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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004) was a leading Portuguese poet of the second half of the twentieth century, author of fifteen poetry books and winner of the 1999 Camões Prize.

Sophia Di Martino

Sophia Di Martino (born 1983) is an English actress, writer, and director from Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, known for Sylvie in Marvel's Loki and Amy in Flowers, and for directing the short All Yours.

Sophia Dorothea of Celle

Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666–1726), wife of George I of Great Britain, divorced in 1694 after the Königsmarck affair and imprisoned 32 years at Ahlden; mother of George II.

Sophia Duleep Singh

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (1876–1948), goddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of the exiled Maharaja Duleep Singh, was a Punjabi-born princess in England who became a militant suffragette, tax resister, and nurse of Indian soldiers.

Sophia Flörsch

Sophia Flörsch, German racing driver from Munich; Ginetta Junior winner, 2018 Macau crash survivor, first woman to score FIA F3 points, DTM and LMP2 racer, now Opel Formula E test driver.

Sophia Grace & Rosie

Sophia Grace & Rosie: British cousins Sophia Grace Brownlee (b. 2003) and Rosie McClelland (b. 2006) from Essex, viral in 2011 for a 'Super Bass' cover, Ellen Show regulars, later film, books, and solo careers.

Sophia Haussener

Sophia Haussener is a mechanical engineer and associate professor at EPFL who heads the Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering and works on solar fuels.

Sophia High School

Sophia High School names a British online independent school founded 2020 (DfE OEAS-accredited, ages 4-18) and an all-girls Catholic CISCE school in Bangalore founded 1949, plus several Indian CBSE namesakes.

Sophia Hober

Sophia Hober is a Swedish protein scientist who is Professor of Molecular Biotechnology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, known for engineering MabSelect SuRe, an antibody-purification resin used by most therapeutic antibody makers.

Sophia James

Sophia James, born Sophia Louise Wackerman (1999), is an Australian-born, Los Angeles-based indie/power pop singer-songwriter, a 2020 American Idol Top 10 finalist under her given name, and creator of the 2025 viral TikTok "Group 7" trend with "So Unfair".

Sophia Laforteza

Sophia Laforteza (Sophia Elizabeth Guevara Laforteza), born 2002, is the Filipino-American leader of the global girl group KATSEYE, formed via HYBE x Geffen's The Debut: Dream Academy, which she won in first place in November 2023.

Sophia Lillis

Sophia Lillis (born 2002), Brooklyn-born American actress, breakout as Beverly Marsh in Stephen King's It (2017); roles include Sharp Objects, I Am Not Okay With This, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Asteroid City, and Kojima's OD.

Sophia Locke

Sophia Locke, born 1985 in Las Vegas, is an American adult film performer and former cam model who entered the industry in 2010 on ImLive, retired to Seattle real estate, returned in 2021 via OnlyFans, and won the 2026 XMAs MILF Performer of the Year award.

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone, born 20 September 1934), Italian screen legend of Naples origins; Oscar for Two Women (1961), over 100 films with De Sica, Mastroianni, and producer-husband Carlo Ponti.

Sophia Luo

Sophia Luo is an American venture capitalist and Partner at Greylock Partners, hired in September 2024, who invests in early-stage AI-native applications and enabling infrastructure.

Sophia Merrifield

Sophia Merrifield is an American sea-going physical oceanographer and associate researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, known for marine robotics and a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award.

Sophia Myles

Sophia Myles (Sophia Jane Myles) is an English actress born 1980 in London, known for Erika in Underworld, Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds, Reinette in Doctor Who, Beth Turner in Moonlight, and Transformers roles.

Sophia of Hanover

Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James I, was named heiress to the British throne by the Act of Settlement 1701, excluding Catholic claimants; her son became George I.

Sophia of Prussia

Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrika Alice, 1870–1932), Hohenzollern princess, daughter of Frederick III and Victoria, sister of Wilhelm II; Queen of the Hellenes as wife of Constantine I, founder of the Aghia Sophia hospital and Greek Women's Patriotic League.

Sophia Palaiologina

Sophia (Zoe) Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine emperor, married Ivan III of Moscow in 1472; her marriage brought Palaiologan prestige, the double-headed eagle debate, and succession-crisis politics to Muscovy.

Sophia Peletier

Sophia Peletier, Carol and Ed's daughter in The Walking Dead (comic and AMC TV series). TV Sophia dies as a walker in Season 2's barn reveal; comic Sophia survives, marries Carl, and has daughter Andrea.

Sophia Perovskaya (Софья Львовна Перовская)

Sophia Perovskaya (Софья Львовна Перовская), 1853–1881, Russian populist revolutionary of Narodnaya Volya; aristocrat by birth, she directed and signaled the March 1, 1881 assassination of Tsar Alexander II and was the first woman executed in Russia for a political crime.

Sophia Powers

Sophia Powers (born 2009) is a Canadian-American actress from North Vancouver, BC, known for playing Fox in Son of a Critch (2022–2026) and roles in Murder in a Small Town and Hallmark films; distinct from Sophie Powers the musician.

Sophia Sinot

Sophia Sinot is a Dutch (Huizen-born), London-based makeup artist, #218 on FashionDB, known for hyperfeminine, viral maximalist glam for Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun tour, Doja Cat's latex lips, the JT-lip look, SZA's 2026 Met Gala makeup, and clients including Doja Cat, Camila Cabello, and KATSEYE.

Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith (Sophia Olivia Smith) is an American soccer forward for Portland Thorns FC who won gold with the US women's team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Sophia Smith Galer

Sophia Smith Galer, British journalist, author, and TikTok creator; pioneer of UK TikTok journalism for BBC and VICE; author of Losing It (2022) and How To Kill A Language (2026); founder of the Sophiana app and Viralect.

Sophia Stel

Sophia Johanna Stel (born 1998, Saanich, British Columbia) is a Canadian alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer from Vancouver, signed to A24 Music as its second artist, known for the EPs Object Permanence and How to Win at Solitaire and the 2026 debut album the greatest album of all time.

Sophia Tatum

Sophia Tatum, American actress (born 1999 per IMDb; some databases say 1997), daughter of actors Stacy Haiduk and Bradford Tatum. Known for Sil in Samaritan (2022), Racer Chick in F9: The Fast Saga (2021), Agent Drake on Riverdale, and Jenny Tuffield in I Am Not Okay with This.

Sophia the Wisdom of God (Novgorod)

Sophia the Wisdom of God (София Премудрость Божия) is a fifteenth-century Russian allegorical icon type, associated with Novgorod, showing Divine Wisdom as a winged, royal, red-faced angelic figure.

Sophia Thomalla

Sophia Thomalla (born 1989, East Berlin) is a German actress, presenter, model, and entrepreneur, daughter of Simone Thomalla; Let's Dance winner 2010 and host of RTL+'s Are You the One? since 2021.