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Sebastiaan van Dijken
Sebastiaan van Dijken is a Dutch physicist and professor of applied physics at Aalto University in Finland, known for research in nanomagnetism, spintronics, and magnonics.
Sebastian (2024 film)
Sebastian (2024) is Mikko Mäkelä's second feature, a UK-Finland-Belgium queer drama starring Ruaridh Mollica as Max, a 25-year-old London writer who escorts under the name Sebastian to research his debut novel; Sundance 2024 premiere, Kino Lorber US release.
Sebastian (name)
Sebastian: masculine given name and surname, from Latin Sebastianus 'of Sebastia', Greek sebastos 'venerable'. Spread via Saint Sebastian's cult; variants Sébastien, Sebastião, Bastian; top-20 US boys' name.
Sebastián Abreu
Sebastián Abreu (El Loco), Uruguayan striker born 1976 in Minas; 70 caps, 26 goals, 2002 and 2010 World Cups; scored the decisive Panenka against Ghana in 2010; Guinness record holder for most clubs (31+), now coaching Club Tijuana.
Sebastián Amigorena
Sebastian Amigorena is a French immunologist, a CNRS research director at Institut Curie in Paris, known for work on dendritic cell antigen presentation and cancer immunotherapy.
Sebastian Arcelus
Sebastian Arcelus (Sebastian Carlos Arcelus), American actor born 1976 in New York City; Broadway musicals Rent, Wicked, Elf, Into the Woods; TV roles Lucas Goodwin in House of Cards and Jay Whitman in Madam Secretary; husband of Stephanie J. Block.
Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach (Sebastian Philip Bierk, born 1968, Freeport, Bahamas) is a hard rock singer and actor, lead vocalist of Skid Row 1987–1996 (Skid Row 1989, Slave to the Grind No. 1 in 1991), later a Broadway and TV performer and solo artist (Angel Down, Child Within the Man), and Twisted Sister's singer from 2026.
Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet, born in Dublin in 1955, who has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times and twice won the Costa Book of the Year.
Sebastian Biederlack
Sebastian Biederlack (born 1981, Hamburg) is a German field hockey coach and former midfielder-defender, Olympic gold 2008 and bronze 2004, world champion 2002 and 2006, later head coach of Club an der Alster and German U18 co-coach.
Sebastian Bonhoeffer
Sebastian Bonhoeffer is a German-born theoretical biologist who has been professor of theoretical biology at ETH Zurich since 2005 and directs the Collegium Helveticum, modeling infectious disease dynamics.
Sebastian Braun
Sebastian Braun is a German pharmaceutical entrepreneur, main owner of CHEPLAPHARM in Greifswald, which he took over at age 23 in 2003 and led as CEO for two decades.
Sebastian Brendel
Sebastian Brendel (born 1988, Schwedt/Oder) is a retired German sprint canoeist, three-time Olympic champion in C1 1000 m (London 2012, Rio 2016) and C2 1000 m, with 13 world titles, later ICF Athletes' Committee Chair.
Sebastian Büchert
Sebastian Büchert is a German business executive who leads Bentley InnoMed, a stent maker in Hechingen, and won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 award.
Sebastian C. Peter
Sebastian C. Peter, born 1978, is an Indian materials chemist and professor at JNCASR, Bengaluru, known for CO2 conversion catalysts, a 99%-selective ethylene photocatalyst, and India's first CO2-to-methanol pilot plant.
Sebastian Cabot (actor)
Sebastian Cabot (Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot, 1918–1977), English character actor; Mr. French in Family Affair (1966–1971), Bagheera and Sir Ector for Disney, original Winnie the Pooh narrator.
Sebastian Castellio
Sebastian Castellio (Sébastien Châteillon, 1515–1563) was a French humanist reformer, educator, and Bible translator in Basel who opposed the execution of heretics, provoking a controversy with John Calvin.
Sebastian Castro (American football)
Sebastian Castro (Sebastián Castro), born 2000, American football safety from Oak Lawn, Illinois; Iowa Hawkeyes All-Big Ten hybrid defender, 163 college tackles; signed by Pittsburgh Steelers as 2025 undrafted free agent.
Sebastian Castro (Kushki co-founder)
Sebastian Castro, full name Sebastián Castro Galnares, is an Ecuadorian entrepreneur and MIT-trained engineer who co-founded the payments company Kushki, Ecuador's first unicorn, and serves as its President.
Sebastian Ceria
Sebastian Ceria is an Argentine mathematician and optimization scientist who founded Axioma, a financial risk-analytics firm sold to Deutsche Börse for $850 million in 2019, and founded Fundar.
Sebastian Chacon
Sebastian Chacon (born 1993, Jamaica, Queens) is an American actor of Colombian and Ecuadorian descent, an NYU Tisch graduate known for Warren Rojas in Daisy Jones & The Six, Fly Rico in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, and Carlos in Emergency; distinct from other namesakes.
Sebastián Coates
Sebastián Coates (Sebastián Coates Nión), Uruguayan centre-back born 1990 in Montevideo. Nacional youth product, Liverpool 2011-13, Sunderland, then Sporting CP captain 2016-24 (369 games), Copa América 2011 winner with Uruguay, back at Nacional since 2024.
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe of Ranmore (born 1956), British middle-distance runner who won Olympic 1500m gold in 1980 and 1984, set nine world records including the 1:41.73 800m, then became a Conservative MP, led London 2012, and has been World Athletics president since 2015.
Sebastian Copeland
Sebastian Copeland (born 1964) is a British-French-American polar explorer, photographer, and author; son of conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus, he led the first East/West crossing of Antarctica (2011-12) and set a 595 km kite-ski record in Greenland.
Sebastian County
Sebastian County, Arkansas: county on the state's western border, established January 6, 1851, named for Senator William K. Sebastian. Seats: Fort Smith and Greenwood. Population 127,799 (2020); Fort Smith largest city; former coal-mining center.
Sebastian Croft
Sebastian Croft (Sebastian Theodore Kemble Croft, born 2001, Oxford), also known as Bash Croft, is an English actor and singer-songwriter: Young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones, BAFTA-nominated for Horrible Histories, Ben Hope in Heartstopper, now releasing pop music and appearing on The Celebrity Traitors.
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Sebastián de Belalcázar, born Sebastián Moyano, was a Spanish conquistador who fought in Peru, founded Quito, Cali, and Popayán, and died in 1551 under a death sentence.
Sebastian de Souza
Sebastian de Souza (Sebastian Denis de Souza), British actor, screenwriter, and novelist born 1993 in Oxford; known for Matty Levan in Skins, roles in The Borgias, Medici, Normal People, The Great, and the novel Kid: A History of the Future.
Sebastian Deindl
Sebastian Deindl is a structural biologist and molecular biophysicist, professor at Uppsala University and, since 2026, Humboldt Professor at Tübingen, known for resolving how chromatin remodelers step and slide molecule by molecule.
Sebastian Deterding
Sebastian Deterding is a designer and researcher at Imperial College London's Dyson School of Design Engineering, best known for his work on gamification, including his widely cited 2011 definition.
Sebastian Edwards
Sebastian Edwards is a Chilean-born economist, Distinguished Professor at UCLA Anderson and former World Bank chief economist for Latin America, known for research on capital flows, crises, and populism.