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Sarah Knox Davis

Sarah Knox Taylor Davis (1814–1835), daughter of future president Zachary Taylor, was the first wife of Jefferson Davis, dying of fever three months after their marriage.

Sarah Koenig

Sarah Koenig, American journalist and co-creator of the Serial podcast (2014), former This American Life producer and Baltimore Sun reporter; Serial season 1 re-investigated the 1999 Hae Min Lee murder and Adnan Syed conviction, winning the first Peabody given to a podcast.

Sarah Kyolaba

Sarah Kyolaba (Sarah Kyolaba Tatu Namutebi Amin, 1954/1955-2015), Ugandan dancer nicknamed "Suicide Sarah", fifth and favourite wife of dictator Idi Amin; married him in 1975, left in 1982, ran a London restaurant and Tottenham hair salon, died of cancer in London.

Sarah L. Gaffen

Sarah L. Gaffen is an American immunologist and Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Pittsburgh, known for her research on IL-17 cytokines and immunity to the fungus Candida albicans.

Sarah Lacina

Sarah Lacina, American Survivor contestant and Cedar Rapids, Iowa police officer; 11th on Cagayan, winner of Game Changers (7-3-0 jury vote), fourth on Winners at War; known for the Cops R Us alliance with Tony Vlachos and a 2020 gender-bias speech.

Sarah Lahbati

Sarah Lahbati (Sarah Alzol Lahbati), Swiss-Filipino actress born 1993 in Geneva, won GMA's StarStruck V in 2010, starred in Kokak and Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa, and appeared on Netflix's The Parisian Agency.

Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire (Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire), English actress born 1964 in Oldham, known for Raquel in Coronation Street, BAFTA-winning roles in Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, and Julia Child in HBO's Julia.

Sarah Langa

Sarah Langa (born 1993, Soweto) is a South African content creator, model and entrepreneur behind the HeatOnTheLine fashion blog (2013), founder of Luvant and Sarah Langa Interiors, and a GQ South Africa honoree, distinct from other namesakes.

Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College: private liberal arts college in Bronxville, New York, founded 1926 as a women's junior college, coeducational since 1968, known for dons, conference work, narrative evaluations, and tuition of $73,088 (2026–27).

Sarah Leonie Cysique

Sarah Leonie Cysique, French judoka (women's 57 kg), born 1998 in Sarcelles; four Olympic medals: Tokyo 2020 silver and mixed-team gold, Paris 2024 bronze and mixed-team gold; ACBB, INSEP, SNCF athlete.

Sarah Levy

Sarah Levy (born 1986, Toronto) is a Canadian actress, daughter of Eugene Levy and sister of Dan Levy. She played Twyla Sands on Schitt's Creek (2015–2020) and Susan Ireland on SurrealEstate (2021–2025); distinct from several same-named professionals.

Sarah Lewis (art historian)

Sarah Lewis is a Harvard art historian, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor, author of The Rise (2014) and The Unseen Truth (2024), and founder of Vision & Justice.

Sarah Liguori

Sarah Liguori is an American Democratic politician in the Arizona House of Representatives, twice appointed by Maricopa County to fill vacancies, in 2021 and 2024.

Sarah Logan

Sarah Logan, the ring name of Sarah Bridges, is an American professional wrestler best known for the Riott Squad with Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan, formed in 2017.

Sarah London

Sarah London, also known as Sarah McGinty London, is an American business executive who has led Centene, the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the United States, since 2022.

Sarah M. Assmann

Sarah M. Assmann, also published as S. M. Assmann, is an American plant biologist who holds the Waller Professorship of Biology at Pennsylvania State University.

Sarah M. Davenport

Sarah M. Davenport, also known as Sarah Morgan Davenport, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Mexico since 2025.

Sarah M. Fortune

Sarah M. Fortune is an American microbiologist who studies tuberculosis at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she chairs Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

Sarah Mardini (سارة مارديني)

Sarah (Sara) Mardini, Syrian swimmer from Daraya and sister of Olympian Yusra Mardini; swam a failing refugee dinghy to Lesbos in 2015, was arrested in Greece in 2018 for rescue work, and acquitted in 2026.

Sarah McBride

Sarah McBride (born 1990, Wilmington, Delaware) is the Democratic U.S. representative for Delaware at large and the first openly transgender member of Congress; earlier the first openly transgender state senator, HRC press secretary, and author of Tomorrow Will Be Different.

Sarah McDaniel

Sarah Rose McDaniel (born 1995, Roseville, California) is an American model with heterochromia iridum who covered Playboy's first non-nude issue in March 2016 and appeared in Mark Ronson and G-Eazy music videos.

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan (born 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, winner of three Grammys and twelve Junos, whose best-selling Surfacing (1997) includes "Building a Mystery"; she founded the all-women Lilith Fair festival (1997-1999), which grossed $52 million.

Sarah Menezes

Sarah Menezes (Sarah Gabrielle Cabral de Menezes), Brazilian judoka born 1990 in Teresina, Piauí; first Brazilian woman to win Olympic judo gold (London 2012, -48 kg, beating Alina Dumitru), later head coach of Brazil's women's judo team at Paris 2024.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar, also legally Sarah Michelle Prinze, American actress born 1977; Emmy-winning All My Children star, lead of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Cruel Intentions and Scooby-Doo films, Foodstirs co-founder.

Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge is a double-deck vertical-lift bridge carrying US Route 1 Bypass and rail across the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine.

Sarah Miles

Sarah Miles (born 1941) is an English actress whose career flourished in the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for her Oscar-nominated lead in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970).

Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican, English stand-up comedian born 1975 in South Shields; former civil servant who won the 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award for Sarah Millican's Not Nice, hosted The Sarah Millican Television Programme on BBC Two, and released the Late Bloomer special on Netflix and Channel 4.

Sarah Minson

Sarah Minson is an American research geophysicist at the USGS Earthquake Science Center in California who studies earthquake sources, early warning, and seafloor geodesy, and won a 2014 PECASE.

Sarah Moon

Sarah Moon, born in 1941, is a French photographer and filmmaker known for soft-focus, grainy fashion images; she shot the 1972 Pirelli Calendar and campaigns for Biba and Cacharel.

Sarah Mullally

Sarah Mullally is a British Anglican bishop and former nurse who became the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2026, the first woman to hold the office.