Natan Sharansky

(January 20, 1948, Donetsk, Ukraine-Alive). Born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky. Noted Soviet dissident, Zionist, author, and Israeli politician. Spent nine years in a Siberian labor camp. Exchanged for two Soviet spies and emigrated to Israel, 1986. Founder, Israel Ba-Aliya Party, 1995. Minister of Industry and Trade of Israel, 1996-1999. Minister of the Interior, 1999-2000. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Housing and Construction, 2001-2003. Israeli Minister without Portfolio, 2003-2005. Received U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, 1986; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2006.

Ze'ev Sharef

(April 21, 1906, Bokovena, Austro-Hungarian Empire-April 18, 1984). Israeli politician. Name sometimes given as Zeev Sherf. Made Aliyah, 1925. Secretary to the Provisional Government of Israel, 1948. Secretary of the Israeli Cabinet, 1948-1957. Alignment/Mapai Member of the Knesset, 1965-1973. Israeli Minister of Trade and Industry, 1966-1969. Minister of Finance, 1968-1969. Minister of Housing, 1969-1973.

Moshe Sharett (nee Moshe Shertok)

(October 15, 1894, Kherson, Ukraine-July 7, 1965, Israel). Mapai Foreign Minister of Israel, 1948-1956. Second Prime Minister of Israel, 1954-1955. Leader of Mapai Party, 1954-1955.

Ariel Sharon (Ariel Scheinermann)

(February 27, 1928, Kfar Malal, Palestine-Alive). Known as Arik. Major General, Israel Defense Forces and Commander of the Southern Command, 1967-1973. Minister of Defense of Israel, 1981-1983. Chairman of Likud Party, 1999-2005. Eleventh Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-2006. Founder and Chairman, Kadima Party, 2005-2006. Suffered a massive stroke on January 4, 2006 and has been in a coma since that time. Father of Omri Sharon.

Omri Sharon

(August 8, 1964, Israel-Alive). Likud Member of the Knesset of Israel, 2003-2006. Son of Ariel Sharon. Accused of corruption in connection with fundraising for his father's 1999 bid to lead the Likud Party. Pleaded guilty and was fined and sentenced to nine months in prison. Resigned from Knesset, January 5, 2006.

William Shatner

(March 22, 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Alive). Canadian actor, musician, and author. Noted for role as Captain James T. Kirk in the television show "Star Trek," 1966-1969. Received Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, "The Practice," 2004; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, "Boston Legal," 2005. Golden Globe Award, 2005.

Shabtai Shavit

(Haifa, Israel-Alive). Military Governor of the Southern Command, Israel Defense Forces, 1958-1959. Director of Mossad, 1989-1996.

Artie Shaw

(May 23, 1910, New York, New York-December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California). American jazz clarinetist, composter, swing bandleader and author. Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. Married eight times, including Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, and Evelyn Keyes.

Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich

(Alive). Chief Rabbi of the U.S.S.R., 1983-1992. Chief Rabbi of the Russian Federation, 1992-Current. Leader of the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Communities. His authority as Chief Rabbi has been challenged by the Lubavitch Chief Rabbi, Berel Lazar.

Zalman Shazar (Shneiur Zalman Robshov)

(November 24, 1889, Mir, Belarus-October 5, 1974, Jerusalem, Israel). Mapai Minister of Education of Israel, 1949-1951. Third President of Israel, 1963-1972. Poet and author. Editor-in-Chief, Davar, 1944-1949.