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Simon Zavarian
Simon Zavarian (Սիմոն Զաւարեան), known by his nom de guerre Anton, was an Armenian revolutionary who cofounded the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in 1890 and drafted its first program.
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Sirajuddin Haqqani (سراج الدين حقاني), son of Jalaluddin, heads the Haqqani Network, is a Taliban deputy leader and acting Interior Minister of the Islamic Emirate, once carrying a US$10 million bounty lifted in March 2025.
Sirhan Sirhan (سرحان بشارة سرحان)
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (سرحان بشارة سرحان), born 1944 in Jerusalem, is the Palestinian Christian convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel; serving life after his death sentence was commuted, repeatedly denied parole.
Sirius (police dog)
Sirius (badge K9 17) was a yellow Labrador explosive detection dog of the Port Authority Police Department and handler Lt. David Lim; the only police dog killed on 9/11, he died in the South Tower collapse.
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull (Tatanka-Iyotanka), Hunkpapa Lakota leader born 1831–1837, resisted the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, led the non-treaty Lakota, was present at the 1876 Little Bighorn victory over Custer, and was killed December 15, 1890 during arrest amid Ghost Dance fears.
Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin
Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, known as "Mr. SS", is an Indonesian retired three-star general born in Makassar in 1952 who became Indonesia's 27th defense minister under President Prabowo in October 2024.
Skanderbeg
Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti, c. 1405–1468) was an Albanian prince and national hero who, after deserting the Ottoman army in 1443, led a quarter-century of resistance from his fortress at Krujë.
Sławomir Rawicz
Sławomir Rawicz (1915–2004), Polish officer and author of The Long Walk (Długi marsz, 1956), claimed a 1941 gulag escape and 4,000-mile walk to India; Soviet records show he left via Persia in 1942.
Smbat Sparapet
Smbat the Constable (Smbat Sparapet, 1208–1276) was commander-in-chief of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226, brother of King Het'um I, and a law code compiler and historian.
Smbat VIII the Confessor
Smbat VIII the Confessor (Smbat Khostovanogh) was a 9th-century Armenian prince of the Bagratuni family who served as sparapet, commander-in-chief of Armenia, and died in captivity.
Smedley Butler
Smedley Butler (1881–1940), USMC major general nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye," double Medal of Honor recipient for Veracruz 1914 and Haiti 1915, Business Plot whistleblower before Congress, author of War Is a Racket.
Sol Pais
Sol Pais, 18, a Miami Beach Senior High student from Surfside, Florida, flew to Denver on April 15, 2019, bought a shotgun, and made threats before the Columbine 20th anniversary; Denver-area schools closed and she was found dead near Mount Evans on April 17.
Solomon Mahlangu
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu (1956-1979), South African Umkhonto we Sizwe cadre; convicted of murder under common purpose for the 1977 Goch Street shootout and hanged 6 April 1979; ANC martyr honored by SOMAFCO, Order of Mendi, and scholarship fund.
Song Jiang (宋江)
Song Jiang (宋江) was a real late Northern Song outlaw leader of 36 raiders in Shandong and Henan, forced to surrender to Zhang Shuye, later fictionalized as leader of Water Margin's 108 Liangshan heroes.
Sose Mayrig
Sose Mayrig (Սոսե Մայրիկ), born Sose Vartanian in 1868, was an Armenian fedayee fighter and wife of the leader Serob Aghpur, honored as Mayrig, meaning mother.
Spartacus
Spartacus, Thracian gladiator who led the Third Servile War (73–71 BC), escaped a Capua gladiatorial school, built an army of about 70,000 slaves, defeated several Roman armies, and was crushed by Crassus; later a symbol of freedom.
Spencer Stone
Spencer Stone, former US Air Force Staff Sergeant, subdued Thalys train gunman Ayoub El Khazzani on August 21, 2015 with friends Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler; received Legion of Honour, Airman's Medal.
Squeaky Fromme
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Charles Manson follower, attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford with a Colt pistol in Sacramento on September 5, 1975; the gun failed, and she was sentenced to life, paroled 2009.
St Bees Man
St Bees Man is a remarkably well-preserved medieval body found in 1981 at St Bees Priory, Cumbria, identified as Anthony de Lucy, a knight who died in 1368.
Stacey Koon
Stacey Koon is a former Los Angeles Police Department sergeant convicted in federal court in 1993 of violating Rodney King's civil rights in the 1991 beating.
Stanford Caldwell Hooper
Stanford Caldwell Hooper (1884–1955) was a United States Navy rear admiral known as the "Father of Navy Radio" who headed the Navy's Radio Division and helped establish RCA.
Stanislav Petrov (Станислав Евграфович Петров)
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Станислав Евграфович Петров), Soviet Air Defense lieutenant colonel; duty officer at Serpukhov-15 who judged the 26 September 1983 Oko false missile alarm a malfunction, averting possible nuclear retaliation.
Stanisław Maczek
Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994) was a Polish general who commanded the 1st Armoured Division in the Normandy campaign and the liberation of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Stanisław Sosabowski
Stanisław Sosabowski was a Polish brigadier general who created the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade and led it at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in 1944.
Stanisław Szeptycki
Stanisław Szeptycki (1867–1950) was a Polish count and general who commanded the Polish Legions, led the Polish General Staff, and served as Minister of Military Affairs.
Stanley A. McChrystal
Stanley A. McChrystal, retired U.S. Army four-star general; former JSOC commander and ISAF commander in Afghanistan; resigned in 2010 after Rolling Stone's 'The Runaway General'; now leads McChrystal Group and teaches at Yale.
Stanoje Glavaš
Stanoje Glavaš (Станоје Главаш), born Stanoje Stamatović (1763–1815), was a Serbian hajduk leader and vojvoda of the First Serbian Uprising, killed by Ottoman authorities at Banjica in February 1815.
Stansfield Turner
Stansfield Turner (1923–2018), US Navy admiral and Director of Central Intelligence 1977–1981 under Jimmy Carter; led CIA overhaul, cut 820 espionage slots, later proposed a Director of National Intelligence.
Stepa Stepanović
Stepa Stepanović (Степа Степановић, 1856–1929) was a Serbian field marshal who commanded the Second Army, winning the Battle of Cer in 1914 and breaking the Salonika front in 1918.
Stephen Decatur
Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), American naval officer and commodore, burned USS Philadelphia at Tripoli in 1804, captured HMS Macedonian in 1812, defeated Algiers in 1815, and died in a duel with James Barron.