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Scott W. Lowe
Scott W. Lowe is an American cancer biologist and geneticist known for work on p53 tumor suppressor networks, apoptosis, and cellular senescence, and chairs cancer biology programs at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Scott W. Skavdahl
Scott W. Skavdahl, born Scott Wesley Skavdahl, is a United States district judge for the District of Wyoming since 2011, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Scott Waddell
Scott Waddell is Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Oxford, known for identifying memory-required neurons in the fly brain and showing that memory extinction forms an opposing memory.
Scott Walker
Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel, 1943–2019) was an American-born singer-songwriter, Walker Brothers frontman with UK No. 1 hits, then a reclusive avant-garde solo artist behind Tilt, The Drift, and Bish Bosch.
Scott Walker (politician)
Scott Kevin Walker (born 1967) is an American Republican who served as Wisconsin's 45th governor (2011-2019), signed Act 10 restricting public-union collective bargaining, survived the 2012 recall, ran briefly for president in 2016, and lost to Tony Evers in 2018.
Scott Walker (singer)
Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel, 1943–2019), American-born British singer-songwriter and Walker Brothers frontman, later an avant-garde solo artist behind Scott 1–4, Tilt, The Drift, and Bish Bosch.
Scott Weaver (climate scientist)
Scott Weaver is an American climate scientist who won the 2012 PECASE at NOAA, led federal weather programs at NIST and OSTP, and founded CLIMET Consulting.
Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland (born Scott Richard Kline, 1967) was an American rock singer, lead vocalist of Stone Temple Pilots and supergroup Velvet Revolver, whose albums Core and Purple went multi-platinum; he died in 2015 aged 48.
Scott Weinger
Scott Weinger (born 1975) is an American actor turned TV writer-producer: Steve Hale on Full House and Fuller House, speaking voice of Disney's Aladdin (1992), Harvard graduate, and Emmy-nominated co-executive producer of Hulu's Paradise.
Scott Wiener
Scott D. Wiener, California State Senator for District 11 (San Francisco) since 2016 and former city supervisor, known for housing zoning laws SB 9 and SB 79 and the 2026 CA-11 congressional race against Connie Chan.
Scott William Winters
Scott William Winters (born 1965, New York) is an American actor known as Cyril O'Reily on HBO's Oz (45 episodes) and Clark in Good Will Hunting; brother of Dean Winters, former Wall Street trader, now also a nonprofit founder.
Scott Wilson (actor)
Scott Wilson (1942–2018) was an American character actor from Atlanta, Georgia, known as Richard Hickock in In Cold Blood (1967), Sam Braun in CSI, and Hershel Greene on The Walking Dead (2011–2014); Golden Globe nominee, Ralph Morgan Award recipient, died of leukemia.
Scott Wolf
Scott Wolf (Scott Richard Wolf, born 1968) is an American actor known for Bailey Salinger on Party of Five (1994-2000), films White Squall and Go, Broadway's Side Man, Nancy Drew, and Fox's Doc.
Scott Woodward (athletic director)
Scott Woodward is an American college athletics director, LSU alumnus (1985), who led Washington (2008-2015), Texas A&M (2016-2019), and LSU (2019-2025) athletics before departing amid Governor Jeff Landry's criticism after the Brian Kelly firing.
Scott Wright (footballer)
Scott Wright, born 1997 in Balmedie, Scottish winger; Aberdeen academy graduate, Rangers 2021-2024 winning the Premiership, Scottish Cup, and League Cup, then Birmingham City from 2024, with two Dundee loan spells (2019, 2026).
Scott Wu
Scott Wu, born in 1997, is an American entrepreneur and former competitive programmer who co-founded Cognition, the company behind the AI software engineer Devin, launched in March 2024.
Scott X. Mao
Scott X. Mao, also published as S. X. Mao, is a materials scientist and mechanical engineer, professor at Purdue University, known for in-situ atomic-resolution TEM of nanomaterials.
Scott Yancey
Scott Yancey (Scott Eric Yancey, born 1969, Los Angeles) is an American real estate investor, author, and star of A&E's Flipping Vegas (2011-2014), founder of the Las Vegas-based Goliath Company, known for foreclosure flipping and paid seminar controversies.
Scott's Tots
Scott's Tots (The Office season 6, episode 12, aired December 3, 2009): Michael Scott must admit he cannot pay college tuition he promised a class of third graders ten years earlier; the series' most cringeworthy episode, written by Eisenberg and Stupnitsky, directed by B.J. Novak.
Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors forward drafted fourth overall in 2021, 2022 Rookie of the Year, 2024 All-Star on a five-year max extension, and All-Defensive Second Team point-forward.
Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen (born 1965, Hamburg, Arkansas), NBA small forward, six Chicago Bulls championships with Michael Jordan, 1987 draft fifth pick, seven-time All-Star, Hall of Fame 2010.
Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler (born 1996) is an American golfer, world No. 1 since March 2022, with four majors (2022 and 2024 Masters, 2025 PGA and Open), 2024 Olympic gold, and 20 PGA Tour titles before 30.
Scottie Wilbekin
Scottie Wilbekin, American-born Turkish guard (1.88 m), Florida Gators SEC Player of the Year 2014; EuroCup MVP 2018 with Darüşşafaka, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2018-22, Fenerbahçe 2022-26 winning the 2025 EuroLeague, now Beşiktaş; Turkey international since 2019 World Cup.
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Canada's national women's curling championship, first held 1961, Kruger Products (Scott Paper) sponsored since 1982, renamed Scotties in 2006; 18-team format, 2026 champion Team Kerri Einarson.
Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle was a British brewer formed in 1960, the United Kingdom's largest until its £7.8 billion break-up by Heineken and Carlsberg in 2008.
Scottish Americans
Scottish Americans are Americans claiming Scottish or Scots-Irish ancestry; 5.3 million reported Scottish ancestry in the 2020 US Census (1.6%), with colonial-era settlement, 19th-century peak immigration, and wide diaspora estimates of 40 to 80 million.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is the electricity network business of SSE plc, running transmission in northern Scotland and distribution in northern Scotland and central southern England.
Scottish Aviation Bulldog
The Scottish Aviation Bulldog, also known as the Beagle Bulldog, is a two-seat aerobatic military trainer produced at Prestwick, Scotland, from 1971, with 130 serving the RAF.
Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders (Crìochan na h-Alba) is a rural council area in south-east Scotland, created in 1996 from the former Borders region; 116,800 people (2025) live across 1,827 square miles, with Galashiels and Hawick the largest towns.
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup (KDM Evolution Trophy), SPFL knockout cup founded 1990/91 for clubs outside the Premiership; first winners Dundee; joint winners 2020; league-phase format with B teams since 2025/26.