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Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens, born 1975 in Detroit, is an American indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Known for Illinois, Carrie & Lowell, Asthmatic Kitty Records, his Oscar-nominated Mystery of Love, and 2023's Javelin.
Sufriyya
The Sufriyya (الصفرية) was a Kharijite sect of early Islam, formed at Basra around 683 and active in Iraq and North Africa, where Berber adherents founded the Midrarid state of Sijilmasa.
Sufyan al-Thawri
Sufyan al-Thawri (سفيان الثوري) was a Kufan hadith scholar, jurist, and ascetic who refused a judgeship from the Abbasid caliphs and died in hiding in Basra in 778.
Sufyan ibn Uyayna
Sufyan ibn Uyayna (سفيان بن عيينة) was a Meccan hadith scholar and Quran commentator who transmitted more than 7,000 hadiths and taught al-Shafi'i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
Sufyan Moqim
Sufyan Moqim (Sufiyan Muqeem), born 2002, is a Pakistani left-arm wrist spinner. T20I debut 2023 Asian Games; 5/3 vs Zimbabwe 2024; PSL 2026 Player of the Tournament with Peshawar Zalmi.
Sufyani (السفياني)
The Sufyani (السفياني) is an eschatological figure in Islamic tradition, a tyrant foretold to rise in Syria shortly before the end times and oppress the faithful.
Suga (민윤기)
Suga (민윤기, born 1993) is the stage name of Min Yoon-gi, BTS rapper-producer and solo artist Agust D (Agust D, D-2, D-DAY); 160+ KOMCA credits, discharged from mandatory service June 21, 2025, and donor of the Min Yoongi Center.
Suga Free
Suga Free (Sugafree), American West Coast rapper born 1970, based in Pomona, California, once known as Royal Rock; debut Street Gospel (1997), produced by DJ Quik, reached No. 37 on the Billboard R&B chart and shaped later rappers including Kendrick Lamar.
Suga Shikao
Suga Shikao (スガ シカオ) is a Japanese singer-songwriter born in Tokyo in 1966 who debuted in 1997, known for his distinctive funk style and for writing SMAP's "夜空ノムコウ".
Sugababes
Sugababes: English pop trio formed in London in 1998 (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Siobhán Donaghy), aka MKS. Six UK No. 1 singles across four lineups; original trio regained the name in 2019.
Sugam Sangeet
Sugam Sangeet (सुगम संगीत), meaning "easy" or "accessible music," is the Nepali term for light, non-classical modern song, largely overlapping with adhunik geet and still used in Nepali music awards.
Sugammadex
Sugammadex, sold as Bridion, is a modified gamma cyclodextrin that reverses rocuronium- or vecuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade by encapsulating the drug in plasma, first approved in the EU in 2008.
Sugamo Prison
Sugamo Prison (巣鴨プリズン), a Tokyo prison in Ikebukuro run by the US 8th Army from 1945, held Japanese war criminals including Hideki Tojo until the last releases in 1958; the Sunshine City complex now occupies the site.
Sugandha
Sugandha (सुगंधा) was a queen of Kashmir of the Utpala dynasty who ruled as regent from 902 and in her own name from 904 to 906.
Sugandha Garg
Sugandha Garg, Indian actress, singer, and TV host; debut Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) as Shaleen; first lead in Tere Bin Laden (2010); Tamil film Inam; ex-wife of Raghu Ram.
Sugandha Mishra
Sugandha Mishra (सुगंधा मिश्रा), Indian singer, comedian and actress from Jalandhar, Punjab; Indore gharana classical vocalist famous for Lata Mangeshkar mimicry, Great Indian Laughter Challenge finalist, Vidyavati on The Kapil Sharma Show, and Heropanti (2014).
Sugar
Sugar: sweet-tasting soluble carbohydrates, mainly glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, lactose, and maltose; sources, chemistry, metabolism, history from sugarcane domestication to high fructose corn syrup, and health effects of excess intake.
Sugar (2022 film)
Sugar (2022 film) refers chiefly to Vic Sarin's Canadian-Mexican crime drama, also titled Danger Below Deck, starring Katherine McNamara and Jasmine Sky Sarin as influencers caught in drug smuggling aboard a cruise, inspired by the Cocaine Cowgirls case; a separate 2022 Sugar Movie by Jermaine Quick also exists.
Sugar (2024 TV series)
Sugar is an Apple TV+ neo-noir detective drama created by Mark Protosevich, starring Colin Farrell as Los Angeles private eye John Sugar, hired to find a producer's missing granddaughter; episode 6 reveals Sugar is an alien. Season 1 premiered April 5, 2024; season 2 followed June 19, 2026.
Sugar (Brockhampton song)
SUGAR is a 2019 song by Brockhampton, the second track on GINGER, featuring Ryan Beatty, Dom McLennon, Matt Champion, Bearface, and Kevin Abstract; it leaked in June 2019, became the group's first Billboard Hot 100 entry, and spawned a 2020 remix with Dua Lipa and Jon B.
Sugar (Maroon 5 song)
Sugar is a 2014 Maroon 5 song from the album V, written with Mike Posner, produced by Ammo and Cirkut, released as a single on 13 January 2015, peaking at No. 2 in the US and No. 7 in the UK, famed for its David Dobkin wedding-crashing music video.
Sugar (Robin Schulz song)
"Sugar" is a 2015 single by German DJ Robin Schulz featuring Canadian vocalist Francesco Yates, sampling Baby Bash's "Suga Suga"; released on Tonspiel/Warner, it topped the German Dance chart for 16 weeks and has over 1.6 billion Spotify streams.
Sugar Act
Sugar Act (American Revenue Act, 1764): British Parliament law revising the 1733 Molasses Act, cutting molasses duty from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, taxing sugar, wine, and coffee, and strictly enforcing collection via vice-admiralty courts; distinct from the British Sugar Act of 1846.
Sugar alcohol
Sugar alcohols, also called polyols, are sweet-tasting carbohydrate derivatives whose sugar carbonyl group is converted to a hydroxyl group, used as reduced-calorie bulk sweeteners in sugar-free foods, including xylitol, sorbitol, and erythritol.
Sugar alcohol phase-change material
A sugar alcohol phase-change material is an organic PCM based on polyols such as erythritol and mannitol, storing latent heat at 80–230 °C but limited by high supercooling.
Sugar beet
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) is a temperate biennial root crop storing 16-18% sucrose, discovered as a sugar source by Marggraf in 1747, industrialized by Achard in 1801, and supplying about 20% of world sugar, led by the EU.
Sugar beet fiber
Sugar beet fiber (SBF, Beta vulgaris fiber) is dietary fiber made from sugar beet pulp after sugar extraction, containing hemicellulose, cellulose, pectin, and lignin; GRAS under FDA GRN 430 (2013), used as binder, texturizer, thickener, and fiber source.
Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl, annual New Orleans college football bowl game since Jan. 1, 1935 (Tulane 20, Temple 14), run by the non-profit Mid-Winter Sports Association, home of the SEC champion tie-in since 1975, now a CFP quarterfinal/semifinal host.
Sugar efflux transporter A-C
Sugar efflux transporter A-C covers sugar efflux transporters: the bacterial SET family (TC 2.A.1.20) and the eukaryotic SWEET/SLC50 family, uniporters mediating glucose and sucrose export in plants, animals, and microbes.
Sugar glider
Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps), a small nocturnal Australian marsupial glider in family Petauridae; split into three species in 2021 (with P. ariel and P. notatus); glides up to 50 m; popular but welfare-problematic exotic pet.