People

Sigurd Havtoresson was a Norwegian nobleman of the fourteenth century from the influential Sudreim family. His lineage connected him to royal descent and to the aristocratic […]

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1669 BCE–c. 21st century BCE

Simeon was a son of Jacob and traditional ancestor of the tribe of Simeon. Together with Levi he is associated with the attack on Shechem, an […]

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557 BCE–469 BCE

Simonides of Ceos was a Greek lyric poet active in the late archaic and early classical periods. He was associated with epigrams, victory odes and the […]

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1783–1830

Simón Bolívar led independence movements that helped free Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the country later named Bolivia from Spanish rule. A wealthy Creole revolutionary, he […]

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1755–1824

Sir Albemarle Bertie was a British naval officer who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His career included command responsibilities in imperial waters, linking naval […]

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1757–1829

Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet was a British army officer who fought extensively in India and later commanded expeditions elsewhere. Once held prisoner by Tipu Sultan, […]

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1787–1860

Sir Harry Smith was a British army officer whose career ranged from the Napoleonic Wars to India and southern Africa. He met and married the Spanish […]

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1764–1840

Sir Sidney Smith was a Royal Navy officer, adventurer and diplomat who fought Revolutionary and Napoleonic France in several theatres. Captured during an operation near Le […]

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1831–1890

Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, holy man and opponent of United States expansion onto Native lands. He helped sustain resistance around the time of […]

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497 BCE–407 BCE

Sophocles was an Athenian tragedian and public figure of the fifth century BC. Plays such as Antigone, Oedipus the King and Ajax explore political authority, divine […]

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