Georgian poet
Shota Rustaveli
Shota Rustaveli, known mononymously as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet.
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Norwegian writer (1882–1949)
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist.
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Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
Sima Qian
Sima Qian was a Chinese historian during the early Han dynasty.
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French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
Simone Weil
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer.
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American writer and playwright (1885–1951)
Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
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Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet, knight, and politician.
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5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
Socrates
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy.
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19th-century Russian mathematician
Sofia Kovalevskaya
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics.
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Athenian legislator
Solon
Solon was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet.
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