Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Spaak, Paul Henri Charles (Belgian statesman & politician)
Spahn, Warren (American baseball player)
Spark, Dame Muriel Sarah (Scottish novelist)
Spartacus (Italian military leader)
Speaker, Tristram (American baseball player)
Speer, Albert (German architect & politician)
Speke, John Hanning (English-African explorer)
Spemann, Hans (German zoologist & microbiologist)
Spencer, Herbert (English philosopher)
Spender, Sir Stephen Harold (English poet & critic)
Spengler, Oswald (German historian & philosopher)
Spenser, Edmund (English poet)
Sperry, Elmer Ambrose (American inventor)
Sperry, Roger Wolcott (American biologist)
Spielberg, Steven (Filmmaker / Movie Producer)
Spillane, Mickey (American writer)
Spingarn, Joel Elias (American educator, writer & critic)
Spinoza, Baruch (Dutch philosopher)
Spitz, Mark (American athlete)
Spock, Benjamin McLane (Physician / Writer)
Spode, Josiah (English sculptor)
Sprague, Frank Julian (American electrician & engineer)
Spyri, Johanna (Swiss writer)
Squanto (American personage)
Staël, Madame de (French-Swiss writer)
Stalin, Joseph (Political Leader / World War II Figure)
Standish, Miles (American pioneer & military leader)
Stanford, Leland (American politician & financier)
Stanislas I Leszczyński (King of Poland)
Stanislavsky, Konstantin (Russian dramatist)
Stanley, Francis Edgar (American inventor)
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (Explorer/Journalist)
Stanley, Wendell Meredith (American biochemist)
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (American statesman)
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (Social Reformer)
Starr, Belle (American criminal)
Starr, Bryan Bartlett (American football player and coach)
Starr, Ringo (Rock Musician / Actor)
Staubach, Roger Thomas (American football player)
Steele, Sir Richard (English writer & dramatist)
Steen, Jan (Dutch painter)
Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (Canadian explorer)
Steffens, (Joseph) Lincoln (American editor & writer)
Stegner, Wallace Earle (American novelist)
Steichen, Edward Jean (American photographer)
Steinem, Gloria (American journalist, sociologist & politician)
Steiner, Rudolf (German sociologist, philosopher & mystic)