- Magic Sam
Sam "Magic Sam" Maghett was a blues guitarist and singer. Magic Sam was born in Grenada, Mississippi. After moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1950, his brilliant guitar playing earned bookings at blues clubs in Chicago's West Side. He recorded for the Cobra label from 1957 to 1959, recording singles, including the noteworthy "All Your Love" and "Easy Baby," and gaining a following before being drafted into the Army.
- Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam (born Sam Turner) is an African American R&B singer, best known for being signed to Boyz II Men's Stonecreek Records imprint (distributed by Columbia Records) in the late 1990s. His only Top 40 hit was "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again", which reached the Top 10 of the US pop charts, and #2 on the R&B
- Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (?-1915) was President of Haïti from March 4 to July 27, 1915. He was the son of Tirésias Simon Sam, president of the country from 1896 to 1902.
- P. K. Sam
Philip Kenwood "P. K." Sam, II (born February 26, 1983 in Denver, Colorado) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins. He was originally drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round (164th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Florida State.
- Long Tack Sam
Long Tack Sam, born in 1885 in Northern China, was a world renowned magician, acrobat, and vaudeville performer. His magnificently dressed troupe played major cities across the globe in the early 1900's. Although largely forgotten as a performer today, he is considered on of the "greatest vaudeville acts of the early 20th century". His career brought him to the opening act for the [Marx Brothers] and even became a mentor to [Orson Welles].
- Sinan Şamil Sam
Sinan Şamil Sam is a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer. He is a fringe contender and has yet to land a major title shot.
- Louie Sam
Louie Sam was a member of the Stó:lō First Nation in British Columbia who was lynched by an American mob. Sam was 14 at the time these events occurred. He had been accused of the murder of James Bell, a shopkeeper in Nooksack (today Whatcom County, Washington). The Stó:lō people turned him over to the B.C. government to settle the matter. Following this, an angry mob crossed the border into Canada on February 24 and captured Sam, …
- Big Sam
Big Sam (Sammie Williams) is a trombonist and band leader from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been a member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and currently leads Big Sam's Funky Nation. In youth he studied with educator and saxophonist Kidd Jordan and at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Playing with the Dirty Dozen allowed him to meet and play with other touring bands and musicians such as Karl Denson, Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic and James Brown.
- Lloyd Sam
Lloyd Sam (born September 27, 1984 in Hackney, London) is a professional English footballer who plays in midfield. He is currently playing for Charlton Athletic. Sam made his Charlton debut on the final day of the 2004-05 season in the South London derby against Crystal Palace. Sam previously had a loan spell at Leyton Orient and has been capped at Under-18 level for England.
- Hector Sam
Hector Sam (born February 25, 1978 in Mount Hope) is a professional Trinidadian football player who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Notts County. He attended Queen's Royal College in Trinidad for a short stint, before beginning his career at San Juan Jabloteh in his native country. He moved to Wrexham in 2000. After five years with Wrexham, he signed for Port Vale as a free transfer Sam left Port Vale in 2006 and signed for Walsall, …
- Crow Village Sam
Crow Village Sam (Phillips) 1893-1974 was Yup'ik Eskimo native who lived in the mid Kuskokwim River valley in Alaska. Crow Village Sam was born around 1893 in Crow Village, Alaska. Birth records in the area were not maintained until 1914, so that date is based on Crow Village Sam's recollection as told to archeologist Wendell H. Oswalt in 1963.
- Washboard Sam
Robert Brown, known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues singer and musician. Reputedly the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy, Brown moved to Memphis in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. He then moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy, …
- P.K. Sam
Philip Kenwood Sam, II better known as "P.K. Sam" (born February 26, 1983 in Denver, Colorado) is an American football wide receiver. He was selected with the 164th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Florida State University by the New England Patriots.
- Nordine Sam
Nordine Sam (born 25 March, 1982) is an Algerian football player currently playing for FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League. He played his only match for RC Strasbourg at the start of 2002-03 season. He was playing for FC Luzern since 2005.
