasanian Empire (224–651)
- Sasanian EgyptProvince of the Sasanian Empire (618–628)
- Sathya Sai BabaIndian spiritual godman (1926–2011)
- Satsuma DomainJapanese historical feudal estate (1600–1871)
- Saul AlinskyAmerican activist and political theorist (1909–1972)
- Savart wheelThe Savart wheel is an acoustical device named after the French physicist Félix Savart (17
- Sawai Jai SinghMaharaja of Amber (1688–1743)
- Sayed Muhammed Ali Shihab ThangalIndian Islamic scholar (1936–2009)
- Schirmacher OasisThe Schirmacher Oasis (or Schirmacher Lake Plateau) is a 25 km (16 mi) long and up to 3 km
- SchwarmstedtSchwarmstedt is a municipality in the Heidekreis in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated
- Science and technology of the Tang dynastyThe Tang dynasty (618–907) of ancient China witnessed many advancements in Chinese science
- Scott AbbottCharles Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of the board game Trivial Pursuit along with Chris
- Scott ShenkerScott J. Shenker (born January 24, 1956) is an American computer scientist, and professor
- Scott–Curry theoremIn mathematical logic, the Scott–Curry theorem is a result in lambda calculus stating that
- Seamus HeaneyIrish poet (1939–2013)
- Seax-WicaSeax-Wica, or sometimes Seax Witchcraft, is a tradition of neopagan practice blending aspe
- Sebastian KurzChancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021)
- Sébastien FaureFrench anarcho-communists (1858–1942)
- Second Battle of MiddlewichThe Second Battle of Middlewich took place on 26 December 1643 near Middlewich in Cheshire
- Second Constitutional EraPeriod of constitutional monarchy in the Ottoman Empire (1908–1920)
- Second Council of Lyon14th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church (1272–74)
- Second French EmpireFrance under Napoleon III (1852–1870)
- Second InternationalInternational socialist organization (1889–1914)
- Second Italo-Senussi WarConflict in Libya (1923–1932)
- Second Manmohan Singh ministryGovernment of India (2009–2014)
- Second Modi ministryGovernment of India (2019–2024)
- Second Nawaz Sharif governmentThe Second Nawaz Sharif government began on 3 February 1997, when Nawaz Sharif was sworn i
- Second Party SystemPhase in U.S. electoral politics (1828–1854)
- Second Rajiv Gandhi ministryMinisters in Government of India headed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1984 - 1989)
- Second Republic of UgandaMilitary dictatorship of Idi Amin (1971–1979)
- Second Sacred WarSpartan–Phocian conflict at Delphi (440s BC)
- Second Situationist InternationalThe Second Situationist International were a small group of situationists (the "Nashists")
- Second TempleTemple in Jerusalem (c. 516 BCE–70 CE)
- Second voyage of HMS BeagleScientific survey mission, carrying Charles Darwin (1831–1836)
- Security Division (Wehrmacht)Security Divisions (German: Sicherungs-Divisionen) were German rear-area military units en
- Seistan ForceThe Seistan Force, originally called East Persia Cordon, was a force of British Indian Arm
- Self-governance of SingaporeHistorical progress from UK colony (1819) to sovereign state (1965)
- Senate of IraqThe Senate of Iraq (Majlis al-A`yan) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral parlia
- Sengaku MayedaJapanese writer, philosopher and teacher (1931–2026)
- SengzhaoChinese Buddhist philosopher (384–414)
- Senya FleshinSenya Fleshin (19 December 1894 – 19 June 1981) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary an
- SeongcheolKorean Seon buddhist monk (1912–1993)
- Șerban ȚițeicaȘerban Țițeica (March 27 [O.S. March 14] 1908 – May 28, 1985) was a Romanian quantum physi
- Serbia and MontenegroCountry in Southeastern Europe (1992–2006)
- Serbian EmpireEmpire in the Balkans (1346–1371)
- Serge LatoucheFrench economist and philosopher (born 1940)
- Sergei BulgakovRussian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)
- Sergei Novikov (mathematician)Soviet and Russian mathematician (1938–2024)
- Sergio FerraraItalian physicist (born 1945)
- Serhiy PodolynskyUkrainian academic (1850–1891)
- Seth Barnes NicholsonSeth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. He wo
- Seth PuttermanSeth J. Putterman (born December 18, 1945) is an American physicist. He is known to have a
- SeungsahnKorean Buddhist monk (1927–2004)
- Severino Di GiovanniItalian anarchist (1901–1931)
- Sewall WrightAmerican geneticist (1889–1988)
- Seymour SiegelSeymour Siegel (September 12, 1927 – February 24, 1988), often referred to as "an architec
- Seyyed Hossein NasrIranian philosopher, theologian, and Islamic scholar (born 1933)
- Shah Abdul Aziz DehlaviIndian Islamic scholar (1746–1824)
