Authors Starting with “S”
12 authors found
Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist known for his controversial work that blends magical realism and historical fiction.
Salvador Dalí
Was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.
Seth Shostak
American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute.
Sigmund Freud
Was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) was a French writer, philosopher, political activist, and feminist. She is best known for her groundbreaking work "The Second Sex" (1949), which became a foundational text in feminist theory and influenced the women's liberation movement. Her writings explored themes of gender, sexuality, and social justice.
Simone Weil
Was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Since 1995, more than 5,000 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work.
Socrates
Was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.
Sophia Loren
Italian actress
Stephen Hawking
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge
Steve Jobs
American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc.
Steven Pinker
Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.
Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period.