Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Katie Shanahan
English television and radio sports presenter
Katie Shanahanis an English television and radio sports presenter and former field hockey player. She has worked with major UK broadcasters including Sky Sports, BBC Sport, ITV Sport, Channel 5 and ta...

Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Transport
Grant Shapps(born 14 September 1968) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since 2019. Shapps also has Cabinet responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse.[1] A mem...

Alok Sharma
Conservative Party politician
Sir Alok Kumar Sharmais a British Conservative Party politician who served as President for COP26 from 2021 to 2022, having previously served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial ...

Rohit Sharma
Indian international cricketer
Rohit Gurunath Sharmais an Indian international cricketer and the current captain of India men’s cricket team in all formats. Considered one of the best batsmen of his generation and one of greatest o...

Richard Sharp
Chairman of the BBC
Richard Simon Sharpis an English former banker who has been the chairman of the BBC since February 2021. Following the findings of the Heppinstall report on 28 April 2023 he announced his intention to...

Chris Sharrock
English drummer
Chris Sharrockis an English drummer, hailing from Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), England. He has been a member of the Icicle Works, the La's, the Wild Swans, World Party, the Lightning Seeds, R...

William Shawcross
British journalist
Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcrossis a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He is the incumbent Commissioner for Public Appointments. From 2012 to 2018 he chaired the Charity Commission for En...

Wallace Shawn
American actor
Wallace Michael Shawnis an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young ...

Irina Shaykhlislamova
Russian fashion model
Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova, known professionally asIrina Shaykis a Russian fashion model. She received international recognition when she appeared as the first Russian model on the cover of the ...

Alan Shearer
English football pundit
Alan Sheareris an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premi...

Edward Shearmur
Film composer
Edward Shearmuris a British film composer. Born in London, England, at age seven he sang in the boys' choir at Westminster Cathedral. Educated at Eton College, he studied at the Royal College of Music...

Dan Sheehan
Irish professional rugby union player
Dan Patrick Sheehanis an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Career Club career Sheehan signed his fi...

Michael Sheen
Welsh actor
Michael Christopher Sheenis a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in Romeo and Juliet (1992)...

Edward Sheeran
Singer-songwriter
Edward Christopher Sheeranis an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran i...

Blake Shelton
American country music singer
Blake Tollison Sheltonis an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin...

Simon Shelton
English actor
Simon Shelton, also known asSimon Barnes, was an English actor. Early life Shelton was born in the Bethnal Green area of London on 13 January 1966. Career Shelton was best known for his children's tel...

Dax Shepard
American actor
Dax Randall Shepardis an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Since 2018, he has hosted Armchair Expert, a podcast in which he interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives....

Benjamin Shephard
English television presenter and journalist
Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephardis an English television presenter and journalist. He is currently the co-presenter of ITV's This Morning (2024–present), alongside Cat Deeley. Shepherd was a main p...

Jack Shepherd
English actor
Jack Peter Shepherdis an English actor. He is known for portraying the role of David Platt on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 2000. For his portrayal of David, he has won various awards, in...

David Sherborne
Lawyer
David Alexander Sherborneis the son of a KC who practiced as a criminal barrister. Sherborne was educated at UCS Hampstead and at Oxford. He was called to the bar in October 1992, to specialise, like ...