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Sam Oldham
Sam Oldham is a former English artistic gymnast who earned Great Britain's first Olympic team medal since 1912 in 2012, before retiring in 2021 for a 2026 return.
Sam P. de Visser
Sam P. de Visser is a Dutch computational chemist and Reader at the University of Manchester who models heme and nonheme iron enzyme mechanisms with density functional theory.
Sam Paganini
Sam Paganini, born Samuel Paganini, is an Italian techno DJ and producer based in Treviso, best known for "Rave" (2014), one of the most-streamed techno tracks ever.
Sam Palladio
Sam Palladio (born 1986, Pembury, Kent) is an English actor-musician who played Gunnar Scott on ABC's Nashville (2012–2018), starred in Netflix's Princess Switch trilogy, and records as a solo country-folk artist.
Sam Pang
Sam Pang (born 1973, Melbourne) is an Australian comedian and TV and radio presenter, Eurovision co-host 2009-2017, Logies host 2023-2025, host of Sam Pang Tonight on Network 10, and 2026 Gold Logie winner.
Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah (David Samuel Peckinpah, 1925-1984), American film director from Fresno, California, maker of The Wild Bunch and five other Westerns, known for slow-motion violence, multi-camera action, and battles with studios over re-edited films.
Sam Pepper
Sam Pepper (Samuel Nicholas Pepper, born 1989, Ashford, Kent) is an English internet personality and Big Brother 11 UK contestant known for prank videos, the 2014 Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank controversy, the 2015 Killing Best Friend Prank, and his 2025 Kick ban after a Delhi fireworks injury.
Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins (born 1961), nicknamed Big Smooth, is a retired NBA center-forward, 1984 No. 4 pick, 1982 NCAA and 1984 Olympic champion, and an early stretch-4 pioneer who shot 38.2% on threes late in his 17-season career.
Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips (1923-2003), American record producer and founder of Sun Records in Memphis; recorded Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Howlin' Wolf, and pioneered rockabilly and rock and roll.
Sam Phillips (musician)
Sam Phillips, born Leslie Phillips (1962, Glendale, California), is an American singer-songwriter who moved from 1980s Christian pop to secular pop and scored Gilmore Girls.
Sam Pirozzolo
Sam Pirozzolo is an American Republican politician who has represented Staten Island's 63rd district in the New York State Assembly since his election in November 2022.
Sam Pitroda (સત્યનારાયણ ગંગારામ પિત્રોદા)
Sam Pitroda, born Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda in 1942, is an Indian telecommunications engineer and inventor who founded C-DOT, led India's telecom revolution, and chaired the National Knowledge Commission.
Sam Pittman
Sam Pittman, born 1961 in El Reno, Oklahoma, is an American college football coach who led the Arkansas Razorbacks from 2020 until being fired in September 2025.
Sam Pollard (British Methodist missionary)
Sam Pollard, also known as Samuel Pollard (柏格理), was a British Methodist missionary in Yunnan and Guizhou, China, who founded the Shimenkan mission and created the Pollard script.
Sam Presti
Sam Presti, NBA executive, general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder since June 7, 2007 (hired by Seattle at 29); drafted Durant, Westbrook, Harden; 2025 NBA champion and 2024-25 Executive of the Year.
Sam Quek
Sam Quek, also known as Samantha Quek, is a British former field hockey defender who won Olympic gold with Great Britain at Rio 2016 and became a broadcaster.
Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey, American tennis player (born 1987), career-high ATP No. 11, 10 singles titles; beat world No. 1s Djokovic (2016) and Murray (2017) at Wimbledon; retired 2022, now pro pickleball player and Nothing Major podcast host.
Sam Rae
Sam Rae is an Australian Labor Party politician who serves as Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, overseeing the Integrated Assessment Tool that determines home care funding.
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi (born 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan) is the American director of the Evil Dead films, the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy, Darkman, Drag Me to Hell, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn, born Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, was a Texas Democrat who served in the US House from 1913 until his death in 1961 and was Speaker for a record seventeen years.
Sam Reich
Sam Reich (born 1984, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and CEO of Dropout, formerly CollegeHumor, which he bought from IAC for $0 in 2020; he hosts Game Changer and Make Some Noise.
Sam Reid (actor)
Sam Reid (born 1987, New South Wales) is an Australian actor, LAMDA graduate, known for Belle, '71, The Newsreader's Dale Jennings, and as Lestat de Lioncourt in AMC's Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat (2026).
Sam Reinhart
Sam Reinhart, Canadian NHL forward, Florida Panthers center/winger, drafted No. 2 in 2014 by Buffalo, traded to Florida 2021, 57-goal 2023-24 season, back-to-back Stanley Cups 2024-2025, eight-year $69M contract.
Sam Richards (sociologist)
Sam Richards (Samuel M. Richards, born 1960) is an American sociologist and Teaching Professor at Penn State, known for SOC 119, the large Race and Ethnic Relations course, the World in Conversation dialogue center with Laurie Mulvey, and his TEDx talk "A Radical Experiment in Empathy"; distinguish him from same-name journalists and astronomers.
Sam Richardson (actor)
Sam Richardson (Samuel Richardson), American actor-comedian born 1984 in Detroit; Veep's Richard Splett, co-creator of Detroiters with Tim Robinson, and 2023 Emmy winner as Edwin Akufo in Ted Lasso.
Sam Riegel
Sam Riegel (born 1976) is an American voice actor, Emmy-winning voice director, and Critical Role cast member; voices Scanlan Shorthalt, Phoenix Wright, Donatello, and Teddie.
Sam Riley
Sam Riley (born 1980, Leeds) is a British actor and former singer of the band 10,000 Things, known for his award-winning debut as Ian Curtis in Control (2007), On the Road, the Maleficent films, and Islands (2025); distinct from a photographer and a camera technician of the same name.
Sam Rivers (bassist)
Sam Rivers (Samuel Robert Rivers, 1977-2025), Jacksonville-born founding bassist and backing vocalist of nu metal band Limp Bizkit; played five-string Warwick basses on Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish, left in 2015 for a liver transplant, returned 2018, died October 18, 2025. Not the jazz saxophonist of the same name.
Sam Robards
Sam Prideaux Robards (born 1961) is an American actor, son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, known for American Beauty, A.I., The West Wing, and his 2002 Tony-nominated Broadway turn in The Man Who Had All the Luck.
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell, born 1968, in Daly City, California, is an American character actor and Oscar winner for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Emmy-nominated for Fosse/Verdon and The White Lotus, and Tony-nominated for American Buffalo.