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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Shevchenko, Taras Grigoryevich (Ukrainian poet & artist)
Shirer, William Lawrence (American journalist and historian)
Shirley, William (English-American statesman/stateswoman)
Shockley, William Bradford (American physicist)
Shorter, Wayne (Jazz Artist)
Shostakovich, Dimitri (Russian composer)
Shula, Donald Francis (American football player)
Shull, Clifford Glenwood (American physicist)
Shute, Nevil (English novelist)
Sibelius, Jean (Finnish composer)
Siddons, Sarah (English actress)
Sidney, Philip, Sir (English writer & royalty)
Siemens, Ernst Werner von (German electrician , engineer & inventor)
Sienkiewicz, Henryk (Polish novelist & writer)
Sigismund (Polish king)
Signac, Paul (French painter)
Sihanouk, Norodom, King (Cambodian king)
Sikorsky, Igor Ivan (American-Russian aviator & engineer)
Sillanpää, Frans Eemil (Finnish novelist)
Silliman, Benjamin (American chemist, geologist & physicist)
Sills, Beverly (American musician)
Silone, Ignazio (Italian novelist & journalist)
Simeon (Bible)
Simeon (New Testament)
Simeon Stylites, Saint (Syrian theologian)
Simon Zelotes (New Testament)
Simon, Herbert Alexander (American economist)
Simon, Neil (American dramatist)
Simonides of Ceos (Ancient Greek poet)
Simpson, James Young, Sir (Scottish physician)
Simpson, O(renthal) J(ames) (Football Player/Media Personality/Defendant)
Sinatra, Francis Albert (Singer / Actor)
Singer, Isaac Bashevis (American novelist)
Singer, Isaac Merritt (American inventor)
Sisler, George Harold (American baseball player)
Sisley, Alfred (French painter)
Sitter, Willem de (Dutch astronomer & mathematician)
Sitting Bull (Native American Leader)
Sitwell (English writers, poets, critics & artists)
Skeat, Walter William (English scholar & linguist)
Skelton, John (English poet & scholar)
Skinner, Cornelia Otis (American actor)
Slater, Samuel (American industrialist)
Sloan, John French (American painter & artist)