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Sami Droubi
Sami Droubi (سامي الدروبي, 1921–1976) was a Syrian philosopher, translator, diplomat, and Baath Party founding-generation figure. Ambassador to Morocco, Yugoslavia, Egypt, and Spain, he translated the complete Dostoevsky and over 70 works into Arabic.
Sámi drum
The Sámi drum, also called rune drum or goavddis, is an oval painted drum used by the noaidi, the Sámi shaman, to induce trance and divine answers.
Sami Efendi
Sami Efendi, born Mehmed Sâmi Efendi in 1838, was an Ottoman calligrapher regarded as the last great master of jali thuluth and jali ta'lik, who drew the tughras of three sultans.
Sami Frasheri
Sami Frasheri, known in Turkish as Shemseddin Sami, was an Ottoman Albanian lexicographer, encyclopedist, and novelist who wrote the first original Turkish novel and the Kamus-i Turki dictionary.
Sami Gayle
Sami Gayle, born Samantha Gail Klitzman in 1996, is an American actress and Columbia graduate known for playing Nicky Reagan-Boyle on CBS's Blue Bloods, her film debut in Detachment, and Baby June in Broadway's Gypsy.
Sami Hill
Sami Hill names two athletes: a Canadian basketball guard (born 1994, Toronto, Paris 2024 Olympian, 2022 World Cup fourth place) and an American water polo goalkeeper (born 1992, Honolulu, UCLA saves record, Rio 2016 Olympic gold).
Sami Hyypiä
Sami Hyypiä (Sami Tuomas Hyypiä), Finnish centre-back born in Porvoo; Liverpool FC 1999-2009, 464 apps, 35 goals, 2005 Champions League and 2001 UEFA Cup winner; 105 Finland caps; later Bayer Leverkusen manager.
Sami I. Said
Sami I. Said (1928–2013) was an Egyptian-born American pulmonary physician-scientist who codiscovered vasoactive intestinal peptide in 1970 and ended his career as a Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University.
Sami Jauhojarvi
Sami Jauhojärvi ("Musti", born 1981, Ylitornio), Finnish cross-country skier; Olympic gold in men's team sprint at Sochi 2014 with Iivo Niskanen, Finland's only gold there; three World Championship bronzes; retired 2017.
Sami Jo Small
Sami Jo Small (Samantha Small), born 1976, Canadian goaltender, 2002 Olympic gold with Team Canada, three-time Olympian, five-time world champion, CWHL co-founder, Toronto Six president.
Sami Khedira
Sami Khedira, German central midfielder born 1987 in Stuttgart; World Cup winner 2014 and Champions League winner with Real Madrid, later Juventus and Hertha Berlin; retired 2021, now assistant to Mourinho at Real Madrid.
Sami Landri
Sami Landri, stage name of Samuel Landry, is an Acadian drag queen from Dieppe, New Brunswick, based in Montréal. Known for viral chiac-language TikToks, Haus of Ménage, and as a Canada's Drag Race Season 6 finalist and All Stars 1 contestant.
Sámi languages
Sámi languages (sámegiella and related names): nine endangered Finno-Ugric languages of the Sámi in Sápmi (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia), descended from Proto-Sámi, with official status under Nordic Sámi language acts and active revitalization efforts.
Sámi literature
Sámi literature is the literature of the Sámi, the Indigenous people of Sápmi, with written roots over 400 years old and a modern flowering since the 1970s.
Sami Mnaymneh
Sami Mnaymneh is an American private equity investor who co-founded the Miami-based firm H.I.G. Capital in 1993 and served as its chief executive until 2026.
Sámi people
Sámi people, Indigenous people of Sápmi across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola Peninsula, numbering about 75,000–100,000, speaking nine Finno-Ugric languages, with reindeer herding as the defining traditional livelihood and Sámi Parliaments in three Nordic states.
Sami Sadat (سمیع سادات)
Sami Sadat (سمیع سادات), Samiullah Sadat, former Afghan National Army lieutenant general who commanded the 215th Maiwand Corps in Helmand and the special operations command during the August 2021 fall of Kabul; now leads the Afghanistan United Front in exile and wrote The Last Commander (2024).
Sámi traditional dress
Sámi traditional dress, centered on the gákti (also gáppte, gapta, kofte, kolt), is the regional clothing of the Sámi people of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, made from reindeer leather and wool, identifying wearer's region and family, and protected as Sámi cultural heritage.
Sami Vatanen
Sami Vatanen (born 1991, Jyväskylä) is a Finnish defenseman for JYP in the Liiga; former Anaheim, New Jersey, Carolina, and Dallas NHL defenseman (473 games), 2022 Olympic and World gold medalist, 2023 Swiss champion.
Sami Viskin
Sami Viskin (Samuel Viskin) is an Israeli cardiologist and researcher on inherited arrhythmias at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and editor in chief of the journal Heart Rhythm since 2024.
Sami Yusuf (سامي يوسف)
Sami Yusuf (سامي يوسف), born 1980 in Tehran to Azerbaijani parents and raised in London, is a British composer and multi-instrumentalist whose 2003 debut Al-Mu'allim launched pop-nasheed; he coined Spiritique and has sold over 45 million albums.
Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn (Rami Sebei), Canadian WWE wrestler of Syrian descent, formerly masked indie star El Generico; two-time Undisputed WWE Champion, four-time Intercontinental Champion, Bloodline storyline figure, and Sami for Syria charity founder.
SaMi-Trop study
SaMi-Trop (São Paulo–Minas Gerais Tropical Medicine Research Center) study: NIH-funded prospective Brazilian cohort of 1,959 Chagas cardiomyopathy patients in Minas Gerais; produced a 2-year mortality risk score and benznidazole outcome data.
Samia (musician)
Samia (Samia Najimy Finnerty, born 1996) is an American indie singer-songwriter, daughter of Kathy Najimy and Dan Finnerty, whose albums The Baby (2020), Honey (2023), and Bloodless (2025) appear on Grand Jury Music.
Samia Bouazza
Samia Bouazza is a Lebanese business executive who founded a marketing consultancy in Abu Dhabi in 2003, became Multiply Group, and leads 2PointZero Group, an Abu Dhabi-listed IHC subsidiary.
Samia Suluhu Hassan
Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania's sixth president and its first female head of state, took office 19 March 2021 after John Magufuli's death; former vice president from Zanzibar, CCM leader, re-elected 2025 with 97.66% in a disputed election.
Samia Suluhu Hassan Stadium
Samia Suluhu Hassan Stadium is a football stadium under construction in Arusha, Tanzania, named after the president and set to host 2027 Africa Cup of Nations matches.
Samidorphan
Samidorphan (ALKS 33), a naltrexone-derived mu-opioid receptor antagonist with kappa/delta partial agonist activity, is co-formulated with olanzapine as LYBALVI (US approval 2021) to mitigate olanzapine-induced weight gain in schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder.
Samidoun
Samidoun (صامدون, "steadfast"), the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, founded 2011 in Vancouver, Canada, advocates for Palestinian prisoners; designated a terrorist entity by Israel (2021), Germany (2023), the US, and Canada (October 2024) over alleged PFLP ties, which it denies.
Samie Elishi
Samie Elishi (born 2000, London) is an English reality TV personality and influencer; Love Island series 9 (2023) third-place finalist with Tom Clare, dumped early in All Stars 2, and 2026 All Stars winner with Ciaran Davies.