List of Famous people named Samuel

Name Samuel is among the most common names in Brazil, Mexico, England, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland. Shortened forms: Sam, Sammy. Similar names: Sam, Sammy, Samuil, Samuele. Here are some famous Samuels:

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson
First Name Samuel
Last Name Jackson
Born on December 21, 1948 (age 74)

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor and producer. Widely regarded as one of the most popular actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time. He rose to fame with films such as Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), Menace II Society (1993), True Romance (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), and Fresh (1994).

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Samuel Eto'o

First Name Samuel
Last Name Eto'o
Born on March 10, 1981 (age 42)
Born in Cameroon, Littoral
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one of the best strikers in the world, and he is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time, winning the African Player of the Year a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.

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Samuel Little

First Name Samuel
Last Name Little
Born on June 7, 1940
Died on December 30, 2020 (aged 80)

Samuel Little was an American serial killer who was convicted in 2012 of the murders of three women in California between 1987 and 1989 as well as in 2018 of the murder of one woman in Texas in 1994. He claimed to have killed as many as 93 women, and investigators have linked him to over 60 murders. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed Little's involvement in at least 60 murders, the largest number of proven cases for any serial killer in United States history. He allegedly murdered women across 19 states over a third of a century ending around 2005. The number of murders he confessed to, if confirmed, would make him the most prolific serial killer in United States history, according to Ector County, Texas District Attorney Bobby Bland.

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Samuel Umtiti

Samuel Yves Um Titi
First Name Samuel
Last Name Umtiti
Born on November 14, 1993 (age 29)
Born in Cameroon, Centre
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Samuel Yves Um Titi, known as Samuel Umtiti, is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Barcelona and the French national team.

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Samuel Alito

First Name Samuel
Last Name Alito

Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served since January 31, 2006. He is the second Italian-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court, after Antonin Scalia.

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Samuel Benchetrit

First Name Samuel
Last Name Benchetrit
Born on June 26, 1973 (age 49)

Samuel Benchetrit is a French writer, actor, scenarist and director. He is of Moroccan-Jewish descent.

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Samuel Johnson

First Name Samuel
Last Name Johnson
Born on September 18, 1709
Died on December 13, 1784 (aged 75)

Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. Religiously, he was a devout Anglican, and politically a committed Tory. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Johnson as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is the subject of James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, described by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature".

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Samuel C. Phillips

First Name Samuel
Last Name Phillips
Born on February 19, 1921
Died on January 31, 1990 (aged 68)

Samuel Cochran Phillips was a United States Air Force general who served as Director of NASA's Apollo program from 1964 to 1969, as commander of the Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO) from 1969 to 1972, as the seventh Director of the National Security Agency from 1972 to 1973, and as commander of the Air Force Systems Command from 1973 to 1975.

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Samuel P. Huntington

Samuel Phillips Huntington
First Name Samuel
Last Name Huntington
Born on April 18, 1927
Died on December 24, 2008 (aged 81)

Samuel Phillips Huntington was an American political scientist, adviser and academic. He spent more than half a century at Harvard University, where he was director of Harvard's Center for International Affairs and the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor.

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Samuel Le Bihan

First Name Samuel
Last Name Bihan
Born on November 2, 1965 (age 57)
Born in France, Normandy

Samuel Le Bihan is a French actor, known for his role in Brotherhood of the Wolf.

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Samuel Finzi

First Name Samuel
Last Name Finzi
Born on January 20, 1966 (age 57)

Samuel Finzi is a Bulgarian actor, of Bulgarian-Jewish descent. Since his start in the late 1980s, he has hundreds of film, television, and theatrical credits. Between 1993 and 2011, he received ten acting awards.

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Samuel Reshevsky

First Name Samuel
Last Name Reshevsky
Died on April 4, 1992 (aged 22)

Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid 1930s to the mid 1960s: he tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, and tied for second in the 1953 Candidates Tournament. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record.

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Samuel Finley Breese Morse

First Name Samuel
Last Name Morse
Born on April 27, 1791
Died on April 2, 1872 (aged 80)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.

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Samuel Bellamy

First Name Samuel
Last Name Bellamy
Born on January 31, 1689
Died on April 26, 1717 (aged 28)

Captain Samuel Bellamy, later known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English pirate who operated in the early 18th century. He is best known as the wealthiest pirate in recorded history, and one of the faces of the Golden Age of Piracy. Though his known career as a pirate captain lasted little more than a year, he and his crew captured at least 53 ships. Called "Black Sam" in Cape Cod folklore because he eschewed the fashionable powdered wig in favor of tying back his long black hair with a simple band, Bellamy became known for his mercy and generosity toward those he captured on his raids. This reputation earned him another nickname, the "Prince of Pirates". He likened himself to Robin Hood, with his crew calling themselves "Robin Hood's Men".

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Samuel Adams

First Name Samuel
Last Name Adams
Born on September 27, 1722
Died on October 2, 1803 (aged 81)

Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams.

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Samuel P. Bush

First Name Samuel
Last Name Bush
Born on October 4, 1863
Died on February 8, 1948 (aged 84)

Samuel Prescott Bush was an American businessman and industrialist. He was the patriarch of the Bush political family. He was the father of U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, grandfather of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and great-grandfather of former Texas Governor and President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

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Samuel Groth

First Name Samuel
Last Name Groth
Born on October 19, 1987 (age 35)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Samuel Groth is an Australian former professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 53, which he reached in August 2015. His career high in doubles was World No. 24, reached in February 2015. Groth's best singles result was a semi-final appearance at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He hit the fastest serve on record at 263 km/h (163.4 mph) in 2012 at the ATP Challenger in Busan. He currently works for Nine Network for the WWOS and as a host on Postcards.

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Samuel E. Wright

Samuel Edward Wright is an American actor and singer. He is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's 2000 CGI/live-action film Dinosaur.

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Samuel Vargas

First Name Samuel
Last Name Vargas
Born on April 12, 1989 (age 34)

Samuel Andrés Vargas Ariza is a Canadian-Colombian professional boxer.

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Samuel Pozzi

Samuel-Jean Pozzy
First Name Samuel
Last Name Pozzi
Born on October 3, 1846
Died on June 13, 1918 (aged 71)

Samuel-Jean Pozzi was a French surgeon and gynecologist. He was also interested in anthropology and neurology.

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