List of Famous people named Sam

Name Sam is among the most common names in England, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Samuel. Similar names: Samuel, Sammy, Sami, Sammi, Samia, Samy, Sammie, Samm, Saiyami, Samoa, Samo, Sammo, Zamy. Here are some famous Sams:

Sam Elliott

First Name Sam
Last Name Elliott
Born on August 9, 1944 (age 81)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Samuel Pack Elliott is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Sam Kerr

First Name Sam
Last Name Kerr
Born on September 10, 1993 (age 32)
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Samantha May Kerr is an Australian football player who plays for Chelsea in the English FA Women's Super League. She is the current captain of the Australia women's national soccer team. As of 2019, Kerr is the all-time leading scorer in both the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States and the Australian W-League.

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Sam Smith

Samuel Frederick Smith
First Name Sam
Last Name Smith
Born on May 19, 1992 (age 33)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Samuel Frederick Smith is an English singer and songwriter. They rose to prominence in October 2012 after being featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Smith was subsequently featured on Naughty Boy's "La La La", which became a number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, they were nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both.

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Sam Claflin

First Name Sam
Last Name Claflin
Born on June 27, 1986 (age 39)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Samuel George Claflin is an English actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).

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Sam Rockwell

Samuel Rockwell
First Name Sam
Last Name Rockwell
Born on November 5, 1968 (age 57)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Sam Rockwell is an American actor. He became well known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs (1997), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Matchstick Men (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Moon (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Mr. Right (2015), and Richard Jewell (2019). He has also played supporting roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Frost/Nixon (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Conviction (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Vice (2018), and Jojo Rabbit (2019).

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Sam Darnold

Samuel Richard Darnold is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, and was selected third overall by the Jets in the 2018 NFL Draft.

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Sam Pittman

First Name Sam
Last Name Pittman
Born on November 28, 1961 (age 64)

Sam Pittman is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Arkansas. Prior to being hired at Arkansas, he was the associate head coach and offensive line coach at the University of Georgia. Prior to his hiring at Arkansas, Pittman had spent almost his entire career – going back to the mid-1990s – as an offensive line coach at various college football programs.

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Sam Quek

First Name Sam
Last Name Quek
Born on October 18, 1988 (age 37)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Samantha Ann Quek, MBE is an English former field hockey player and television personality. She played as a defender for both the England and Great Britain teams, wearing squad number 13, and won gold as part of the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Sam Cooke

Samuel Cooke
First Name Sam
Last Name Cooke
Born on January 22, 1931
Died on December 11, 1964 (aged 33)

Samuel Cook, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He was also influential as a composer and producer, and is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and significance in popular music.

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Sam Mendes

Samuel Alexander Mendes
First Name Sam
Last Name Mendes
Born on August 1, 1965 (age 60)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is an English film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1993), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013). For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.

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