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Surb Tadeos
Surb Tadeos (Surb Tadeosi vank, Qara Kelisa, Black Church) is an Armenian Apostolic monastery in West Azerbaijan, Iran, near Maku, venerated as the tomb of apostle Thaddeus; UNESCO World Heritage 2008, July pilgrimage ICH 2020.
Surbhi
Surbhi (Surbhi Puranik, Telugu సురభి), born 1993 in Delhi, is an Indian actress in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada cinema; debut Ivan Veramathiri, Telugu debut Beeruva, known for Express Raja, Gentleman, Sashi, and a role in Vishwambhara.
Surbhi Chandna
Surbhi Chandna (सुरभि चंदना), Indian television actress born 1989 in Mumbai, known for Annika in Ishqbaaaz (2016–2019), Bani in Naagin 5, Dr. Ishani in Sanjivani, and Sherdil Shergill; married to Karan Sharma.
Surbhi Jyoti
Surbhi Jyoti (सुरभि ज्योति), Indian actress and anchor born 1988 in Jalandhar, known for Zoya Farooqui in Qubool Hai (2012–2016) and Bela in Naagin 3; Punjabi films, Gunaah, married Sumit Suri 2024.
Surbhi Sarna
Surbhi Sarna is an American entrepreneur who founded the medical-device company nVision Medical, sold to Boston Scientific in 2018, and became a Y Combinator partner.
Surchandra Singh
Surchandra Singh (ꯁꯨꯔꯆꯟꯗ꯭ꯔ ꯁꯤꯡ) was Maharaja of Manipur from 1886 until his deposition in a palace coup in September 1890, which set in motion the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891.
Surdas (सूरदास)
Surdas (सूरदास), also Soordas, was a sixteenth-century North Indian devotional poet who wrote hymns in praise of Krishna in Braj; tradition holds that he was blind.
Sure-footedness
Sure-footedness: the ability to keep balance and place feet securely on rough, steep, or uneven terrain. Involves ankle-strategy biomechanics, visual foothold selection, traction, and gait adjustments; uneven ground raises walking energy cost about 28%.
SureFire
SureFire is an American manufacturer of tactical flashlights, weapon-mounted lights, laser sights, and sound suppressors, founded by Dr. John Matthews in 1979 as Laser Products Corporation.
Surekha Sikri (सुरेखा सिकरी)
Surekha Sikri (सुरेखा सिकरी), 1945–2021, Indian theatre, film, and television actress; NSD-trained, three-time National Film Award Best Supporting Actress winner (Tamas, Mammo, Badhaai Ho), known as Dadisa in Balika Vadhu.
Surely Tomorrow
Surely Tomorrow (경도를 기다리며, Waiting for Gyeong-Do) is a 2025–2026 JTBC Korean romance melodrama, 12 episodes, starring Park Seo-joon and Won Ji-an as reunited first loves, streamed globally on Prime Video.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985, W. W. Norton) is Richard Feynman's anecdotal memoir, edited by Ralph Leighton from taped conversations, a surprise bestseller with sequel What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Suren Arakelov
Suren Arakelov (Сурен Аракелов) is a mathematician whose 1974 paper on intersection theory on arithmetic surfaces founded Arakelov geometry, later used in Faltings' proof of the Mordell conjecture.
Suren Nalbandyan
Suren Nalbandyan (Սուրեն Նալբանդյան), Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler born 1956 in Geghard; won 1976 Montreal Olympic lightweight gold, first Armenian Soviet Olympic wrestling champion, 1977 European champion, fourth at 1980 Moscow.
Suren Papikyan
Suren Papikyan is an Armenian politician of the Civil Contract party who serves as Minister of Defense of Armenia, reappointed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and known for inspecting ministry units.
Surena (robot)
Surena (Persian: سورنا) is a series of humanoid robots developed at the University of Tehran in Iran since 2008, described as the country's national humanoid robotics initiative.
Surender Khurana
Surender Khurana is an immunologist at the FDA's Center for Biologics in Silver Spring, Maryland, known for antibody profiling of influenza, Ebola, and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
Surendra Kumar Sinha
Surendra Kumar Sinha, 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh (2015-2017), first non-Muslim and Hindu chief justice; struck down the 16th Amendment, resigned in exile, later convicted of money laundering.
Surendra Mohanty
Surendra Mohanty (1922–1990) was an Indian writer in the Odia language who wrote about fifty books, including the celebrated novel Neelashaila, while also working as a journalist and parliamentarian.
Surendra Pal
Surendra Pal (Surendra Pal Singh), Indian character actor born 1953 in Lucknow, known for Dronacharya in Mahabharat (1988), Tamraj Kilvish in Shaktimaan, Amatya Rakshas in Chanakya, and Daksha in Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev; also Bhojpuri producer from 2007.
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Surendra Prasad Yadav, born 1959, in Gaya, Bihar, is an Indian Rashtriya Janata Dal politician representing Jahanabad in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Surendra Singh Nagar
Surendra Singh Nagar is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, serving a 2022 to 2028 term.
Surendrabodhi
Surendrabodhi (सुरेन्द्रबोधि) was an Indian Buddhist pandit active in Tibet in the eighth or early ninth century, a translator of Buddhist texts and a compiler of the Mahāvyutpatti Sanskrit–Tibetan lexicon.
Surendranagar
Surendranagar (સુરેન્દ્રનગર), city and district headquarters in Saurashtra, Gujarat, India; renamed for Maharaj Surendrasinhji of Wadhwan. Produces about 25 percent of India's salt, a cotton and ginning hub, and a Municipal Corporation since 1 January 2025.
Surendranath Banerjee (সুরেন্দ্রনাথ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়)
Surendranath Banerjee (সুরেন্দ্রনাথ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়), also Banerjea, 1848–1925, Indian nationalist orator and journalist; founded the Indian Association 1876, twice Congress president, led the anti-Partition of Bengal Swadeshi agitation.
Surenid Sistan
Surenid Sistan (سیستان) was the rule of eastern Iran's Sistan region by the House of Suren, a leading Parthian noble family who served the Sasanians afterward.
Sureños
Sureños (Sur 13), Southern California-origin alliance of Mexican-American street gangs subordinate to the Mexican Mafia prison gang; blue, number 13; hundreds of cliques across the US and El Salvador.
Suresh Chandra Menon
Suresh Chandra Menon, Indian actor, cinematographer, and director from Ponnani, Kerala; directed and starred in Pudhiya Mugam (1993) with A. R. Rahman music; later character actor in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam films.
Suresh Chandra Sengupta
Suresh Chandra Sengupta was an Indian chemist who, while a laboratory assistant at Presidency College and doctoral student of J. C. Bardhan, co-developed the Bardhan–Sengupta phenanthrene synthesis in 1932.
Suresh Dalal
Suresh Dalal (Gujarati: સુરેશ દલાલ) was a Gujarati poet, essayist, and editor who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 for his collection Akhand Zalar Vage.