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Sarah (given name)
Sarah (Hebrew שָׂרָה, also Sara), a feminine given name meaning "princess", from the biblical matriarch Sarah, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac; renamed from Sarai in Genesis 17:15, revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and a long-running US top-10 name (peak 1982).
Sarah (שָׂרָה)
Sarah (Hebrew שָׂרָה), originally named Sarai, is the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Book of Genesis, revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition.
Sarah A. L. Merriam
Sarah A. L. Merriam, born Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam in 1971, is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 2022.
Sarah A. Tishkoff
Sarah A. Tishkoff, also cited as Sarah Tishkoff, is a geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies genomic variation and disease risk in ethnically diverse African populations.
Sarah A. Woodson
Sarah A. Woodson is the T.C. Jenkins Professor of Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University, whose laboratory's work on RNA folding and ribosome assembly earned her the 2023 Ignacio Tinoco Award.
Sarah Agha
Sarah Agha, London-based Palestinian-Irish actress, writer and presenter; plays Betsy Temple in The Hardacres, co-presented BBC Two's The Holy Land And Us, founded the Arab Film Club, BAFTA Connect member.
Sarah Alexander
Sarah Alexander (born Sarah Smith, 1971, London) is an English actress known for Susan Walker in Coupling, Dr. Angela Hunter in Green Wing, Smack the Pony, Jonathan Creek, and Stardust; distinct from other namesakes.
Sarah Anthony
Sarah Anthony is an American Democratic politician serving in the Michigan Senate from the 21st district who has chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee since 2023, the first Black woman to do so.
Sarah Ashlee Barker
Sarah Ashlee Barker, born 2001, American WNBA guard from Birmingham, Alabama; Georgia and Alabama collegian, 2025 first-round pick (9th) of the Los Angeles Sparks, Portland Fire player after the 2026 Expansion Draft.
Sarah Ayton
Sarah Ayton (Sarah Lianne Ayton-Dempsey), British sailor born 1980 in Ashford, England; double Olympic Yngling gold medallist at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, world champion 2007 and 2008, MBE and OBE.
Sarah B. Hart
Sarah B. Hart is a British mathematician in group theory, formerly Professor at Birkbeck and Gresham Professor of Geometry from 2020 to 2024, the first woman in that 1597 chair.
Sarah B. Rogers
Sarah B. Rogers, American lawyer and free speech activist; 11th Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy (sworn in October 10, 2025); nominated in 2026 to lead USAGM; litigated a 2024 First Amendment Supreme Court appeal.
Sarah Baartman
Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman, c. 1789–1815, Khoikhoi woman exhibited as the "Hottentot Venus" in London and Paris; remains repatriated from the Musée de l'Homme by French law 2002-323 and buried at Hankey, South Africa.
Sarah Baartman District Municipality
Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly Cacadu) is a district municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, covering 34% of the province, surrounding Nelson Mandela Bay, and supporting seven local municipalities.
Sarah Balabagan
Sarah Balabagan, Filipina domestic worker, killed her employer Almas Mohammed al-Baloushi in Al Ain, UAE, in July 1994, claiming self-defense during a rape. Sentenced to seven years, then death, then one year and 100 lashes; released July 1996.
Sarah Beard
Sarah Beard (born 1991) is an American ISSF rifle shooter from Danville, Indiana, a TCU four-time All-American, U.S. Army officer, 2023 world team champion and record holder, and 2025 Bisley record-equaling prone shooter.
Sarah Beeny
Sarah Beeny, born Sarah Lucinda Beeny in 1972, is an English property developer and broadcaster known for Channel 4's Property Ladder and Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country.
Sarah Bergbreiter
Sarah Bergbreiter is an American mechanical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University who designs legged and jumping microrobots, including Zippy, the fastest biped robot of any size.
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt (Henriette-Rosine Bernard, 1844–1923), French tragedienne and theater manager called "la Voix d'or" and "la Divine"; starred at the Comédie-Française and Odéon, toured the world nine times in America, and became the first major stage actress to star in films.
Sarah Bhagat
Sarah Bhagat is an American life-sciences venture capitalist and Yale-trained neuroscientist who was a general partner at Sofinnova Investments from 2020 to 2022, leading investments in Inozyme Pharma, Promedior, and Akouos.
Sarah Biffin
Sarah Biffin (1784–1850), English portrait miniaturist born without arms or legs (phocomelia), painted with her mouth; exhibited at the Royal Academy, held royal appointments, rediscovered with record sales since 2019.
Sarah Blackwood (Canadian singer)
Sarah Blackwood (born 1980, Burlington, Ontario), stage name Sarah Sin, Canadian singer-songwriter; frontwoman of psychobilly band The Creepshow, joined Walk off the Earth in 2012; solo albums Way Back Home (2008) and Wasting Time (2010); JUNO award winner; distinct from the British Dubstar singer of the same name.
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, born 1946, is an American evolutionary anthropologist and primatologist, professor emerita at UC Davis, known for work on female reproductive strategies and cooperative breeding.
Sarah Bloom Raskin
Sarah Bloom Raskin is an American financial regulator and Duke law professor who served as a Federal Reserve governor and Deputy Treasury Secretary from 2014 to 2017.
Sarah Bock
American actress Sarah Bock (born 2006, Raleigh, NC), Miss Huang in Severance season 2 and the voice of Baby Shark for Pinkfong; Northwestern theater student, distinct from the German actress and other namesakes.
Sarah Bolger
Sarah Bolger (born 1991, Dublin) is an Irish actress known for In America, Princess Mary in The Tudors, Emily in Mayans M.C., and films Emelie and A Good Woman Is Hard to Find.
Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman, English soprano and actress from Berkhamsted, originated Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera (1986) and pioneered classical crossover, selling 30 million records with hits like Time to Say Goodbye.
Sarah Brosnan
Sarah Brosnan is a comparative psychologist at Georgia State University known for the 2003 capuchin monkey study with Frans de Waal showing monkeys reject unequal pay.
Sarah Burke
Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier from Ontario who won the first FIS halfpipe world championship and died in 2012 after a training accident.
Sarah Burns
Sarah Burns: American film and TV actress and comedian, best known as Krista on HBO's Enlightened; Upright Citizens Brigade performer; credits include I Love You, Man and Desperados (2020).