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Sher Singh Ghubaya
Sher Singh Ghubaya, born in 1962, is an Indian Congress politician who has represented Firozpur, Punjab, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after earlier terms from 2009 to 2019.
Sher Singh Rana (शेर सिंह राणा)
Sher Singh Rana (शेर सिंह राणा), alias Pankaj, of Roorkee, convicted in 2014 of murdering MP Phoolan Devi (2001), escaped Tihar Jail in 2004, travelled to Kabul and Kandahar claiming to recover Prithviraj Chauhan's remains, wrote Jail Diary, and is the subject of announced biopics.
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), or Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka's main cricket venue since 2006, capacity about 25,000, named for A. K. Fazlul Huq; slow, spin-friendly pitch with ICC demerit points.
Sher-Gil (Mercurian crater)
Sher-Gil is a 73-km-diameter impact crater on Mercury at 45.1°S, 225.5°W, imaged by MESSENGER; it exposes low-reflectance crustal material and hosts hollows, volatile-loss depressions, on its dark walls and ejecta.
Shera Danese
Shera Danese (Sherry Lynn Kaminski), American actress born 1949, wife of Peter Falk from 1977 until his 2011 death; appeared in six Columbo episodes, more than any other actress, and in Risky Business (1983).
SheraSeven
SheraSeven, real name Leticia Padua (born 1979), is an American dating-advice creator and author known for the catchphrase "sprinkle sprinkle," hypergamy and provider-men advice, about 870,000 YouTube subscribers, and books like Too Pretty To Pay Bills.
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is a global full-service hotel brand founded in 1937 by Ernest Henderson and Robert Moore, owned by Marriott International since 2016.
Sherb Noble
Sherwood "Sherb" Noble was an Illinois restaurateur and dairyman who introduced soft serve to the public in 1938 and opened the first Dairy Queen store in Joliet, Illinois, in 1940.
Sherbet (powder)
Sherbet powder is a British effervescent candy powder of sugar, citric or tartaric acid, and sodium bicarbonate that fizzes with carbon dioxide when wet; distinct from the American frozen dessert also called sherbet.
Sherborne Missal
The Sherborne Missal is a large illuminated missal made for the Benedictine abbey of Sherborne, Dorset, between 1399 and 1407, famed for its 48 painted bird portraits.
Sherborne School
Sherborne School, the Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth, is a boys' independent boarding and day school in Sherborne, Dorset, refounded by Edward VI's charter of 13 May 1550 on the site of the dissolved abbey, now part of the Sherborne Schools Group.
Sherbro Island
Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone's largest island (about 600 km2, 51 km long), lies off the southern coast with Bonthe as its main town; known for the Sherbro people, colonial slave-trade ports, fishing, and the planned Sherbro Island City SEZ backed by Idris Elba.
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, the seat of the Estrie region at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers, about 150 km east of Montreal.
Sherburne County Plant
The Sherburne County Plant, known as Sherco, is a coal-fired power station in Becker, Minnesota, owned by Xcel Energy. It is being retired in phases between 2023 and 2030.
Sherburne Wesley Burnham
Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838–1921) was an American astronomer and leading observer of double stars, discovering about 1,300 pairs while working as a court reporter in Chicago.
Sherden
The Sherden (Šardana) were Late Bronze Age warriors, first recorded in the fourteenth century BC, who fought Egypt and then served as elite troops in its army.
Shere Hite
Shere Hite (Shirley Diana Gregory, 1942–2020), American-born German feminist sex researcher, author of The Hite Report on Female Sexuality (1976), which reported most women do not orgasm from penetrative intercourse and sold over 50 million copies.
Shere Khan (शेर खान)
Shere Khan (शेर खान), “Tiger Chief,” is the lame man-eating tiger and chief villain of Kipling's Jungle Book Mowgli stories, killed by Mowgli in a buffalo stampede and later voiced by George Sanders, Idris Elba, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Sheree J. Wilson
Sheree J. Wilson (Sheree Julienne Wilson, born 1958, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress and producer, known for April Stevens Ewing on Dallas and Alex Cahill on Walker, Texas Ranger, and founder of Lone Star Cowgirl Films.
Sheree Murphy
Sheree Murphy (born 1975) is a British actress and presenter, best known as Tricia Dingle in Emmerdale (1998-2004), later Eva Strong in Hollyoaks and Dakota Davies in Neighbours; married to Harry Kewell.
Sheree North
Sheree North was an American actress, dancer, and singer, signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1954 as a replacement for Marilyn Monroe, later known for roles on Seinfeld.
Shereen Nanjiani
Shereen Nanjiani, born in 1961, is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster who anchored STV's Scotland Today from 1987 to 2006 and hosted her own BBC Radio Scotland show.
Shereen Reda (شيرين رضا)
Shereen Reda (شيرين رضا), Egyptian actress and fashion designer born 1968, daughter of Reda Troupe founder Mahmoud Reda; advertising model at 11, Fawazeer Fenoun 1989, films with Ahmed Zaki, The Blue Elephant.
Sherelle
Sherelle, full name Sherelle Thomas, is a British DJ from London who plays jungle and footwork at or above 160 BPM, and co-founded the label Hooversound.
Sheremetyevo International Airport
Sheremetyevo International Airport, named after poet Alexander Pushkin, is Russia's largest airport and the base of Aeroflot in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, northwest of Moscow; it handled 43.4 million passengers in 2025.
Sherene Loi
Sherene Loi is an Australian medical oncologist who heads a breast cancer genomics lab at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne and led early immunotherapy trials in breast cancer.
Sheretnebty
Sheretnebty, also known as Sheret-Nebti, was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian princess, probably a daughter of King Niuserre, known from her rock-cut tomb at Abusir South, excavated in 2012 and 2013.
Shergar
Shergar (foaled 3 March 1978) was an Aga Khan-bred, Michael Stoute-trained racehorse, record 10-length 1981 Epsom Derby winner, Timeform 140, kidnapped from Ballymany Stud in 1983, body never found.
Sheri Biggs
Sheri Biggs, Republican U.S. representative for South Carolina's 3rd District since 2025, nurse practitioner and Air National Guard lieutenant colonel; distinct from Andy Biggs of Arizona; won 2024 runoff over Mark Burns, votes with Trump 100%.
Sheri Khan Tarakai
Sheri Khan Tarakai is a late Neolithic village site in the Bannu basin of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, excavated from 1986 and radiocarbon dated to 3760–2670 BC.