Top Celebrity Names Starting With Sam

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   Sam Rockwell

   Age 43 Male
   

   Actor, Cowboy

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   Sam Rockwell is an American actor known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Choke and Moon, as well as for his supporting roles in The Green Mile, Iron Man 2, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Frost/Nixon, Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Conviction and Cowboys & Aliens.… read more

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   Sam Mendes

   Age 46 Male
   

   Itinerant, Director, Military Person

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   Samuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes, CBE is an English stage and film director. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning work on his debut film American Beauty (1999) and his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1996) and Gypsy (2003). He's currently working on the 23rd James Bond movie: Skyfall. He has a child with his former wife, Kate Winslet.… read more

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   Sam Waterston

   Age 71 Male
   

   Actor, Screen Actor

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   Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order.… read more

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   Sam Neill

   Age 64 Male
   

   Actor

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   Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand actor. He is well known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III.

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   Sam Loxton

   1921 - 2011 Male
   

   Australian Cricketer and Politician

   
   

   Samuel John Everett "Sam" Loxton, OBE was an Australian cricketer, footballer and politician. Among these three pursuits, his greatest achievements were attained on the cricket field; he played in 12 Tests for Australia from 1948 to 1951. A right-handed all-rounder, Loxton was part of Don Bradman's Invincibles, who went through the 1948 tour of England undefeated, an unprecedented achievement that has never been matched.… read more

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   Sam Raimi

   Age 52 Male
   

   Film Director

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   Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Legend of the Seeker and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.… read more

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   Sam Brownback

   Age 55 Male
   

   Politician

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   Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is an American politician who has been the 46th Governor of Kansas since January 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996 and then as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential election, withdrawing before the primaries.… read more

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   Sam Peckinpah

   1925 - 1984 Male
   

   Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

   
   

   David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch (1969). He was known for the innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence, as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre. Peckinpah's films generally deal with the conflict between values and ideals, and the corruption of violence in human society.… read more

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   Sam Harris

   Age 45 Male
   

   Neuroscientist, Author

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   Sam Harris is an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Project Reason. He is the author of The End of Faith, which was published in 2004 and appeared on The New York Times best seller list for 33 weeks. The book also won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2005 for nonfiction. In 2006 Harris published his book Letter to a Christian Nation, a response to criticism of The End of Faith.… read more

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    Sam Fuld

    Age 30 Male
    

    Baseball Player

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    Samuel Babson "Sam" Fuld is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. Despite being diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 10, Fuld began his baseball career by twice batting .600 in high school, during which time Baseball America ranked him 19th in the country. He played college baseball at Stanford.… read more

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    Sam Simon

    Age 57 Male
    

    Writer, Director, Producer, Boxing Manager and Philanthropist

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    Samuel "Sam" Simon is an American director, producer, writer, boxing manager and philanthropist. While at Stanford University, Simon worked as a newspaper cartoonist and after graduating became a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. He submitted a spec script for the sitcom Taxi, which was produced, and later became the series' showrunner.… read more

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    Sam Sullivan

    Age 52 Male
    

    Mayor of Vancouver

    
    

    Sam Sullivan, CM served as the 38th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has been invested as a Member of the Order of Canada. He is currently President of the Global Civic Policy Society and Adjunct Professor with the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.… read more

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    Sam Cooke

    1931 - 1964 Male
    

    Singer Songwriter

    
    

    Samuel Cook, better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and influence on the modern world of music.… read more

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    Sam Concepcion

    Age 19 Male
    

    Singer, Dancer, Actor

    
    
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    Sam Farr

    Age 70 Male
    

    Congressman, Rep, Politician

    
    

    Samuel S. "Sam" Farr is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.… read more

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    Sam Nunn

    Age 73 Male
    

    Lawyer and Politician

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    Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972 until 1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.… read more

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    Sam Steiger

    Age 83 Male
    

    Politician and Political Commentator

    
    

    Sam Steiger is an American politician, journalist, political pundit, and rancher. He has served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott, Arizona. Steiger has also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, served as a special assistant to Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, and hosted political talk shows on both radio and television.… read more

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    Sam Giancana

    1908 - 1975 Male
    

    Mobster and Hitman

    
    

    Salvatore Giancana, better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966. Among his other nicknames were, "Momo", "Mooney," "Sam the Cigar," and "Sammy."… read more

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    Sam Katz

    Age 60 Male
    

    Mayor, Businessperson, Politician

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    Samuel Michael Katz, OM (born August 20, 1951 in Rehovot, Israel) is the 42nd mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is also a businessperson and a member of the Order of Manitoba.

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    Sam Allardyce

    Age 57 Male
    

    Football Player and Manager

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    Samuel "Sam" Allardyce, nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United. As a footballer he made over 400 appearances and played for Bolton Wanderers, Sunderland, Millwall, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Coventry City, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End, West Bromwich Albion and Limerick.… read more

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    Sam Houston

    1793 - 1863 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Samuel "Sam" Houston, was a nineteenth-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as a governor of the state.… read more

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    Sam Shepard

    Age 68 Male
    

    Actor, Author, Playwright

    
    

    Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983).… read more

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    Sam Walton

    1918 - 1992 Male
    

    Founder of Wal-mart and Sam's Club

    
    

    Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton was a businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club.

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    Sam Bush

    Age 60 Male
    

    Musician

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    Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.

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    Sam Tomkins

    Age 23 Male
    

    Soccer Player, Warrior, Superintendent

    
    

    Samuel Levi Tomkins is an English professional rugby footballer who plays rugby league for the Wigan Warriors in Super League. Tomkins was born in Milton Keynes. After his family moved north in the early 1990s, he started playing for the Chorley Panthers amateur club when he was aged seven. In order to develop his career further, Tomkins' family moved to Wigan where he played for Wigan St.… read more