Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Born: November 13, 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland Died: December 3, 1894 Upolu, Samoa Scottish writer The Scottish novelist...
Howard Brown and Karen Stewart
Founders of Stewart + Brown Born Howard Brown in 1967 in Montana; son of Bob and Florence (owners of a hardware store and a clothing store) Brown; married Karen Stewart; chi...
Rod Stewart
Singer Born January 10, 1945, in London, England; married Alana Hamilton (a model), 1979 (divorced, 1984); married Rachel Hunter (a model), 1991 (divorced, 2006); children: ...
Bram Stoker
Born: November 8, 1847 Clontarf, Ireland Died: April 20, 1912 London, England Irish writer Bram Stoker is best known ...
Jens Stoltenberg
Prime minister of Norway Born March 16, 1959, in Oslo, Norway; son of Thorvald (a politician) and Karin (a politician) Stoltenberg; married Ingrid Schulerud (a diplomat); ch...
Joss Stone
Singer and songwriter Born Joscelyn Eve Stoker, April 11, 1987, in Ashill, Devon, England; daughter of Richard (a business owner) and Wendy Stoker. Addresses: ...
Joss Stone
April 11, 1987 • Dover, England Singer Teen singing sensation Joss Stone came out of nowhere to take the music industry by storm. The British blues singer grew up liste...
Oliver Stone
Born: September 15, 1946 New York, New York American director and writer Oliver Stone is a writer-director of films with a flashy style that often ...
Rolling Stones
English rock and roll band Often billed as "the world's greatest rock and roll band," the English rock group the Rolling Stones has outlasted nearly all of its 1960s...
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born: June 14, 1811 Litchfield, Connecticut Died: July 1, 1896 Hartford, Connecticut American writer The impact creat...
Antonio Stradivari
Born: c. 1644 Cremona, Italy Died: December 18, 1737 Cremona, Italy Italian violin maker I talian violin maker Antoni...
Johann Strauss
Born: October 25, 1825 Vienna, Austria Died: June 3, 1899 Vienna, Austria Austrian composer Johann Strauss, Vienna's ...
Igor Stravinsky
Born: June 17, 1882 Oranienbaum, Russia Died: April 6, 1971 New York, New York Russian-born American composer The Rus...
Barbra Streisand
Born: April 24, 1942 Brooklyn, New York American actress, singer, songwriter, director, and producer Barbra Streisand is an award-winning performer on ...
The White Stripes
Jack White July 1975 • Detroit, Michigan Guitarist, pianist, singer, songwriter Meg White c. 1974 • Grosse Pointe, Michigan ...
The White Stripes
Rock group Group formed in 1997 in Detroit, MI; members include Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis, July 9, 1975, in Detroit, MI; married Meg White, 1996 [divorced, 2000];...
Alfredo Stroessner
Born Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, November 3, 1912, in Encarnación, Paraguay; died of a stroke after a hernia operation, August 16, 2006, in Brasilia, Brazil. Dictator. Many South American...
Joe Strummer
Born John Graham Mellor, August 21, 1952, in Ankara, Turkey; died of a heart attack, December 22, 2002, in Broomfield, Somerset, England. Musician, actor, and activist. As the guitarist, l...
John Summerson
British art historian John Summerson (1904–1992) enjoyed a long and eminent career as an expert on London architecture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His 1945 work ...
Patricia Head Summitt
June 14, 1952 • Henrietta, Tennessee Women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, head coach of Tennessee University's women's basketball team...