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S. Steven Potter
S. Steven Potter, also known as Steven Potter, was an American molecular biologist (1949–2024) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, known for work on transposable elements and fetal blood formation.
S. Sudjojono
S. Sudjojono (Sindudarsono Sudjojono, 1913–1986) was an Indonesian painter known as the Father of Modern Indonesian Painting, who co-founded the artists' union Persagi in 1938 and championed social realism.
S. Supongmeren Jamir
S. Supongmeren Jamir, born in 1963, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented Nagaland in the Lok Sabha since 2024 and serves as President of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee.
S. Thomas Carmichael
S. Thomas Carmichael is an American neurologist and neuroscientist who chairs neurology at UCLA and studies how the brain repairs itself after stroke, including stem cell therapies.
S. Toiho Yeptho
S. Toiho Yeptho is an Indian politician of the Naga People's Front who has served as Deputy Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly since 2024, after his 2023 election.
S. Tome & Principe - Annobon
S. Tome & Principe - Annobon (FEOW ecoregion 587) is a freshwater ecoregion covering the Gulf of Guinea islands of São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón; extremely low freshwater richness but high endemism, including nine endemic amphibians and the crab Potamonautes margaritarius.
S. Truett Cathy
S. Truett Cathy (1921-2014), American restaurateur, founder of Chick-fil-A; opened the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, Georgia in 1946, invented the pressure-cooked chicken sandwich in 1961, opened the first Chick-fil-A at Greenbriar Mall, Atlanta in 1967, and kept restaurants closed on Sundays.
S. V. Ranga Rao (సామర్ల వెంకట రంగారావు)
S. V. Ranga Rao (సామర్ల వెంకట రంగారావు), also SVR or Viswa Nata Chakravarthi, Telugu and Tamil film actor, director, producer (1918–1974); about 162 films, Jakarta Best Actor for Keechaka in Narthanasala, Ghatotkacha in Maya Bazaar.
S. Valentino (Italy)
S. Valentino (Italy) is a Roman villa site in the frazione of San Valentino, Poggio Mirteto, Lazio, also called Bagni di Lucilla; findspot in 1801 of a Vatican mosaic, distinct from Villa dei Casoni and the Roman catacombs of San Valentino.
S. Venkitaramanan
S. Venkitaramanan was an Indian Administrative Service officer who served as the 18th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1990 to 1992, steering India through the 1991 balance-of-payments crisis.
S. Vincent Rajkumar
S. Vincent Rajkumar, also known as Vincent Rajkumar, is an American hematologist-oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, known for redefining myeloma diagnosis and leading pivotal myeloma drug trials.
S. Vincenzino
S. Vincenzino (Villa romana di San Vincenzino) is a large Roman patrician villa of about 7,000 square meters at Cecina, Tuscany, occupied from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD, with a 540-cubic-meter cistern, 37-meter peristyle, and baths, now an archaeological park.
S. W. Herwald
Seymour W. Herwald (1917–1998) was an American engineer and research manager at Westinghouse Electric known for servomechanisms and analog computers, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1967.
S. Walter Englander
S. Walter Englander, full name Solomon Walter Englander, is an American biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania known for developing hydrogen exchange studies of protein folding.
S.A. (corporation)
S.A., from the French Société Anonyme and Spanish Sociedad Anónima, is a public limited-liability company in continental Europe and Latin America whose shareholders' names do not appear in the firm's name.
S.A. Agulhas II
S.A. Agulhas II is a South African icebreaking vessel for polar supply and scientific research, launched in Finland in 2011 to support Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations.
S.A.C. Capital Advisors
S.A.C. Capital Advisors, also known as SAC Capital, was a hedge fund in Stamford, Connecticut, founded by Steven A. Cohen in 1992 with $25 million.
S.C. Braga
Sporting Clube de Braga (SC Braga), Portuguese multi-sport club founded 19 January 1921; Primeira Liga football at Estádio Municipal de Braga; 3 Portuguese Cups, 3 League Cups, Intertoto 2008/09; president António Salvador since 2003.
S.C. Farense
S.C. Farense (Sporting Clube Farense), founded 1 April 1910 in Faro, is the Algarve's oldest football club; 1989/90 Taça de Portugal finalist, 1994/95 UEFA Cup qualifier, now in Liga Portugal 2 at Estádio de São Luís.
S.Coups
S.Coups (에스쿱스), born Choi Seung-cheol (최승철) on 8 August 1995, is the general leader of K-pop group SEVENTEEN and its hip-hop team. Debuting with Pledis in 2015, he is known for mediating between members and company, a 2019 anxiety hiatus, 2024 ACL surgery, and solo tracks "Me" and "Jungle".
S.Coups X Mingyu (최승철)
S.Coups X Mingyu (에스쿱스X민규), also CxM, is a 2025 SEVENTEEN sub-unit of S.Coups and Mingyu under Pledis; their debut EP HYPE VIBES set the highest Billboard 200 rank for a K-pop sub-unit.
S.E.A. Write Award
The S.E.A. Write Award, also known as the Southeast Asian Writers Award, is a literary prize given annually since 1979 to writers from ASEAN countries.
S.E.S. (에스이에스) (group)
S.E.S. (에스이에스), also romanized as Es-i-Es, was a first-generation Korean girl group under SM Entertainment: Bada, Eugene, and Shoo, debuting November 28, 1997 with "I'm Your Girl", disbanding in 2002, and reuniting in 2016–2017.
S.F. Holding
S.F. Holding Co., Ltd. (顺丰控股) is the Shenzhen- and Hong Kong-listed holding company behind SF Express, the courier founded by Wang Wei in 1993 that runs China's largest cargo airline.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division) is Marvel Comics' fictional spy agency, debuting in Strange Tales #135 (1965), led by Nick Fury, fighting Hydra, dismantled in Secret Empire and revived by Nick Fury Jr.
S.I. Chiriev
S.I. Chiriev (Sergei Ivanovich Chiriev) was a Russian physiologist and doctor of medicine who headed the physiology chair at St Vladimir University in Kyiv from 1884.
S.J. Gamblin
Steven J. Gamblin, known as Steve Gamblin, is a structural biologist at the Francis Crick Institute in London, known for influenza haemagglutinin and SARS-CoV-2 spike structures.
S.L. Benfica
S.L. Benfica (Sport Lisboa e Benfica), Lisbon club founded 28 February 1904; Portugal's most titled club with 38 league titles and European Cup wins in 1961 and 1962 under Béla Guttmann.
S.P. Allison
S.P. Allison, or Simon P. Allison, is a British physician-scientist in clinical nutrition and metabolism at Nottingham, known for his 1979 work using insulin to spare protein after injury.
S.Pellegrino
S.Pellegrino (San Pellegrino) is an Italian sparkling natural mineral water from San Pellegrino Terme, Val Brembana, founded 1899, Nestlé-owned since 1998, with TDS 860 mg/L, sold in over 150 countries, and slated for the Peranel Nestlé-Platinum Equity joint venture.