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Mark Schweiker

Mark Stephen Schweiker (born 1953) is an American Republican politician, 44th governor of Pennsylvania (October 2001 to January 2003), succeeding Tom Ridge; earlier lieutenant governor and Bucks County commissioner, known for the Quecreek Mine rescue.

Mark Scout

Mark Scout is the protagonist of Apple TV+'s Severance, played by Adam Scott; a widowed former history professor severed at Lumon Industries, split into innie Mark S. (MDR team leader) and outie Mark Scout, whose wife Gemma is secretly alive inside Lumon.

Mark Selby

Mark Selby, English snooker player, the Jester from Leicester, four-time World Champion (2014, 2016, 2017, 2021), 26 ranking titles, three UK Championships, three Masters, former world number one 2012-2018.

Mark Shapiro (sports executive)

Mark Shapiro, MLB executive, President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Centre since November 2015; former Cleveland Indians GM (2001-2010) and team president; two-time Sporting News Executive of the Year; five-year extension through 2030.

Mark Sheehan

Mark Sheehan (Mark Anthony Sheehan, 1976–2023) was the Irish guitarist, songwriter, and producer who co-founded The Script with Danny O'Donoghue and Glen Power after the boy band Mytown, co-writing hits like Breakeven and Superheroes before his death at 46. Not the Oxford bioethicist, Victoria University of Wellington historian, or AI-policy analyst of the same name.

Mark Shelton (footballer)

Mark John Shelton (born 1996, Nottingham) is an English central midfielder playing for Grimsby Town on loan from York City; three-time National League promotion winner with Salford City, Hartlepool United, and Barnet.

Mark Sheppard

Mark Sheppard (Mark Andreas Sheppard), born 1964 in London, is an English actor and director, son of William Morgan Sheppard; known for Crowley on Supernatural, Badger on Firefly, Romo Lampkin on Battlestar Galactica, and Doom Patrol's Willoughby Kipling.

Mark Shields

Mark Shields, born Mark Stephen Shields (1937–2022), was an American political commentator and syndicated columnist, known for more than 33 years as the Friday-night analyst on PBS NewsHour.

Mark Shuttleworth

Mark Shuttleworth, also known as Mark Richard Shuttleworth, is a South African-British entrepreneur who founded Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, and became the first South African in space in 2002.

Mark Siegler

Mark Siegler is an American physician at the University of Chicago credited with creating and naming the field of clinical medical ethics and founding its MacLean Center.

Mark Sigrist

Mark Sigrist is an American politician and Democrat representing Ohio's 10th House district in central Ohio, after serving on the Grove City Council from 2022 to 2024.

Mark Simons

Mark Simons is an American geophysicist at Caltech who uses satellite radar and GPS to study earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers, and was NASA JPL's Chief Scientist from 2017 to 2023.

Mark Singer

Mark Singer is an American woodworker and furniture maker who created the Gorilla Glue brand, running it as a two-person business before selling it in 1999.

Mark Sittich von Hohenems

Mark Sittich von Hohenems, known in Italy as Cardinal von Altems, was a German cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Konstans created cardinal by his uncle Pope Pius IV in 1561.

Mark Slade

Mark Van Blarcom Slade (born May 1, 1939, Salem, Massachusetts), American actor, artist, and writer; played Billy Blue Cannon on NBC's The High Chaparral (1967–1971) and wrote the award-winning "Cliffy" episode of The Rookies.

Mark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy)

Mark Sloan, nicknamed McSteamy, is a fictional plastic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy played by Eric Dane from 2006 to 2012 and briefly in 2021; he died after the season 8 plane crash, and the hospital was renamed Grey Sloan Memorial.

Mark Smeaton

Mark Smeaton, court musician in Anne Boleyn's household, arrested 30 April 1536 and interrogated at Cromwell's Stepney house; the only one of five accused to confess, convicted of treason 12 May 1536 and beheaded at Tower Hill on 17 May 1536.

Mark Smyth

Mark J. Smyth, born 1963 in Hobart, is an Australian immunologist known for cancer immunosurveillance and NK cell biology, who resigned from QIMR Berghofer in 2021 after misconduct findings.

Mark Sonnenblick

Mark Sonnenblick is an American songwriter and composer for theater, film, and television, best known for co-writing "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (2025), an Oscar and Grammy winner.

Mark Speight

Mark Warwick Fordham Speight (1965–2008), British children's TV presenter and artist, host of CBBC's SMart from 1994 and Scratchy & Co; founded Speight of the Art workshops; died by suicide at Paddington station in 2008.

Mark Spencer (Indiana politician)

Mark Spencer is an American Democratic politician and member of the Indiana Senate for District 3, representing Gary, where his work has focused on legislation affecting the city.

Mark Spiegler

Mark Spiegler (born 1958-59) is an American adult film talent agent, AVN Hall of Famer (2012), and founder of the boutique Los Angeles agency Spiegler Girls (2003), known for a small 25-30 client roster.

Mark Spitz

Mark Andrew Spitz, born 1950, is an American former competitive swimmer who won seven gold medals in world-record time at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a one-Games record until 2008.

Mark Spoon

Mark Spoon, stage name of Markus Löffel, was a German DJ and producer who, as half of Jam & Spoon, helped pioneer trance music with hits like "Stella" and "Right in the Night".

Mark Spreitzer

Mark Spreitzer is an American Democratic politician from Beloit, Wisconsin, a State Senator since 2023 who chairs the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus.

Mark St. Cyr (actor)

Mark St. Cyr (born 1987) is an American actor from Lafayette, Louisiana, known as Mr. Mazzara on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Dave in The Menu (2022), with credits including Doomsday and Marshall.

Mark St. John

Mark St. John (born Mark Norton, 1956) was an American guitarist, Kiss's short-lived 1984 lead guitarist who recorded Animalize before reactive arthritis ended his tenure; replaced by Bruce Kulick, died 2007.

Mark Steel

Mark Steel (born 1960, Swanley, Kent) is an English stand-up comedian, columnist, and broadcaster, creator of BBC Radio 4's Mark Steel's in Town and the BAFTA-nominated Mark Steel Lectures, author of The Leopard in My House.

Mark Steines

Mark Steines (Mark Anthony Steines, born 1964, Dubuque, Iowa) is an American broadcast journalist and host, co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight 2004-2012 and Hallmark Channel's Home & Family 2012-2018, later a Rose Parade and Animal ER Live host.

Mark Stephen Daskin

Mark Stephen Daskin is an American operations researcher known for facility location modeling and supply chain design, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.