- Shah dynastyDynasty that ruled Kingdom of Gorkha (1559–1768) and Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)
- Shah Mir dynastyMuslim dynasty of Kashmir (1339–1561)
- Shah Waliullah DehlawiIndian Muslim scholar (1703–1762)
- Shaishunaga dynastySecond ruling dynasty of Magadha (413–345 BCE)
- Shamit KachruAmerican theoretical physicist and professor (born 1970)
- Shanghai International SettlementMerged conceded territories (1863–1941)
- ShanivarsantheShanivarasanthe/Sanivarasanthe is a small town in Kodagu district in the Indian state of K
- Shantata! Court Chalu AaheShantata! Court Chalu Aahe (Silence! The Court Is in Session) is a Marathi play written by
- Sharon OsterAmerican economist (1948–2022)
- Sharpe's longclawSharpe's longclaw (Macronyx sharpei) is a passerine bird in the longclaw family Motacillid
- Sharpe's starlingSharpe's starling (Pholia sharpii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is
- Sheetal DeviIndian para-archer (born 2007)
- Shehbaz SharifPrime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023; 2024–present)
- Sheikh Abdullah (educationalist)Indian educationalist, social reformer, lawyer (1874–1965)
- Sheikh HasinaPrime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001; 2009–2024)
- Sheila FitzpatrickAustralian historian (born 1941)
- Shekhar KapurIndian filmmaker (born 1945)
- ShenhuiChinese Buddhist monk (684–758)
- Shi YichengChinese Buddhist monk (1927–2017)
- Shi YinshunChinese Buddhist monk (born 1974)
- Shi YuanyingChinese Chan Buddhist master (1878–1953)
- Shibli NomaniIndian Islamic scholar and philosopher (1857–1914)
- Shifting balance theoryThe shifting balance theory is a theory of evolution proposed in 1932 by Sewall Wright, su
- Shiga ShigetakaJapanese geographer (1863–1927)
- Shippingport Atomic Power StationUnited States atomic electricity plant (1957–1982)
- Shire of KingaroyThe Shire of Kingaroy was a local government area in the South Burnett area of Queensland,
- Shire of MaroochyThe Shire of Maroochy was a local government area about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Br
- Shirley ToulsonBritish poet, writer and journalist (1924–2018)
- ShirvanshahsState in Shirvan (861–1538)
- Shitou XiqianChinese Chan Buddhist teacher (700–790)
- Shivaram KaranthIndian Kannada writer (1902-1997)
- Shivaram RajguruShivaram Hari Rajguru (24 August 1908 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian independence activist
- Shōichi WatanabeJapanese scholar of English (1930–2017)
- Shōwa eraPeriod of Japanese history (1926–1989)
- Shubhanshu ShuklaIndian test pilot and astronaut (born 1986)
- Shūdō HigashinakanoJapanese historian (born 1947)
- Shūmei ŌkawaJapanese nationalist and Pan-Asianist ideologue (1886–1957)
- Shun dynastyChinese dynasty during the Ming–Qing transition (1644–1646)
- Shūsuke NomuraJapanese activist (1935–1993)
- Sidi M'Cid BridgeSidi M'Cid Bridge is a 164-metre-long (538 ft) suspension bridge across the Rhumel River i
- Sidney HookAmerican philosopher (1902–1989)
- Sidney Webb, 1st Baron PassfieldEnglish socialist economist (1859–1947)
- Siege of Algeciras (1369)The siege of Algeciras (1369) was undertaken during the period of the Reconquest of Spain
- Siege of Chester53°11′N 2°53′W / 53.19°N 2.89°W
- Siege of ChichesterThe siege of Chichester was a victory by Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel William Wal
- Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568)Akbar's conquest of Chittor (1567–1568)
- Siege of High Ercall HallThe siege of High Ercall Hall in High Ercall, Shropshire, England took place during the Fi
- Siege of Jacob's FordComponent of the Crusades (1179)
- Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)
- Siege of Kehl (1733)The siege of Kehl (14–28 October 1733) was one of the opening moves of the French Rhinelan
- Siege of NicaeaPart of the First Crusade (1097)
- Siege of PeliumSiege by Alexander the Great against the Illyrians (335 BC)
- Siege of Philippsburg (1734)The siege of Philippsburg was conducted by French forces against troops of the Holy Roman
- Siege of PortoThe siege of Porto is considered the period between July 1832 and August 1833 in which the
- Siege of the Sogdian RockAlexander the Great's siege of Sogdian fortress (327 BC)
- Siege of ToronGerman Crusader siege of Toron (1197–98)
- Siege of VeronaThe siege of Verona in the winter of 541, was an engagement during the Gothic War (535–554
- Siege of Worcester (1643)The short siege of Worcester (29–31 May 1643) was conducted by a Parliamentary army of abo
- Sieges of TauntonThe sieges of Taunton were a series of three blockades during the First English Civil War.
