Editing List of inventors (section)

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* [[Albert Sabin|Albert Bruce Sabin]] (1906–1993), U.S. – oral [[Polio vaccine]]
* [[Alexander Sablukov]] (1783–1857), Russia – [[centrifugal fan]]
* [[Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu]] (1385–1468), Turkey – illustrated [[Surgery|surgical]] atlas
* [[Andrei Sakharov]] (1921–1989), Russia – invented [[explosively pumped flux compression generator]], co-developed the [[Tsar Bomba]] and [[tokamak]]
* [[Jonas Salk|Jonas Edward Salk]] (1914–1995), U.S. – injection [[Polio vaccine]]
* [[Robert Salmon (inventor)|Robert Salmon]] (1763–1821), England – agricultural implements
* [[Franz San Galli]] (1824–1908), Poland/Russia ([[Italian people|Italian]] and [[German people|German]] descent) – [[radiator]], [[central heating]]
* [[Frederick Sanger]] (1918–2013), U.S. – [[Sanger sequencing]] (= DNA sequencing)
* [[Yoshiyuki Sankai]] (born c. 1957), Japan – [[Hybrid Assistive Limb|Robotic exoskeleton for motion support]] (medicine)
* [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] (1873–1932), Brazil – [[airship|non-rigid airship]] and [[airplane]]
* [[Arthur William Savage]] (1857–1938) – [[radial tire]]s, [[magazine (firearms)|gun magazine]]s, [[Savage Model 99]] [[lever action rifle]]
* [[Thomas Savery]] (1650–1715), UK – [[steam engine]]
* [[Adolphe Sax]] (1814–1894), Belgium – [[saxophone]]
* [[Vincent Schaefer|Vincent Joseph Schaefer]] (1906–1993), U.S. – [[Cloud seeding]] by [[dry ice]]
* [[Bela Schick]] (1877–1967), Hungary – [[Schick test|diphtheria test]]
* [[Wilhelm Schickard]] (1592–1635), Germany – mechanical calculator
* [[Hugo Schiff]] (1834–1915), Germany – [[Schiff test]] (histology)
* [[Pavel Schilling]] (1786–1837), [[Estonia]]/Russia – first [[electromagnetic telegraph]], [[Land mine|mine]] with an electric [[fuse (electrical)|fuse]]
* [[Gilmore Schjeldahl]] (1912–2002), U.S. – [[Airsickness bag]]
* [[Hubert Schlafly]] (1919–2011), U.S. – [[Teleprompter]] = [[Teleprompter|Autocue]]
* [[Wilhelm Schlenk]] (1879–1943), Germany – [[Schlenk flask]] (chemistry)
* [[Bernhard Schmidt]] (1879–1935), Estonia/Germany – [[Schmidt camera]]
* [[Friedrich Schmiedl]] (1902–1994), Austria – rocket mail
* [[Otto Schmitt]] (1913–1998), U.S. – [[Schmitt trigger]] (electronics)
* [[Christian Schnabel]] (1878–1936), German – simplistic food cutleries
* [[Kees A. Schouhamer Immink]] (born 1946), Netherlands – Major contributor to development of [[compact disc]]
* [[August Schrader]] (1807–1894), U.S. – [[Schrader valve]] for [[Pneumatic tire]]
* [[David Schwarz (aviation inventor)|David Schwarz]] (1852–1897), [[Croatia]], – rigid [[airship]], later called [[Zeppelin]]
* [[Raymond Scott]] (1908–1994), U.S. – inventor and developer of electronic music technology
* [[Girolamo Segato]] (1792–1836), Italy – artificial [[petrifaction]] of human [[cadaver]]s
* [[Marc Seguin]] (1786–1875), France – [[suspension bridge|wire-cable suspension bridge]]
* [[Hanaoka Seishū]] (1760–1835), Japan – [[General anaesthetic]]
* [[Sejong the Great]] (1397–1450), South Korea (Joseon dynasty) – [[Hangul]] (Native alphabet of the Korean language)
* [[Ted Selker]] (inv. 1987), U.S. – [[Pointing stick]]
* [[Léon Serpollet]] (1858–1907), France – [[Flash boiler]], [[Gardner-Serpollet|Gardner-Serpollet steam car]]
* [[Iwan Serrurier]] (1878–1953), Netherlands/U.S. – inventor of the [[Moviola]] for [[film editing]]
* [[Mark Serrurier]] (1904–1988), U.S. – [[Serrurier truss]] for [[Optical telescopes]]
* [[Gerhard Sessler]] (born 1931), Germany – [[electret microphone|foil electret microphone]], [[microphone#MEMS microphone|silicon microphone]]
* [[Guy Severin]] (1926–2008), Russia – [[extra-vehicular activity]] supporting system
