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Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess (Rudolf Heß, 1894–1987), Hitler's Deputy Führer from 1933, flew solo to Scotland in May 1941 seeking peace, was sentenced to life at Nuremberg, and died by suicide in Spandau Prison in 1987.
Rudy Boesch
Rudy Boesch (Rudolph Ernst Boesch, 1928-2019) was a retired US Navy SEAL, one of the first SEALs of 1962 and the longest-serving 'Bullfrog,' best known as the oldest-ever Survivor contestant, finishing third on Survivor: Borneo in 2000 at 72.
Rufus Putnam
Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), American Revolutionary engineer and brigadier general, chief engineer under Washington, founder of the Ohio Company of Associates and of Marietta, Ohio, first Northwest Territory settlement; surveyor-general 1796–1803.
Russel L. Honoré
Russel L. Honoré (born 1947) is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, the "Category 5 General" who commanded Joint Task Force Katrina in 2005 and later led the post-January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol security review.
Russell Poole
Russell Poole, LAPD Robbery/Homicide detective who investigated the 1997 murder of Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace), alleging officer David Mack and Suge Knight were involved; resigned 1999, sued the LAPD, died 2015.
Ryan Job
Ryan Job (1981–2009), Navy SEAL SO2 with SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser, blinded by a sniper in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006; later climbed Mount Rainier, earned a business degree, and died at 28 after reconstructive surgery.
Ryan Routh
Ryan Wesley Routh is an American former roofing contractor convicted of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf club in September 2024, and sentenced to life.
S. R. Jangid
S. R. Jangid (Sangram Jangid), 1985-batch IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre from Barmer, Rajasthan; retired as Tamil Nadu DGP in 2019. Known for the Bawaria gang operation after the 2005 MLA Sudarsanam murder, inspiration for the film Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru, and a 2023 University of Madras doctorate on police performance measurement.
Sabina Selimovic and Samra Kesinovic
Sabina Selimovic and Samra Kesinovic, Austrian teenagers of Bosnian descent, left Vienna April 10, 2014, joined Islamic State in Raqqa as 'poster girls', and were later reported killed; deaths never officially confirmed.
Sabrina Harman
Sabrina D. Harman, also spelled Harmon in some accounts, was a US Army Reserve military police specialist of the 372nd MP Company convicted in 2005 of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib and sentenced to six months in prison.
Sachin Vaze
Sachin Hindurao Vaze (Sachin Waze), former Mumbai Police Assistant Police Inspector and "encounter specialist", suspended 16 years in the Khwaja Yunus custodial death case, reinstated 2020, arrested 2021 in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder cases.
Sadashivrao Bhau
Sadashivrao Bhau (सदाशिवराव भाऊ), 1730–1761, Maratha commander and Poona finance administrator, victor of Udgir 1760, who led the North India expedition and died at the Third Battle of Panipat.
Saeed al-Ghamdi
Saeed al-Ghamdi (also Saeed al Ghamdi), Saudi member of al Qaeda and one of the four "muscle" hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11; born 1979 in Baljorashi, Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia, trained in Afghanistan, entered the U.S. June 27, 2001, and died when the plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Saif al-Adel
Saif al-Adel (سيف العدل) is the nom de guerre of Mohammed Salahuddin Zeidan, an Egyptian ex-army officer who is al Qaeda's de facto leader, operating from Iran since 2002.
Sakai Tadatsugu
Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井忠次, 1527–1596) was a Japanese Sengoku-period warlord, senior hereditary retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu and first of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Tokugawa.
Sakakibara Yasumasa
Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康政) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō who served Tokugawa Ieyasu as a core member of the Tokugawa Four Guardians and lord of Tatebayashi Domain.
Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本龍馬)
Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本龍馬, 1835–1867), Tosa lower samurai of the Bakumatsu: founded the Kameyama Shachū/Kaientai trading navy, brokered the 1866 Satsuma-Chōshū alliance, drafted the Senchu Hassaku that led to the Taisei-hōkan, and was assassinated in Kyoto in 1867.
Saladin
Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, 1137/1138–1193), Kurdish founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and sultan of Egypt and Syria 1174–1193; won Hattin and captured Jerusalem in 1187, then repelled the Third Crusade led by Richard I.
Salah Abdeslam
Salah Abdeslam, Belgian-born French ISIL operative, sole surviving member of the 2015 Paris attack teams; captured in Molenbeek in 2016, sentenced to life without parole in 2022, held in solitary confinement at Vendin-le-Vieil.
Salah Khalaf
Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad, صلاح خلف), 1933–1991, Fatah co-founder and PLO intelligence and security chief, regarded as the PLO's number two; early two-state advocate, linked to Black September, assassinated in Tunis in 1991.
Salah Rais
Salah Rais (صالح رايس), also written Salih Reis, was an Ottoman naval commander from Alexandria who served as beylerbey of Algiers from 1552 to 1556 and retook Béjaïa from the Spanish in 1555.
Saleh al-Arouri
Saleh al-Arouri (صالح العاروري), Hamas deputy political bureau chief from 2017 and West Bank leader, founding al-Qassam commander; spent 18 years in Israeli prisons, exiled to Syria, Turkey, Qatar, Lebanon; killed 2 January 2024 in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut.
Saleh al-Jafarawi
Saleh al-Jafarawi (صالح الجعفراوي), known as Mr. FAFO, was a Palestinian freelance journalist from Gaza City who documented the 2023–2025 Gaza war on Instagram, faced debunked crisis-actor accusations, and was shot dead by an armed group on 12 October 2025.
Salem al-Hazmi
Salem al-Hazmi (سالم الحازمي), Saudi al Qaeda muscle hijacker on American Airlines Flight 77, younger brother of Nawaf al Hazmi; born in Mecca, entered the US 2001, died crashing into the Pentagon on 9/11.
Sam Brown (military)
Sam Brown, retired U.S. Army captain and Nevada Republican, severely burned by a 2008 Afghanistan IED; lost Senate races in 2022 and 2024, later nominated VA Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs.
Sam Davis
Sam Davis (1842–1863), Confederate soldier and Coleman's Scouts courier, executed by hanging at Pulaski, Tennessee, on November 27, 1863, after refusing to name his contact; known as the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy" and "the South's Nathan Hale."
Sam Eckholm
Sam Eckholm, former US Air Force public affairs officer with the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, creator of the Access Granted YouTube series and founder of SE Media; not a B-2 pilot.
Sam Houston
Sam Houston (1793–1863), American soldier and statesman, hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, first and third president of the Republic of Texas, US senator, and the only governor of two states, Tennessee and Texas.
Sam Manekshaw
Sam Manekshaw (Sam Bahadur), 1914–2008, Indian Army field marshal and eighth Chief of Army Staff; led India to victory in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and was the first Indian officer promoted to field marshal.
Samad bey Mehmandarov
Samad bey Mehmandarov (Səməd bəy Mehmandarov) was an Azerbaijani general of artillery who served Russia for four decades, then built Azerbaijan's first national army as Minister of War.