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Steve P. Watson

Steve P. Watson is a British platelet biologist and Emeritus British Heart Foundation Professor at the University of Birmingham, known for establishing how the platelet collagen receptor GPVI signals.

Steve Padilla

Steve Padilla is an American Democratic politician serving in the California State Senate since 2022, previously mayor of Chula Vista and chairman of the California Coastal Commission.

Steve Parish (businessman)

Steve Parish, English businessman, co-owner and chairman of Crystal Palace FC; built and sold Tag Worldwide (2011), led the 2010 CPFC 2010 rescue, oversaw 2013 promotion, 2025 FA Cup win, and Harris-Blitzer, Textor, and Woody Johnson ownership deals.

Steve Park

Steve Park is a materials scientist and associate professor at KAIST, trained at Stanford under Zhenan Bao, whose research centers on skin-inspired stretchable electronics and 3D-printed hydrogels.

Steve Pascolo

Steve Pascolo, born 1970, is a French immunologist who co-founded CureVac in 2000, ran the first clinical trials of synthetic mRNA vaccines in humans, and later worked in Zurich.

Steve Peacocke

Steve (Stephen) Peacocke, born 1981 in Dubbo NSW, is an Australian actor who played Brax on Home and Away (three Logies) and stars in Five Bedrooms, The Newsreader, RFDS, and films like Me Before You.

Steve Pearce (baseball)

Steve Pearce (Steven Wayne Pearce, born 1983) is a retired MLB first baseman, 2018 World Series MVP with Boston after a June trade from Toronto; career .254, 91 HR; 2014 Orioles breakout with 21 homers.

Steve Pearce (politician)

Stevan (Steve) Pearce, born 1947, New Mexico Republican congressman (NM-2, 2003-2009, 2011-2019), state GOP chair 2018-2024, Air Force veteran; confirmed 20th BLM Director May 18, 2026, 46-43.

Steve Pemberton

Steve Pemberton (born 1967, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English actor, writer and comedian of The League of Gentlemen, co-creator with Reece Shearsmith of Psychoville and Inside No. 9, and a multi-BAFTA winner.

Steve Penny

Steve Penny (Stephen D. Penny, Jr.), former president and CEO of USA Gymnastics; reported Nassar abuse to the FBI in 2015, resigned March 2017, indicted 2018 for evidence tampering in Texas.

Steve Peregrin Took

Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter, 1949–1980) was the English percussionist and co-founder, with Marc Bolan, of the acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex, playing on its first three albums before his 1969 dismissal; he later led Shagrat and died choking on a cocktail cherry.

Steve Perry

Steve Perry (born 1949) is an American singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of Journey 1977–1987 and again for 1996's Trial By Fire, known for Don't Stop Believin' and Oh Sherrie, later solo with Street Talk, Traces (2018), and The Season (2021).

Steve Pieczenik

Steve Pieczenik, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and hostage negotiator, later co-creator of Tom Clancy's Op-Center and Net Force novels, and an Infowars guest known for Sandy Hook and bin Laden conspiracy claims.

Steve Porcaro

Steve Porcaro (Steven Maxwell Porcaro), American keyboardist, songwriter, and synth programmer; founding member of Toto (1977–1987, 2010–2019) and composer of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" from Thriller.

Steve Prefontaine

Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975), "Pre," American distance runner from Coos Bay, Oregon; seven NCAA titles at Oregon, fourth in the 1972 Olympic 5,000 m, held every US record from 2,000 m to 10,000 m, died at 24 in a car crash.

Steve Priest

Steve Priest (Stephen Norman Priest, 1948-2020), English bassist, co-lead singer, and founding member of glam rock band the Sweet; hits include Ballroom Blitz and Fox on the Run; later led Steve Priest's Sweet in North America.

Steve R. Ommen

Steve R. Ommen is an American cardiologist at Mayo Clinic who directs its Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic and chaired the 2020 AHA/ACC guideline for the condition.

Steve Ramirez

Steve Ramirez, born 1988, is an American neuroscientist at Boston University whose lab artificially modulates memories in mice, best known for implanting a false memory in 2013.

Steve Rawlings

Steve Rawlings is an American Republican politician, businessman, author, and attorney serving in the Kentucky Senate, representing the 11th district in northern Boone County from Burlington, Kentucky.

Steve Redgrave

Steve Redgrave (born 1962, Marlow) is a British rower who won five consecutive Olympic golds 1984–2000 plus a bronze, nine world titles, and later managed type 1 diabetes; knighted 2001, Steve Redgrave Fund founder.

Steve Reeves

Steve Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000), American bodybuilder and actor, Mr. America 1947 and Mr. Universe 1950, who starred as Hercules in Italian peplum films and influenced later action stars like Schwarzenegger.

Steve Reevis

Steve Reevis (1962-2017) was a Blackfeet Native American actor from Browning, Montana, best known as Shep Proudfoot in Fargo, with roles in Dances with Wolves, Last of the Dogmen, and FAITA awards in 1996 and 2004.

Steve Reich

Steve Reich (born October 3, 1936, New York) is an American composer who pioneered minimal music with Young, Riley, and Glass, known for phasing, It's Gonna Rain, Music for 18 Musicians, Different Trains, a Pulitzer Prize, and Grammys.

Steve Reich and Musicians

Steve Reich and Musicians is the ensemble Steve Reich founded in New York in 1966 to perform his own minimalist works, growing from three players to as many as 40, premiering Music for 18 Musicians in 1976 and recording landmark ECM albums.

Steve Rerych

Steve Rerych (Stephen Karl Rerych, born 1946) is a retired American surgeon and NC State swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and set a 4x100 world record.

Steve Rhoads

Steve Rhoads is an American politician and attorney serving as a Republican member of the New York State Senate from the 5th district since 2023.

Steve Riddick

Steve Riddick (Steven Earl Riddick, born 1951, Newport News, Virginia), American sprinter, 1976 Olympic 4×100 m relay gold anchor, 1977 world record 38.03 s, later coach; convicted of bank fraud in 2007.

Steve Roberts

Steve Roberts is an American Democratic politician, a Missouri state senator for the 5th district since 2021 and a former St. Louis prosecutor elected Assistant Minority Floor Leader in 2024.

Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Steve Rogers, the MCU's Captain America played by Chris Evans, debuted in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011); a WWII super soldier frozen and revived, he led the Avengers, retired in Endgame passing the shield to Sam Wilson, and returns in Avengers: Doomsday.

Steve Rotheram

Steve Rotheram is a British Labour politician who has served as Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017, after seven years as MP for Liverpool Walton.