Arlen Specter

(February 12, 1930, Wichita, Kansas-Alive). U.S. Senator (R-PA), 1981-Current. Chief Counsel, Warren Commission. Considered a political moderate.

Stanley Sperber

(1943, New York, New York-Alive). Founder, the Zamer Chorale, New York, New York. Emigrated to Israel, 1972. Conductor, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1973. Music Director, Holan Chamber Orchestra and the Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir. Music Director and Chief Conductor, Rinat National Choir. Music Director and Chief Conductor, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, 1985-2000.

Art Spiegelman

(February 15, 1948, Stockholm, Sweden-Alive). American comics artist, editor, and author. Received Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992 (Maus). Member, Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 1999.

Steven Allan Spielberg

(December 18, 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio-Alive). American film producer and director. Husband of Kate Capshaw. Received Academy Awards for Best Director, 1993 (Schindler's List), 1998 (Saving Private Ryan).

Bernard de Spinoza

(1632, Amsterdam, Netherlands-1677). Jewish Philosopher. His father and grandfather were crypto-Jews, but he received a traditional Jewish education. Contended that the Scriptures do not maintain that God has no body, that angels exist, or that the soul is immortal. Excommunicated, 1656. Associated with a former Jesuit who ran a school for children. A lens grinder. Author of A Short Treatise on God, Man and his Well-Being, The Ethics, and On the Improvement of the Understanding. Critical of Cartesianism. Could not get The Ethics published and died in 1677 from a long disease resulting from breathing dust from lens grinding.

Havel's House of History

Mark Andrew Spitz

(February 10, 1950, Modesto, California-Alive). American swimmer. Won Gold Medals in 4 x 100 men's freestyle relay and 4 x 200 men's freestyle relay; Silver Medal in 100 meter butterfly; and Bronze Medal in 100 meter freestyle, Olympics, 1968. Won Gold Medals in 100 meter butterfly, 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 200 meter freestyle, 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay, 4 x 100 meter medley relay, and 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, Olympics, 1972. Holds seven world records in swimming.

Eliot Laurence Spitzer

(June 10, 1959, Bronx, New York-Alive). American politician. Democratic Attorney General of New York, 1999-2007. Democratic Governor of New York, 2007-Current.

Marc L. Spitzer

(1957-Alive). Republican Member, Arizona State Senate, 1992-2000 (Majority Leader, 1996-2000). Republican Member, Arizona Corporation Commission, 2000-2006 (Chairman, 2002-2006). Republican Member, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 2006-Current.

Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer

(February 13, 1944, London, England-Alive). American television host and politician. Democratic Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1977-1978. Host, "The Jerry Springer Show," 1991-Current. Known for his tawdry programming.