- Singin' Sam
Singin’ Sam aka Harry Frankel was a minstrel performer, vaudevillian and famous personality during the early days of commercial radio. He was best known as "Singin’ Sam, the Barbasol Man" for his long association as pitchman with that company. He specialized in vintage songs, and he often bragged that he never introduced a new tune in his entire career. He was nationally known for his deep voice and informal, down-home style.
- Tirésias Simon Sam
Tirésias Augustin Simon Sam was the President of Haiti from 31 March 1896 to 12 May 1902. He abdicated the presidency just before completing his six-year term. A likeness of Simon Sam has been featured on several Haitian postage stamps. His son, Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, also became President of Haiti.
- Trinh Sam
Trịnh Sam ruled Vietnam from 1767 - 1782 AD. He ruled with the title "Tinh Do Vuong." Trịnh Sam was one of the last of the powerful Trịnh Lords who ruled Vietnam from (1553-1789). During his rule, the Trịnh finally saw their ancient enemy, the Nguyễn Lords defeated. Trịnh Sam was given rule over north Vietnam from his father Trinh Doanh. Five years after his assention to power, the Tây Sơn rebellion started in the south.
- Sam-Ang Sam
Sam-Ang Sam, PhD is a Cambodian American ethnomusicologist and recent MacArthur Fellow. As founder of Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble, he has released several albums for sale in mainstream American markets in an attempt to revive Classical Khmer music and stimulate interest in the various Cambodian Performing Arts.
- Sheri Sam
Sheri Lynette Sam is an American professional basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana on May 5, 1974 as the youngest of eight siblings, and where she was a standout at Acadiana High School. She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1996. After her college graduation, Sam played three years for the San Jose Lasers in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL), …
- Kim Cattrall
Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Widnes, Lancashire) is an English-born Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series "Sex and the City". The role earned her an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award.
- Dan Houser
Dan Houser is an English video game producer who is currently Vice President (along with his brother Sam) of creativity for Rockstar Games. As well as producing various video games, Dan has also written for all but one of the Grand Theft Auto III era games along with other Rockstar produced video games. Whilst growing up, Dan and his brother Sam dreamed of rock stardom. Hoping to become rock stars (hence the name Rockstar Games), the two went to Saint Paul's School, …
- Timothy Bottoms
Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in "Johnny Got His Gun", "The Last Picture Show", and "The Paper Chase". He also starred in the 1991 remake of the science fiction children's series Land of the Lost.
- Robert Tapert
Robert Gerard Tapert (born May 14 1955), sometimes credited as Rob Tapert, Robert G. Tapert, or Rip Tapert, is an American film producer, best known for his co-founding of, and his subsequent work with, the Renaissance Pictures company. Tapert first become involved with filmmaking while attending Michigan State University.
- Samantha Bee
Samantha Jamie Bee (born 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress and comedian best known as a correspondent for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". Bee received a degree from the University of Ottawa, and studied science at McGill University in Montreal and acting at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. She also performed with the sketch comedy troupe The Atomic Fireballs, of which she is one of four founding members, …
- Michael Hui
Michael Hui Koon-Man (born September 3, 1942) is a Hong Kong film comedian, scriptwriter and director. He studied in La Salle College. A sociology degree holder with quiz spells in TVB, Hui first gained popularity in the Hong Kong entertainment industry with his variety show stints in the "Hui Brothers Show". Thereafter he moved from television to film.
- Lana Parrilla
Lana Parrilla (b. July 15 1977) is a American actress known for her television work.
- Ricky Hui
Ricky Hui Koon-Ying (許冠英, Jyutping: heoi2 gun3 jing1; pinyin: Xǔ Guànyīng] is a Hong Kong movie star in the 1970s to 1990s. He frequently acts with his brothers Michael and Sam. He and his brothers made several comedy blockbusters in the 1970s and 1980s.
- Rob Pike
Robert C. Pike (born 1956) is a software engineer and author. He is best known for his work at Bell Labs, where he was a member of the Unix team and was involved in the creation of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno operating systems, as well as the Limbo programming language. He also worked on the Blit graphical terminal for Unix; before that he wrote the first window system for Unix in 1981.
