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Sasha Sokol
Sasha Sokol is a Mexican singer and actress, born in Mexico City in 1970, who rose to fame with the children's group Timbiriche before a solo pop career.
Sasha Sokolov
Sasha Sokolov, pen name of Alexander Vsevolodovich Sokolov (Саша Соколов), is a Russian writer born 1943 in Ottawa, known for A School for Fools and two later novels.
Sasha Spielberg
Sasha Spielberg, aka Buzzy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, daughter of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw; distinct from the Russian YouTuber of the same name. Albums: Spoiled Love (2021), Internal Affairs (2023), Shoulder to Shoulder (2026).
Sasha Velour
Sasha Velour (Alexander Hedges Steinberg, born 1987) is a Brooklyn-based gender-fluid drag queen, artist, and illustrator who won RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 in 2017 with the rose-petal "So Emotional" lip-sync, and later created NightGowns, Smoke & Mirrors, The Big Reveal, and Travesty.
Sasha Vidiborskiy
Sasha Vidiborskiy is a Partner at the London venture capital firm Atomico, where he invests in enterprise software and sits on the boards of Jobandtalent, CloudNC, and Varjo.
Sasha Vujačić
Sasha Vujačić (Saša Vujačić), Slovenian guard born 1984 in Maribor, nicknamed The Machine; drafted 27th overall by the Lakers in 2004, won NBA titles in 2009 and 2010, later played for the Nets and Knicks.
Sasha Williams (The Walking Dead)
Sasha Williams is a fictional survivor in AMC's The Walking Dead, a TV-original character played by Sonequa Martin-Green. Sister of Tyreese, firefighter, girlfriend of Bob Stookey and Abraham Ford; she dies by cyanide suicide in the Season 7 finale, her arc based on the comic character Holly.
Sashadhar Mukherjee
Sashadhar Mukherjee (1909-1990), Hindi film producer of the Mukherjee-Bollywood clan; co-founded Filmistan (1943) with Ashok Kumar and founded Filmalaya; producer of Kismet, Jagriti; Padma Shri 1967.
Sashastra Seema Bal (सशस्त्र सीमा बल)
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB, सशस्त्र सीमा बल), formerly Special Service Bureau, is India's Central Armed Police Force guarding the open 1,751 km Nepal and 699 km Bhutan borders, governed by the SSB Act 2007.
Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata, American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer; SNL cast member 2014–2017 (fifth Black woman in show history), known for Janelle and Black Jeopardy, now Jennifer Kale in Agatha All Along.
Sashi Cheliah
Sashi Cheliah (Sashikumar Cheliah), Singapore-born Adelaide chef, won MasterChef Australia Season 10 in 2018 with a record 93/100, first Indian-origin winner; ex-Singapore STAR-unit police officer, Gaja by Sashi and Pandan Club restaurateur.
Sashidhar Jagdishan
Sashidhar Jagdishan is an Indian banker who joined HDFC Bank in 1996, became its CFO in 2008, and has served as Managing Director and CEO since October 2020.
Sashigane
Sashigane, a Nikoli grid-division logic puzzle named after the Japanese carpenter's square: divide a grid into one-cell-wide L-shaped regions using circle bend clues and arrow end clues; NP-complete per CCCG 2019.
Sashiko (刺し子)
Sashiko (刺し子), also called sashiko-zashi, is a Japanese running-stitch needlework used to reinforce, repair, and warm layered cloth, famous for Aomori's kogin-zashi and hishizashi diamond patterns and now practiced worldwide as visible mending.
Sashimi
Sashimi (刺身), also called tsukuri or otsukuri, is the Japanese dish of raw sliced fish or seafood served without rice with garnishes and dipping sauce; first recorded in 1399, it differs from sushi by having no vinegared rice.
Sasi (director)
Sasi (Sasidharan), Tamil film director from Salem, debuted with Sollamale (1998); known for Poo, Pichaikkaran (2016), Sivappu Manjal Pachai, and Nooru Saami with Vijay Antony. Distinct from I.V. Sasi and M. Sasikumar.
Sasî movement
The Sasî movement was a conspiracy of Assyrian officials and soldiers who sought to depose King Esarhaddon and install the pretender Sasî, ending in mass executions in 670 BC.
Sasikanth Senthil
Sasikanth Senthil is an Indian National Congress politician, elected to the Lok Sabha from Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, in 2024, after resigning from the Indian Administrative Service in 2019.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, a Canadian Prairie province created 1 September 1905 from the North-West Territories, capital Regina, named from Cree for swift-flowing river; farm and potash economy.
Saskatchewan Health
Saskatchewan Health is the publicly funded health care system of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, which pioneered publicly funded medical insurance in 1962 amid a province-wide doctors' strike.
Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party, centre-right governing party of Saskatchewan since 2007, formed in 1997 by four PC and four Liberal MLAs; led by Brad Wall then Scott Moe, holding five consecutive majorities through October 2024.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatchewan Roughriders, CFL West Division team in Regina, founded 1910 as Regina Rugby Club, community-owned, five Grey Cups (1966, 1989, 2007, 2013, 2025), home Mosaic Stadium.
Saskatoon
Saskatoon, largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River; founded 1882 as a temperance colony, incorporated 1906, population about 308,626 in 2024 with the province's fastest growth.
Saskatoon freezing deaths
Saskatoon freezing deaths, or starlight tours: deaths of Indigenous men including Neil Stonechild, Rodney Naistus, and Lawrence Wegner abandoned outside Saskatoon in winter by police; Wright Inquiry found police role; no officer convicted for the deaths.
Saski Baskonia
Saski Baskonia (Cazoo Baskonia) is a professional basketball club from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, founded in 1959; three-time Spanish league champion, four-time EuroLeague Final Four participant, playing at the 15,504-seat Fernando Buesa Arena.
Saskia Bartusiak
Saskia Bartusiak (born 1982, Frankfurt am Main) is a German former footballer, 101-cap defender and captain of Germany's 2016 Olympic gold-winning women's team, now assistant coach of the national team under Christian Wück until 2029.
Saskia Clark
Saskia Clark, British 470 sailor born 1979 in Colchester: Olympic gold Rio 2016 and silver London 2012 crewing for Hannah Mills, sixth at Beijing 2008 with Bassadone, 2012 world champion, retired at 37.
Saskia Esken
Saskia Esken, born 1961 in Stuttgart, is a German SPD politician who co-chaired the party from 2019 until June 2025 and has sat in the Bundestag since 2013.
Saskia Reeves
Saskia Reeves, born 1961, is an English actress trained at Guildhall who played Lady Jessica in Dune, Rose Teller in Luther, and Catherine Standish in Slow Horses.
SaskPower
SaskPower, formally the Saskatchewan Power Corporation, is the Saskatchewan Crown corporation that supplies the province's electricity. Established in 1929, it is known for the Boundary Dam carbon capture project.