Category: Biography
Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka, full name Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (1934— ). Nigerian playwright, poet, and novelist. A member of the Yoruba people, he studied at the University of Ibadan …
Sophocles Sophocles (c. 496-406 BC). Greek tragic dramatist. Universally popular and successful in his own day, he was treasurer of the Athenian Empire (443-442) and a general of the …
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Alexander Solzhenitsyn, (1918- ). Russian novelist. A former schoolteacher, he was arrested for criticizing Stalin in 1945 and spent eight years in prison. On his release he …
Socrates Socrates (469-399 BC). Greek philosopher, the founder of Western moral philosophy. He devoted his life to showing up the absurdity of conventional opinions and spent much of his …
Gary Sobers Gary Sobers, full name Sir Garfield Sobers (1936-, ). West Indian cricketer. He captained the West Indies and Nottinghamshire and also played for Barbados and South Australia. …
Jan Smuts Jan Smuts, (1870-1950). South African soldier and statesman. A former lawyer, he fought the British during the Boer War (1899-1902) but in the following years sought reconciliation …
Joseph Smith Joseph Smith, (1805-44). US founder of the Mormon Church. In 1820 he received his first ‘call’ to be a prophet. Three years later he was (supposedly) visited …
Ian Douglas Smith Ian Douglas Smith, (1919- ). Rhodesian politician. Following a distinguished career in the RAF in World War II, during which he was shot down twice, he …
