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• Siegfried Sassoon (1886 - 1967) - World War One soldier, poet
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1587) - queen of Scotland, executed by Elizabeth I
• Scott of the Antarctic (1868 - 1912) - explorer, died on expedition to the South Pole
• Mary Seacole (1805 - 1881) - 19th century pioneer of nursing
• Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) - Antarctic explorer, led the 'Endurance' expedition
• William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) - Elizabethan playwright, poet
• Granville Sharp (1735-1813) - leading British abolitionist
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) - 19th century Romantic poet
• Adam Smith (1723-1790) - 18th century political economist, wrote 'Wealth of Nations'
• Snofru (reigned c.2613 BC - c.2589 BC) - Egyptian pharaoh, built the first 'true' pyramid
• John Snow (1813 - 1858) - 19th century physician, pioneer of epidemiology
• Spartacus (died 71 BC) - Roman slave and gladiator
• John Hanning Speke (1827 - 1864) - 19th century explorer, discovered the source of the Nile
• The Cambridge Spies - post-war spy ring, passed secrets to the Soviet Union
• Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953) - World War Two Soviet leader, dictator
• Henry Stanley (1841 - 1904) - Victorian explorer, journalist, African colonialist
• George Starr (1904 - 1980) - World War Two British agent
• Stephen (c.1097 - 1154) - medieval usuper king of England, presided over domestic strife
• George Stephenson (1781-1848) - pioneering Victorian rail engineer
• Marie Stopes (1880 - 1958) - campaigner for women's rights, pioneer of family planning
• William Stukeley (1687 - 1765) - 18th century pioneer of archaeology, investigated Stonehenge
• Suetonius (?) - Roman governor of Britain, defeated Boudicca's revolt

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