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Eric Sato

Eric Sato (Eric Anthony Teruo Sato, born 1966) is an American volleyball back row specialist, Pepperdine alumnus, 1988 Olympic gold and 1992 bronze medalist, 1986 world champion, later a San Diego-area coach.

Eric Schadt

Eric Schadt is an American computational biologist known for network genomics, a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and founder of the genetic testing company Sema4.

Eric Schlosser

Eric Schlosser, American investigative journalist (born c. 1960 or 1950), author of Fast Food Nation (2001), Reefer Madness (2003), and Command and Control (2013), Pulitzer History finalist; Princeton and Oxford educated, Atlantic Monthly and Rolling Stone reporter.

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt, born Eric Emerson Schmidt, is an American computer scientist and technology executive who served as Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011 and later as Alphabet's executive chairman.

Eric Schmitt

Eric Schmitt is an American Republican politician who has served as a US Senator from Missouri since 2023, after serving as Missouri's attorney general and state treasurer.

Eric Schneiderman

Eric Schneiderman, Democratic New York State Senator (1999-2010) and state attorney general (2011-2018), resigned in May 2018 after New Yorker abuse allegations and was suspended from law practice for one year in 2021.

Eric Schweig

Eric Schweig (born Ray Dean Thrasher, 1967, Inuvik) is a Canadian Inuit actor known as Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans, and for Big Eden, Skins, and Blackstone; also an Inuit mask carver and bladesmith.

Eric Selker

Eric Selker is an American molecular biologist at the University of Oregon who discovered repeat-induced point mutation (RIP), a genome defense system in the fungus Neurospora crassa.

Eric Sevareid

Eric Sevareid (1912-1992), American CBS radio and television journalist, one of Murrow's Boys; first reported France's 1940 capitulation, survived a 1943 Burma jungle bailout, and was CBS Evening News commentator 1963-1977, winning Peabody and Emmy awards.

Eric Shanteau

Eric Shanteau, American Olympic breaststroke swimmer born 1983, 2012 gold medalist in 4x100m medley relay, diagnosed with testicular cancer days before the 2008 trials, world record holder 2009.

Eric Shinseki

Eric K. Shinseki (born 1942, Kauai, Hawaii): retired four-star general, 34th U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1999-2003) and Army Transformation leader, later 7th Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-2014), famous for his 2003 Iraq troop estimate and 2014 VA resignation.

Eric Sim (심현석)

Eric Sim (심현석, Shim Hyun-seok), born 1989 in Busan, is a Korean-Canadian former minor league catcher-pitcher drafted by the Giants in 2010, now the YouTuber "King of JUCO".

Eric Singer

Eric Singer (born Eric Messinger, 1958, Cleveland) is an American hard rock drummer, Kiss's Catman since 1991, formerly of Black Sabbath, Badlands, Gary Moore, and Alice Cooper's band.

Eric Slover

Eric A. Slover, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 and 160th SOAR Night Stalker MH-47 pilot, received the Medal of Honor for leading the January 3, 2026 Caracas raid that captured Nicolás Maduro, absorbing four armor-piercing rounds while landing.

Eric Smidt

Eric Smidt is an American retail executive who co-founded Harbor Freight Tools with his father Allan in 1977 and owns the discount tool retailer today.

Eric Smith (murderer)

Eric M. Smith is the American who murdered 4-year-old Derrick Robie in Savona, New York, in 1993 at age 13, was tried as an adult, received nine years to life, and was paroled in February 2022 after 28 years. Not the Crips member Eric Smith of EDNY.

Eric Snow

Eric Snow (born 1973) is an American former professional basketball point guard who played 13 NBA seasons with the SuperSonics, 76ers, and Cavaliers, starting in the 2001 NBA Finals.

Eric Sorensen (Illinois politician)

Eric Sorensen (born 1976) is an American Democratic politician and former television meteorologist who has represented Illinois's 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House since 2023.

Eric Srecki

Eric Srecki, born in 1964 in Béthune, France, is a French épée fencer who won two Olympic golds across four Games from 1988 to 2000 and four world titles.

Eric Staal

Eric Staal, born 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canadian NHL centre drafted second overall by Carolina in 2003; 2006 Stanley Cup, 2010 Olympic gold, Triple Gold Club member; 1,063 points in 1,365 games; No. 12 retired by Hurricanes.

Eric Stefan Garrido Shaqfeh

Eric Stefan Garrido Shaqfeh is an American chemical engineer at Stanford University who studies complex fluids, combining single-molecule DNA experiments with simulations of polymer, blood, and suspension flows.

Eric Stefani

Eric Stefani (Eric Matthew Stefani, born 1967, Fullerton, California), American animator and musician: co-founder, keyboardist, and primary songwriter of No Doubt, co-writer of "Don't Speak", and layout artist on The Simpsons (35 episodes, 1989–1998).

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart (born 1945, Droylsden, Lancashire) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and engineer, co-founder of 10cc and former Mindbenders guitarist behind "A Groovy Kind of Love," who co-founded Strawberry Studios and co-wrote "I'm Not In Love."

Eric Stoltz

Eric Stoltz (born 1961) is an American actor and director, known as Rocky Dennis in Mask, for 1990s indies like The Waterdance and Pulp Fiction, his replacement as Marty McFly in Back to the Future, and directing Madam Secretary and Bull episodes.

Eric Stonestreet

Eric Stonestreet (born 1971, Kansas City, Kansas) is an American actor, two-time Emmy winner as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family (2010, 2012), also known for Identity Thief, The Secret Life of Pets, and Big Slick charity work.

Eric Strobel

Eric Martin Strobel (born 1958, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American former ice hockey forward, 1980 'Miracle on Ice' Olympic gold medalist, 1979 Minnesota NCAA champion, briefly a Buffalo Sabres minor leaguer before an ankle injury ended his career.

Eric Stromberg

Eric Stromberg is an American venture capitalist who co-founded Bedrock Capital in 2018 and previously led the book-subscription startup Oyster, acquired by Google in 2015.

Eric Swalwell

Eric Swalwell, Democratic former U.S. Representative for California's 15th and 14th districts (2013–2026), House impeachment manager in Trump's second impeachment; resigned April 14, 2026 amid sexual assault allegations he denies.

Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes (1923–2012), English comedy writer and performer: Goon Show co-writer, star of Sykes and a... and Sykes with Hattie Jacques, creator of the near-silent film The Plank (1967), OBE and CBE honours.

Eric Synenberg

Eric Synenberg is an American Democratic politician and attorney serving in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 21st district, after six years on the Beachwood City Council.