Namesakes
Samuel
(m) 
Biblical Characters 1 Sam. 1:20
Samuel
(m)
Biblical Characters 1 Chr. 7:2
Samuel of Edessa
(m) ?-496
Saints
Samuil
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 958-1014
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars 997-1014
Sámuel Aba
(m) ?-1044
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1041-1044
Samuel de Champlain
(m) 1574-1635
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Samuel Pepys
(m) 1633-1703
Notable Writers
Samuel Johnson
(m) 1709-1784
Notable Writers
Samuele Marzorati
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) ?-1716
Saints
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(m) 1772-1834
Notable Writers
Samuel Morse
(m) 1791-1872
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Samuel Colt
(m) 1814-1862
Notable Businesspeople
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Samuel Baker
(m) 1821-1893
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Mark Twain
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1835-1910
Notable Writers
Samuel Duvall
(m) 1836-1908
Olympic Medalists 1904 archery - team round (silver)
Samuel Sachs
(m) 1851-1935
Notable Businesspeople
Samuel Insull
(m) 1859-1938
Notable Businesspeople
Sam Thompson
(m) 1860-1922
Hall-of-Famers 1974 (baseball)
Samuel Jones
(m) 1880-1954
Olympic Medalists 1904 high jump (gold)
Sam Crawford
(m) 1880-1968
Hall-of-Famers 1957 (baseball)
Samuel Goldwyn
(m) 1882-1974
Notable Businesspeople
Notable Filmmakers
Rusty Crawford
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1885-1971
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
George Schuyler
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1895-1977
Notable Writers
Shemp Howard
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1895-1955
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Henrik Sjögren
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1899-1986
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Sam Ferris
(m) 1900-1980
Olympic Medalists 1932 marathon (silver)
Glenn Hartranft
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1901-1970
Olympic Medalists 1924 shot put (silver)
Samuel Kahanamoku
(m) 1902-1966
Olympic Medalists 1924 swimming - 100 m freestyle (bronze)
Samuel Beckett
(m) 1906-1989
Nobel Prize Winners 1969 (literature)
Notable Writers
Billy Wilder
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1906-2002
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 1946; 1961 The Lost Weekend; The Apartment (director)
Samuel Whiskers
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1908 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
Tom Ewell
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1909-1994
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1953 The Seven Year Itch (actor)
Sam Balter
(m) 1909-1998
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Samuel Barber
(m) 1910-1981
Notable Musicians
Samuel Warren Carey
(m) 1911-2002
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Addams
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1912-1988
Notable Artists
Sam Snead
(m) 1912-2002
Notable Athletes (golf)
Laird Cregar
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1913-1944
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Johan Kraag
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1913-1996
Other Leaders 1990-1991 Suriname (president)
Sammy Baugh
(m) 1914-2008
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Larry Parks
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1914-1975
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Walton
(m) 1918-1992
Notable Businesspeople
Sammy Lee
(m) 1920-2016
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 diving - springboard; diving - platform (bronze/gold)
S. Truett Cathy
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1921-2014
Notable Businesspeople
Willie Steele
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1923-1989
Olympic Medalists 1948 long jump (gold)
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
(m) 1925-2011
Nobel Prize Winners 1976 (medicine)
Tony Williams
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1928-1992
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1990 The Platters
Sam Cooke
(m) 1931-1964
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Sam Jones
(m) 1933-2021
Hall-of-Famers 1983 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Sam Gooden
(m) 1934-2022
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1991 The Impressions
Sam Lay
(m) 1935-2022
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2015 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Sam Moore
(m) 1935-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 Sam & Dave
Samuel C. C. Ting
(m) 1936-
Nobel Prize Winners 1976 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Carlos Blixen
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1936-2022
Olympic Medalists 1956 basketball (bronze)
Sam Hall
(m) 1937-2014
Olympic Medalists 1960 diving - springboard (silver)
Sammy Strain
(m) 1939-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2005; 2009 The O'Jays; Little Anthony and the Imperials
Michael Parks
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1940-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Sam Waterston
(m) 1940-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Myron Scholes
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1941-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (economics)
Sam Shepard
(m) 1943-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1979 Buried Child
Sam Elliott
(m) 1944-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Hinds
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1945-
Other Leaders 1997 Guyana (president)
Benedict Daswa
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1946-1990
Saints
Samuel Schmid
(m) 1947-
Swiss Presidents 2005
Sam Hui
(m) 1948-
Notable Musicians
Samuel L. Jackson
(m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Kinison
(m) 1953-1992
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Samuel J. Jones
(m) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Mills
(m) 1959-2005
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (football)
Sam Raimi
(m) 1959-
Notable Filmmakers
Sam Perkins
(m) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1984 basketball (gold)
Sam Graddy III
(m) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1984 100 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/gold)
Austin Reed
(middle name Samuel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Jeremy Piven
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Mendes
(m) 1965-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 2000 American Beauty (director)
Samuel West
(m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tim McGraw
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1967-
Notable Musicians
Samuel Matete
(m) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1996 400 m hurdles (silver)
Sammy Sosa
(m) 1968-
Most Valuable Players 1998 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Ed Miliband
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1969-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Orlando Trustfull
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1970-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Pras
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Sam Meeker
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1974 My Brother Sam Is Dead
Kimmo Timonen
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1975-
Olympic Medalists 1998; 2006; 2010; 2014 ice hockey (silver/bronze)
Sam Worthington
(m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Jaeger
(m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Rivers
(m) 1977-
Notable Musicians
Bode Miller
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1977-
Notable Athletes (skiing)
Olympic Medalists 2002; 2010; 2014 alpine skiing (gold/silver/bronze)
Sam Witwer
(m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Nick Wechsler
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mark Jennings
(a.k.a. Samuel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1981; 2017 Dynasty
Samuel Eto'o
(m) 1981-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Scooter Braun
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1981-
Notable Businesspeople
Sam Malone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1982 Cheers
Samm Levine
(m) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Eric André
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian/actor)
Sam Claflin
(m) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Samuel Honrubia
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (handball)
Olympic Medalists 2012 handball (gold)
Samuel Wanjiru
(m) 1986-2011
Olympic Medalists 2008 marathon (gold)
Samuel "Screech" Powers
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987; 1989 Good Morning, Miss Bliss; Saved by the Bell
Sam Bewley
(m) 1987-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 cycling - track (bronze)
Sam Querrey
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Tommy Seymour
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Sam Whitelock
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Sam Burgess
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Samuel Inkoom
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Sam Vokes
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Mac DeMarco
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1990-
Notable Musicians
Charlie Valerio
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1990-
Olympic Medalists 2020 baseball (bronze)
Sam Cane
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Sam Smith
(m) 1992-
Grammy Award Winners 2015 ; Stay with Me (best new artist/record of the year/song of the year)
Notable Musicians
Ethan Slater
(middle name Samuel) (m) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Samuel Umtiti
(m) 1993-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Sam Camden
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 7th Heaven
Sam Blue
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Once and Again
Nate Fisher
(middle name Samuel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Six Feet Under
Nathaniel Fisher
(middle name Samuel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Six Feet Under
Sam McGuire
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Lizzie McGuire
Sam Feeney
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 Everwood
Vic Mackey
(middle name Samuel) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 The Shield
Sam Winchester
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Supernatural
Samuel Sullivan
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Heroes
Sam Bennett
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Private Practice
Sam Evans
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2009 Glee