- Mark McManus
Mark McManus (born 21 February 1935 in Hamilton, Scotland; died 6 June 1994 in Glasgow) was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running ITV television series "Taggart".
- Max Yasgur
Max B. Yasgur (December 151919-February 91973) was the owner of the dairy farm in Bethel, New York upon which the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held between August 15 and August 181969. After area towns Woodstock (located about 40 miles from Yasgur's farm) and Wallkill declined to provide a venue for the festival, Max Yasgur, convinced by the arguments of his son, Sam, offered the nearly-last-minute use of his farm's alfalfa field.
- Robert McLaughlin
Robert McLaughlin (November 16 1836 - November 23 1921) was an Ontario manufacturer. He founded the McLaughlin Carriage and McLaughlin Motor Car companies which later became part of General Motors. He was born in Cavan Township, Upper Canada in 1836, the son of an Irish immigrant, John McLaughlin. He moved to Darlington Township with his family in 1837. He married Mary Smith in 1864. In 1869, he set up a carriage works at Enniskillen.
- Joe Loeffler
Joseph "Joe" Loeffler (born September 12, 1980) was the bass player of the Chicago hard rock band Chevelle. He replaced original bassist Matt Scott in 1996 after the band had been formed in 1995 by his brothers Pete (singer, guitarist) and Sam (drums). He was inspired to play bass after seeing Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers play on Saturday Night Live. He uses Ernie Ball Music Man basses and can be seen playing a Bongo bass on The Clincher music video.
- Michael Goodliffe
Michael Goodliffe (October 1, 1914-March 20, 1976) was an English actor best known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working class parts. Born in Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), he started his career in repertory theatre in Liverpool before moving on to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon. He joined the British army at the beginning of World War II.
- Simon Collins
Simon Collins is a professional footballer, currently without a club after being released by Grantham Town. He started his career as a trainee at Huddersfield Town, before joining Plymouth Argyle in 1997. After leaving Macclesfield Town in 2001, he went to host of non-league clubs. His brother, Sam, currently plays for Championship side Hull City.
- Jay Vincent
Jay Fletcher Vincent (born June 10 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward, Vincent played at Michigan State University, where he teamed with Magic Johnson to win the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Vincent won the big ten scoring championship in his junior and senior years. He was then selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 1981 NBA Draft, …
- Efe Sodje
Efetobore "Efe" Sodje (born October 5, 1972 in Greenwich) is a footballer who is currently playing for Gillingham. He is a central defender. He has featured at international level for Nigeria and was in the squad for the 2000 African Cup of Nations and the 2002 World Cup. Sodje scored on his Football League debut, which was also Macclesfield Town's first game in the League. He had signed for the Silkmen from Stevenage Borough, …
- Sammi Hanratty
Sammi Hanratty (born September 20, 1995 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American actress whose movie and television roles include Holly in "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and Kayla in "Magic". Hanratty also played Samantha in 2 episodes of That's So Raven,and has played a role in Drake and Josh, She has also played a British girl in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" although she wasn't included in the credits.
- Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn is a senior partner in the Atlanta law firm of King & Spalding,where he focuses his practice on international and corporate matters. From1972 to 1996, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia.. During his tenurein the Senate, Senator Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He also servedon the Intelligence and Small Business Committees.
- Steve Stiles
Steve Stiles is a science fiction artist and writer, coming out of the science fiction fanzine tradition. He studied at the High School of Music and Art and the School of Visual Arts and later wrote about this in his essay, "Art School": :Both were located in Manhattan, where I was, and both had excellent reputations. And so, in 1956, at age 13, I took the entrance exams at M&A, which partly consisted of drawing an arrangement of old shoes and flowers, …
- Jan Bosschaert
Jan Bosschaert (born December 15, 1957) is a Belgian comics artist, painter and illustrator, best known for the comic series "Sam" and "Jaguar", and his illustrations for the books of Marc De Bel.