Albert Bruce Sabin

(1906-1993). American medical researcher. Developed and tested first oral "live" vaccine for polio, 1957. National Medal of Science, 1970. Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1986.

Louis Sachar

(March 20, 1954, East Meadow, New York-Alive). American author of children's literature. Author of Sideways Stories From Wayside School; There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom; Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger; Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me?; Holes; and Small Steps.

Albie Sachs

(1935-Alive). Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, 1994-Current.

Nelly Sachs

(1891-1970). German poet and dramatist. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1966. Lived in Sweden after 1940.

William L. Safire

(1929-Alive). American columnist and commentator. Speech writer for President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, 1978. A libertarian conservative.

Carl Edward Sagan

(1934-1996). American astrophysicist, astrobiologist, philosopher, and popularizer of science. Promoted exobiology and the search for extraterrestial life.

Robert Lane "Bob" Saget

(1956-Alive). American actor and stand-up comedian. Best known as Danny Tanner on the ABC television sitcom "Full House," 1987-1995.

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Soupy Sales

(1926-Alive). American slapstick comedian and pioneer television personality. Born Milton Supman.

Jerome David Salinger

(1919-Alive). American author. Noted for his classic novel Catcher in the Rye (1951).

Jonas Edward Salk

(1914-1995). American medical researcher and physician. Developed the first vaccine for polio, c. 1955. Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977.

Gershon Salomon

Founder of the Temple Mount and Eretz Yisrael Faithful Movement, seeking the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Researcher and lecturer on Middle Eastern studies.

Haym Salomon

(1740-1785). A prime financier of the American Revolution. Merchant and banker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Howard Joseph Samuels

(1919-1984). American politician. Candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor of New York, 1962, 1970, 1974. Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1966. Under U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1967. Director, Small Business Administration, 1968.

Paul Anthony Samuelson

(1915-Alive). American economist. Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-Current. Nobel Prize in Economics, 1970. National Medal of Science, 1996.