- Sigfried GiedionSigfried Giedion (also spelled Siegfried Giedion; 14 April 1888, Prague – 10 April 1968, Z
- Sikh ConfederacySikh military confederation (1748–1799)
- Silver Legion of AmericaFascist paramilitary group (1933–1941)
- Silvia FedericiItalian-American scholar, teacher, and feminist activist (born 1942)
- Silvio GesellGerman-Argentine economist (1862–1930)
- Sima TanChinese astrologer and historian (c. 165–110 BCE)
- Sima ZhenSima Zhen (Chinese: 司馬貞; Wade–Giles: Ssu-ma Chen; 679–732), courtesy name Zizheng (Tzu-che
- SimhavishnuPallava emperor (c. 575 – 600 CE)
- Simon MariusGerman astronomer (1573–1625)
- Sind (caliphal province)Province of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates (711–861)
- Sind Province (British India)Province of British India (1936–1947) and Pakistan (1947-1955)
- Singapore in the Straits SettlementsHistory of Singapore (1826 – 1942)
- SinghasariJavanese Kingdom (1222–1292)
- SipariaSiparia is a town in southern Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago, south of San Fernando, sou
- Siparia (parliamentary constituency)Siparia is a parliamentary electoral district in Trinidad and Tobago in the south of Trini
- Sipihr ShikohMughal prince (1644–1708)
- Sir James Outram, 1st BaronetBritish army officer (1803–1863)
- Sir Thomas Munro, 1st BaronetMadras Army officer and colonial administrator (1761–1827)
- Siraj SikderBangladeshi Maoist insurgent (1944–1975)
- Sirajuddin HaqqaniAfghan Taliban leader (born 1979)
- SitapurSitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh,
- Situ (office)Situ was one of the highest ranking government offices in ancient China. Established in th
- Situationist InternationalInternational organization of social revolutionaries (1957–72)
- Situationist prankSituationist prank is a term used in the mass media to label a distinctive tactic by the S
- Sivananda SaraswatiHindu spiritual teacher (1887-1963)
- Smart powerIn international relations, the term smart power refers to the combination of hard power a
- Smiling BuddhaIndia's first successful nuclear weapons test (1974)
- Sobibor extermination campNazi extermination camp in Poland (1942–1943)
- Social businessSocial business was defined by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and is
- Socialism in ItalySocialism in Italy is a political movement that developed during the Industrial Revolution
- Socialist Autonomous Province of KosovoProvince of Serbia in Yugoslavia (1945–1990)
- Socialist Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaFederated state of Yugoslavia (1943–1992)
- Socialist Republic of CroatiaFederated state of Yugoslavia (1943–1991)
- Socialist Republic of MacedoniaFederated state of Yugoslavia (1944–1991)
- Socialist Republic of MontenegroFederated state of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
- Socialist Republic of SerbiaFederated state of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
- Socialist Republic of SloveniaFederated state of Yugoslavia (1945–1991)
- Socialist Unity Party of GermanyRuling party of East Germany (1949–1989)
- Society for Cultural AnthropologyThe Society for Cultural Anthropology (or SCA) is a professional organization for cultural
- Soga–Mononobe conflictJapanese conflict (552 AD–587 AD)
- Soho Mint52°29′56″N 1°55′35″W / 52.49888°N 1.92630°W
- Solidarity (UK)Solidarity was a small libertarian socialist organisation from 1960 to 1992 in the United
- Sophia KingdomSophia Kingdom (15 February 1775 – 5 January 1855), later known as Lady Brunel, was the mo
- Sophie Grace ChappellEnglish philosopher (born 1964)
- Sophie PiccardSophie Piccard (1904–1990) was a Russian-Swiss mathematician who became the first female f
- Sophie SchollGerman anti-Nazi student activist (1921–1943)
- Sophonisba BreckinridgeAmerican lawyer and social reformer (1866–1948)
- Sora (text-to-video model)OpenAI text-to-video models (2024–2026)
