Arts and Music

• Sam Cooke (born 1935, died 1964)

  American singer and songwriter.

  • Made his television debut on ''''American Bandstand'''' (see list of Musicians Who Debuted on ''American Bandstand'')
  • Wrote ''''Twistin'' the Night Away'''' and ''''Shake'''' (see list of Songwriters)
• Sam Samudio
  • Sam the Sham (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)

Leadership

• Sam J. Ervin III

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Fourth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Sam Rayburn

  U.S. Representative from Texas.

  • Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1940-46, 1949-52, 1955-61 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)
• Sam Walton (born 1918, died 1992)

  American businessman.

  • He changed the way Big Business is run (see list of Twenty innovators who changed the 20th century)
  • Founded Wal-Mart Stores (see list of Miscellaneous Business Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Sam Houston (born 1793, died 1863)

  American soldier and statesman. First president of the Republic of Texas.

  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Sam Hyatt
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Mrs. Sam Megredy
  • Variety of rose (see list of Rose Names)
• Sam
  • Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
• Sam M. Walton
  • 1992 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Sports

• Sam Crawford
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• ''Dutch'' Sam Elias (born 1775, died 1816)

  English boxer.

  • Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Pioneer inductees)
• Sam Francis

  American football player.

  • 1937 National Football League number-one draft pick (see list of Football #1 Draft Picks)
• Sam Hanks (born 1914, died 1994)

  Race-car driver.

  • 1957 Indianapolis 500 winner (see list of Indianapolis 500 Winners)
  • Member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame for Open Wheel (see list of Members of the Motorsports Hall of Fame)
• Sam Huff
  • Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1982 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
• Sam Jethroe

  Baseball player.

  • 1950 National League Rookie of the Year (see list of National League Rookies of the Year)
• Sam Jones

  American basketball player.

  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Sam Parks, Jr.
  • 1935 U.S. Open golf tournament winner (see list of U.S. Open Golf Champions)
• Sam Langford
  • Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Old Timer inductees)
• Sam Levine
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Sam Perkins (born 1961)

  American basketball player.

  • Asthmatic (see list of Athletes Who Have Asthma)
• Sam Rice
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Sam Snead
  • 1949, 1952, 1954 Masters golf tournament winner (see list of Masters Tournament Golf Champions)
  • 1942, 1949, 1951 Professional Golf Association tournament winner (see list of PGA Champions)
  • 1946 British Open golf champion (see list of British Open Golf Champions)
• Sam Taub
  • Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Non-Participant inductees)
• Sam Thompson
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Sam Weinstein
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)

Stage and Screen

• Sam Bennett
  • Portrayed by Richard Roundtree (see list of Characters on ''Roots'')
• Mayor Sam Booth

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Richard Paul (see list of Characters on ''Murder, She Wrote'')
• Sam Cooke (born 1935, died 1964)

  American singer and songwriter.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Sam Harvey
  • Portrayed by Richard McKenzie (see list of Characters on ''Roots'')
• Sam Loomis

  Fictional character.

  • Played by Viggo Mortensen (see list of Character from Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho)
  • Played by John Gavin (see list of Character from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho)
• Sam Mendes

  British born film director

  • 1999 Academy Award winner for American Beauty (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
• Sam

  Characters with this name appeared in films directed by Woody Allen.

  • Portrayed by Lou Jacobi (see list of Characters in the film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask)
  • Portrayed by Philip Bosco (see list of Characters in the film Another Woman)
  • Portrayed by Jaqui Safra (see list of Characters in the film Stardust Memories)
• Yosemite Sam

  Fictional character.

  • From ''''The Bugs Bunny Show'''' (see list of Cartoon characters)
• Sam Wanamaker (born 1919, died 1993)

  American actor and director.

  • On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)
• Sam Warner (born 1887, died 1927)

  American film executive. Cofounder of Warner Brothers Studios.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Samuel Grosvenor Wood (born 1884, died 1949)

  American movie director.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• ''Big'' Sam

  Fictional character.

  • Slave in Margaret Mitchell''s Gone with the Wind (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)
• Sam Shepard (born 1943)

  American actor, playwright and screenwriter.

  • 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for Buried Child (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
  • Wrote True West (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Sam Spade

  Fictional detective.

  • Created by author Dashiell Hammett (see list of Fictional Detectives)
• Sam Tauber

  Fictional character.

  • Boy who dies of the epidemic in Stephen King''s novel The Stand (see list of Characters in The Stand)

Stage and Screen

• Sam

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Lysette Anthony (see list of Characters in the film Husbands and Wives)