Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Steven Spielberg
Born: December 18, 1947 Cincinnati, Ohio American film director Steven Spielberg is one of the wealthiest and most powerful moviemakers in Hollyw...
Walter Spies
German-born artist Walter Spies (1895–1942), who spent much of his life in what is now Indonesia, was noted for a unique style that combined Western and Eastern elements, exploring...
Mickey Spillane
Born Frank Morrison Spillane, March 9, 1918, in Brooklyn, NY; died of pancreatic cancer, July 17, 2006, in Murrells Inlet, SC. Author. Mickey Spillane created the most hard-bitten of all t...
Eliot Spitzer
Governor of New York Born Eliot Laurence Spitzer, June 10, 1959, in New York, NY; son of Bernard (a real estate developer) and Anne (a literature professor) Spitzer; married...
Benjamin Spock
Born: May 2, 1903 New Haven, Connecticut Died: March 15, 1998 La Jolla, California American pediatrician and political activist ...
Ed Spray
President of Scripps Networks Born Edward A. Spray, November 28, 1941, in Seymour, IN; married Donna Cornwell, June 29, 1963; children: Brian, Catherine. Education...
Stephen Sprouse
Born in 1953, in Ohio; died of heart failure, March 4, 2004, in New York, NY. Fashion designer. Twenty years after Stephen Sprouse's debut as a fashion designer on New York runways...
Robert Stack
Born January 13, 1919, in Los Angeles, CA; died of heart failure, May 14, 2003, in Bel Air, CA. Actor. Actor Robert Stack was known for his portrayal of determined, crime fighter Eliot Nes...
Joseph Stalin
Born: December 21, 1879 Gori, Georgia Died: March 5, 1953 Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Russian ruler T...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Born: November 12, 1815 Johnstown, New York Died: October 26, 1902 New York, New York American writer and women's rights activist ...
Maureen Stapleton
Born Lois Maureen Stapleton, June 21, 1925, in Troy, NY; died of complications from respiratory ailments, March 13, 2006, in Lenox, MA. Actress. Maureen Stapleton, an actress for 60 years,...
Philippe Starck
Designer and architect Born January 18, 1949, in Paris, France; son of André (an airplane designer) and Jacqueline (Lanourisse) Starck; married Brigitte Laurent (died, 1992)...
Gwen Stefani
Singer, songwriter, and fashion designer Born Gwendolyn Renee Stefani, October 3, 1969, in Anaheim, CA; daughter of Dennis (a marketing consultant) and Patricia (a homemaker) Stef...
John Stefanidis
Interior designer Born in 1937 in Alexandria, Egypt. Education: Earned degree in English from Brasenose College of Oxford University. Addres...
William Steig
Born November 14, 1907, in Brooklyn, NY; died of natural causes, October 3, 2003, in Boston, MA. Author and illustrator. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent sev...
Gertrude Stein
Born: February 3, 1874 Allegheny, Pennsylvania Died: July 27, 1946 Neuilly, France American writer American writer Ge...
Edith Stein
Born: October 12, 1891 Breslau, Germany Died: August 9, 1942 Auschwitz, Poland German philosopher German philosopher ...
John Steinbeck
Born: February 27, 1902 Salinas, California Died: December 20, 1968 New York, New York American writer John Steinbeck...
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian philosopher and educational reformer Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) remains perhaps best known for the educational methods he pioneered in his Waldorf schools, which have spre...
Anne Stevens>
Chief Operating Officer of the Americas for Ford Motor Company Born c. 1949 in Reading; PA; married Bill Stevens (a retired auto supplier manager), c. 1968; children: two. ...