- Sort (Unix)In computing, sort is a standard command line program of Unix and Unix-like operating syst
- South Africa Act 1909Constitution of the Union of South Africa (1910–1961)
- South Lebanon ArmyLebanese Christian-dominated militia (1977–2000)
- South Park Street CemeterySouth Park Street Cemetery, formerly known as the 'Great Christian Burial Ground', was one
- South West QueenslandSouth West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which cover
- Southern HanState in southern China (917–971)
- Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)The Southern Liang (Chinese: 南涼; pinyin: Nán Liáng; 397–404, 408–414) was a dynastic state
- Southern YanYan, known in historiography as the Southern Yan (Chinese: 南燕; pinyin: Nán Yān; 398–410),
- Soviet Armed ForcesMilitary forces of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (1918–1991)
- Soviet occupation zone in GermanyAllied-occupied area in Germany (1945–1949)
- Soviet rubleCurrency of the Soviet Union (1922–1991)
- Space Shuttle AtlantisSpace Shuttle orbiter (1985–2011)
- Space Shuttle ChallengerSpace Shuttle orbiter (1983–1986)
- Space Shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
- Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)
- SpacelabSpacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on ce
- Spanish conquest of Iberian NavarreWars over Navarre in Iberia (1512–1529)
- Spanish Golden AgePeriod of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain (1492–1681)
- Sparlösa RunestoneThe Sparlösa Runestone, listed as Vg 119 in the Rundata catalog, is located in Västergötla
- Spartan hegemonySpartan domination of parts of Greece (404–371 BC)
- Spencer HeathAmerican academic (1876–1963)
- Spinycheek scorpionfishThe spinycheek scorpionfish (Neomerinthe hemingwayi), also known as Hemingway's scorpionfi
- SpitamenesSogdian warlord (370–328 BCE)
- Sreenivasa Rao JammalamadakaSreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka, also known as J.S. Rao, is a statistician specializing in di
- Sripada Sri VallabhaMedieval Hindu religious leader (born 1320)
- SS Education OfficeThe SS Education Office (SS-Schulungsamt) was one of the Nazi organizations responsible fo
- SS-TotenkopfverbändeBranch of the SS that managed the Nazi camps (1936–1945)
- St Alfege Church, GreenwichSt Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borou
- St Cecilia's HallSt Cecilia's Hall is a small concert hall and museum in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, i
- St Mary's Old Church, St Mary'sSt Mary's Old Church, St Mary's is a parish church in the Church of England located in Old
- Standard-gauge railwayRailway track gauge (1435 mm)
- Stanisław GebhardtPolish economist and activist (1928–2025)
- Stanley BaldwinBritish statesman (1867–1947)
- Stanley Jeyaraja TambiahAmerican anthropologist (1929–2014)
- Stanley MandelstamSouth African theoretical physicist (1928-2016)
- Stanley Norman CohenAmerican geneticist (born 1935)
- Stanley Smith StevensAmerican psychologist (1906–1973)
- States of the German ConfederationThe states of the German Confederation were member states of the German Confederation, fro
- Statutes of KilkennyThe Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty-five acts enacted by the Parliament of Ir
- Steinmetz's equationSteinmetz's equation, sometimes called the power equation, is an empirical equation used t
- Stephan KörnerStephan Körner, FBA (26 September 1913 – 17 August 2000) was a British philosopher, who sp
- Stephen O. MurrayAmerican anthropologist and sociologist (1950-2019)
- Stephen Pearl AndrewsAmerican anarchist (1812–1886)
- Stephen SpenderEnglish poet and man of letters (1909–1995)
- Stephen ToulminEnglish philosopher (1922–2009)
- Steven BestAmerican philosopher, writer and activist (born 1955)
- Steven CookSteven Cook is a British artist, photographer, and graphic designer.
