People

Jeff Skoll

January 16, 1965 • Montreal, Quebec, Canada Philanthropist, chief executive officer Jeff Skoll was the first employee of the online auction Web site eBay. As president ...

Harry Slatkin

Founder of Slatkin & Co. Born c. 1961; married Laura; children: David, Ali (twins). Addresses: Office —Slatkin & Co., 214 E. 52nd St....

Smartmatic

Industry and Production

Smartmatic (also referred as Smartmatic Corp. or Smartmatic International), or Smartmatic SGO Group, is a multinational company that builds and implements electronic voti

Jimmy Smith

Born James Oscar Smith, December 8, 1928, in Norristown, PA; died February 8, 2005, in Scottsdale, AZ. Jazz musician. When many people think of jazz, most think of the saxophone, the drums...

Bessie Smith

Born: April 15, 1894 Chattanooga, Tennessee Died: September 26, 1937 Clarksdale, Mississippi African American singer ...

Alexander McCall Smith

Author and professor Born August 24, 1948, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe); married Elizabeth Parry (a physician), 1982; children: Lucy, Emily. Religion: Scottish Pre...

Lemony (Daniel Handler) Snicket

1970 • San Francisco, California Author, poet Many writers publish their work under a pseudonym, or alternate name. But Daniel Handler,...

John W. Snow

United States Treasury Secretary Born August 2, 1939, in Toledo, OH; married Carolyn; children: three. Education: University of Toledo, B.A., 1962; Univers...

Donald J. Sobol

Author Born October 4, 1924, in New York, NY; son of Ira J. and Ida (Gelula) Sobol; married Rose Tiplitz (an engineer and children's author), 1955; children: Diane, Glenn, E...

Nationwide Building Society

Financial services

Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution and the largest building society in the

The Fawcett Society

Other

The Fawcett Society is a membership charity in the United Kingdom which campaigns for women's rights. The organisation dates back to 1866, when Millicent Garrett Fawcett dedic

Coventry Building Society

Building

The Coventry Building Society is a building society based in Coventry, England. It is the second largest in the United Kingdom with total assets of more than £49 bi

The Royal Society

Science and education

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The societ

Railfuture (The Railway Development Society)

Audit and Consulting

Railfuture (formerly the Railway Development Society) is a UK advocacy group which promotes better rail services for passengers and freight across a bigger rail network. The g

Socrates

Born: c. 469 B.C.E. Died: c. 399 B.C.E. Athens, Greece Greek philosopher and logician The Gr...

Stephen Sondheim

Born: March 22, 1930 New York, New York American composer Stephen Sondheim redefined the Broadway musical form with his creative and award winnin...

Susan Sontag

Born Susan Rosenblatt, January 16, 1933, in New York, NY; died of leukemia, December 28, 2004, in New York, NY. Author. Essayist and critic Susan Sontag was one of the most widely known fi...

Sony

Computers and software

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manuf

Sophocles

Born: c. 496 B.C.E. Colonus, Greece Died: 406 B.C.E. Athens, Greece Greek dramatist ...

Annika Sorenstam

October 9, 1970 • Stockholm, Sweden Golfer Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam is one of the best golfers to set foot on the green. She won...