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

Dorothy Smith
English novelist and playwright
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smithwas an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other work...

Julia Smith
English television director and producer
Julia Cuthbert Smithwas an English television director and producer. She is best known for being the co-creator (along with Tony Holland) of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, also working as a director a...

Colson Smith
English actor
Colson John Smithis an English actor, known for portraying the role of Craig Tinker on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street between 2011 and 2025. He has also appeared as a contestant on the ITV reali...

Patricia Smith
American singer-songwriter
Patricia Lee Smithis an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the ...

Spencer Smith
American musician
Spencer James Smithis an American talent agent and former musician and songwriter. He is best known as a co-founding member and the former drummer of the rock band Panic! at the Disco. He recorded fou...

Iain Smith
British politician
Sir George Iain Duncan Smith, often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was Secre...

Brent Smith
American singer
Brent Stephen Smithis an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Shinedown. Career Prior to fronting the rock band Shinedown, Smith had a high school band named Blind Thought ...

Gary Smith
Scottish trade union leader
Gary Smithis a Scottish trade union leader. Born in Edinburgh, Smith completed an apprenticeship as a gas fitter, joining the GMB at the age of 16. He became a shop steward and when he was 26 the unio...

Adrian Smith
President of the Royal Society
Sir Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smithis a British statistician who is chief executive of the Alan Turing Institute and president of the Royal Society. Career From 1977 until 1990, he was professor of st...

Myles Smith-thompson
British singer and songwriter
Myles Michael Smith-Thompsonis a British singer and songwriter from Luton, England. He is best known for his 2024 singles "Stargazing" and "Nice to Meet You". Career Smith began posting on TikTok and ...

Alan Smithers
English academic psychologist
Alan George Smithersis an English academic psychologist and public policy advisor best known for his research and publications in the field of education. Career Plant physiology He was originally a re...

Daria Snigur
Ukrainian tennis player
Daria Serhiivna Sniguris a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 105 in singles, achieved on 14 November 2022. Snigur has won seven singles titles at tournaments of t...

Lisa Snowdon
English television and radio presenter
Lisa Snowdonis an English television and radio presenter and fashion model. She was the host of the Living TV reality television show Britain's Next Top Model from 2006 until 2009. She also co-present...

Johanna Soderberg
Singer
Johanna Soderbergis a celebrity singer. Biography She is best known for being one half of the multi-Grammy Award-winning Swedish folk music duo First Aid Kit, which she co-founded with her younger sis...

Klara Soderberg
Singer
Klara Soderbergis Singer and member of the First Aid Kit folk music duo. Famous as one half of Sweden's First Aid Kit folk music duo, she released two Platinum-designated albums between 2012 and 2014:...

Steven Soderbergh
American film director
Steven Andrew Soderberghis an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive ...

Amanda Solloway
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Amanda Jane Sollowayis a British politician serving as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since September 2022. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities and Parliamentary Und...

Enver Solomon
CEO, Refugee Council
Enver Solomonis CEO Refugee Council. Ex CEO Just for kids law. Passionate about social justice. Proud Mancunian and internationalist.

Stacey Solomon-swash
English singer and television personality
Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon-Swashis an English singer and television personality. She finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, and won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...

Aaron Solowoniuk
Drummer
Aaron Solowoniukis the drummer for the Canadian band Billy Talent. Background Solowoniuk was born and raised in Streetsville, a neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, and began drumming at a young age...