- Steven GubserAmerican physicist (1972–2019)
- Steven ZuckerSteven Mark Zucker (12 September 1949 – 13 September 2019) was an American mathematician w
- Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of AnfieldBritish peer (born 1968)
- SthulabhadraIndian Jain monk (297–198 BCE)
- Storming of Shelford HouseThe Storming of Shelford House was a confrontation of the English Civil War that took plac
- Stratford Hall (plantation)Stratford Hall is a historic house museum near Lerty in Westmoreland County, Virginia. It
- Streaming currentA streaming current and streaming potential are two interrelated electrokinetic phenomena
- String pianoString piano is a term coined by American composer-theorist Henry Cowell (1897–1965) to co
- Stringer LawrenceBritish army officer (1698–1775)
- Stuart ChaseAmerican economist (1888–1985)
- Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)Jamaican-British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and activist (1932–2014)
- Students for a Democratic SocietyAmerican student activist organization (1960–1974)
- Stutthof concentration campNazi concentration camp in Poland (1939–1945)
- Subh-e-AzadiSubh-e-Azadi (lit.'Dawn of Independence' or 'Morning of freedom'), also spelled Subh-e-Aaz
- Subhadra Kumari ChauhanIndian poet (1904-1948)
- Subramaniya SivaIndian writer and activist (1884–1925)
- SuhitpangphaaSuhitpangphaa also Gaurinath Singha (c. 1765 – 19 December 1794), was the 35th king of Aho
- Sukerchakia MislSovereign state of the Sikh Confederacy (1748–1801)
- SukhaamphaaSukhaamphaa also known as Khora roja (1552–1603) was a king of the Ahom kingdom of medieva
- SuksahaSuksaha (Manchu: ; Chinese: 蘇克薩哈; pinyin: Sūkèsàhā; died 1667) was a Manchu official of th
- Sulaiman ShikohMughal prince (1635–1662)
- Sultan Jahan, Begum of BhopalNawab Begum of Bhopal (1858–1930)
- Sultanate of BacanState in Southeast Asia (c.1322-1965)
- Sultanate of BanjarSultanate based in South Kalimantan (1520–1860/1905), restored in 2010
- Sultanate of MysoreState in southern India (1761–1799)
- Sultanate of Siak Sri IndrapuraSultanate that was located in the Siak Regency, Riau (1723–1949)
- Sultanate of the Maldive IslandsCountry in South Asia (1153–1953, 1954–1968)
- Sumit SarkarIndian historian of modern India (1939–2026)
- Sunder LalIndian freedom fighter (c. 1923 – 1987)
- Sunderlal BahugunaIndian environmental activist (1927–2021)
- SunyatphaaSunyatphaa also Udayaditya Singha was the king of Ahom Kingdom from 1670 CE to 1672 CE. Af
- Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius XSuperior General of the Society of Saint Pius X is the title given to the head of the trad
- SuphakphaaSuphakphaa was the king of Ahom kingdom from 1422 CE to 1439 CE. He was the son of the kin
- Supreme Court (horse)Supreme Court (1948–1962) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning the
- Supreme Court of the Soviet UnionSupreme judicial organ of the USSR (1923–1992)
- Supreme Soviet of the Soviet UnionLegislative body of the Soviet Union (1938–1991)
- Surendranath BanerjeeIndian nationalist leader (1848–1925)
- Surya SenIndian revolutionary (1894–1934)
- Susan George (political scientist)American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer (1934–2026)
- SusthitavarmanSusthitavarman (also known as Sri-Mriganka) (590-595) was a ruler of Kamarupa. He was a so
- Susumu NishibeJapanese critic, conservative, and economist (1939–2018)
- Svalikhita-jivaniSvalikhita-jivani is an autobiography written in 1896 by Kedarnatha Datta (also known as B
- Sven Gustaf HedinSven Gustaf Hedin (6 October 1859 – 11 July 1933) was a Swedish chemist and physiologist c
- Sven HedinSwedish geographer, explorer, photographer, and illustrator (1865–1952)
- SwainsonaSwainsona is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and i
- Swami SamarthIndian Hindu spiritual guru (died 1878)
- SwaminarayanFounder of Swaminarayan Sampradaya (1781–1830)
- Swaminathan AiyarSwaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar (born 12 October 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist,
- Swedish PomeraniaSweden-held lands on the southern Baltic coast (1630–1815)
- Syed Abdul NazeerGovernor of Andhra Pradesh (born 1958)
- Syed Ahmad BarelviIndian Islamic revivalist and Sufi scholar (1786–1831)
- Syed Ali Shah GeelaniKashmiri separatist leader (1929–2021)
- Syed Ameer AliIndian jurist (1849–1928)
- Syed MahmoodIndian barrister (1850-1903)
- Sylvain ArendSylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgian astronomer bo
- Sylvia PankhurstEnglish activist, writer and artist (1882–1960)
- Symbolic cultureSymbolic culture, or non-material culture, is the ability to learn and transmit behavioral
- SymbolicsDefunct American computer manufacturer (1980–1996)
- Symeon the New TheologianChristian saint, monk, and theologian (949–1022)
- Syria PalaestinaProvince of the Roman Empire (135–357 CE)
- System 7Seventh major release of the classic Mac OS (1991)