* [[Ed Seymour]] (inv. c. 1949), U.S. – [[Aerosol paint]]
* [[Leonty Shamshurenkov]] (1687–1758), Russia – first [[self-propelling carriage]] (a precursor to both [[bicycle]] and [[automobile]]), projects of an original [[odometer]] and self-propelling [[sledge]]
* [[Ibn al-Shatir]] (1304–1375), [[Syria]] – "jewel box" device which combined a compass with a universal sundial
* [[Bi Sheng]] ({{zh|c=畢昇}}) (c. 990–1051), China – [[clay]] [[movable type]] [[printing]]
* [[Patsy O’Connell Sherman]] (1930–2008), U.S. – [[Scotchgard]]
* [[Murasaki Shikibu]] (c. 973–1025), Japan – [[psychological novel]]
* [[Pyotr Shilovsky]] (1871–1957), Russia/UK – [[gyrocar]]
* [[Masatoshi Shima]] (born 1943), Japan – [[microprocessor]]
* [[Fathullah Shirazi]] (c. 1582), [[Mughal Empire|Mughal India]] – early [[volley gun]]
* [[Joseph Shivers]] (1920–2014), U.S. – [[Spandex]]
* [[William Shockley|William Bradford Shockley]] (1910–1989), U.S. – co-inventor of [[transistor]]
* [[Henry Shrapnel]] (1761–1842), UK – [[Shrapnel shell]] ammunition
* [[Vladimir Shukhov]] (1853–1939), Russia – [[Cracking (chemistry)|thermal cracking]] ([[Shukhov cracking process]]), [[thin-shell structure]], [[tensile structure]], [[hyperboloid structure]], [[gridshell]], [[Pipeline transport|oil pipeline]], cylindric [[oil depot]]
* [[Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor]] (born 1972), [[Malaysia]] – [[Cell (biology)|cell]] growth in [[outer space]], [[crystallization]] of [[protein]]s and [[microbe]]s in space
* [[Augustus Siebe]] (1788–1872), Germany/UK – Inventor of the [[standard diving dress]]
* [[Carl Wilhelm Siemens|Sir William Siemens]] (1823–1883), Germany – [[Siemens regenerative furnace|regenerative furnace]]
* [[Werner von Siemens]] (1816–1892), Germany – electric [[elevator]], [[Electromote]] (= first [[trolleybus]]), an early [[Dynamo#Siemens and Wheatstone dynamo (1867)|Dynamo]]
* [[Igor Sikorsky]] (1889–1972), Russia/U.S. – first four-engine [[fixed-wing aircraft]] ([[Russky Vityaz]]), first [[airliner]] and purpose-designed [[bomber]] ([[Sikorsky Ilya Muromets|Ilya Muromets]]), [[helicopter]], [[Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation|Sikorsky]]-series helicopters
* [[Bernard Silver]] (1924–1963), together with [[Norman Joseph Woodland]] (1921–2012), U.S. – [[Barcode]]
* [[Kia Silverbrook]] (born 1958), Australia – [[Memjet printer]], world's most [[List of prolific inventors|prolific inventor]]
* [[Luther Simjian]] (1905–1997), [[Armenia]]/U.S. – [[Automated teller machine]] (ATM)
* [[Vladimir Simonov (engineer)|Vladimir Simonov]] (1935–2020), Russia – [[APS Underwater Assault Rifle]], [[SPP-1 underwater pistol]]
* [[Charles Simonyi]] (born 1948), Hungary – [[Hungarian notation]]
* [[Avicenna|Ibn Sina (Avicenna)]] (980–1037), [[History of Iran|Persia]]/[[Iran]] – [[steam distillation]], [[essential oil]], [[pharmacopoeia]], [[clinical pharmacology]], [[clinical trial]], [[randomized controlled trial]], [[quarantine]], [[cancer]] surgery, [[Alternative cancer treatments|cancer therapy]], [[pharmacotherapy]], [[phytotherapy]], Hindiba, [[Taxus baccata]] L, [[calcium channel blocker]]
* [[Clive Sinclair]] (1940–2021), U.K. – [[Sinclair C5]], [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[A-bike]]
* [[Isaac Singer]] (1811–1875), U.S. – [[sewing machine]]
* [[B. F. Skinner]] (1904–1990), U.S. – [[Operant conditioning chamber]]
* [[Hannah Slater]] (1774–1812), U.S. – cotton-sewing thread
* [[Nikolay Slavyanov]] (1854–1897), Russia – [[shielded metal arc welding]]
* [[Alexander Smakula]] (1900–1983), [[Ukraine]]/Russia/U.S. – [[anti-reflective coating]]
* [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]] (1932–2000), U.S. – [[Site-directed mutagenesis]] (molecular biology)
* [[Oliver Smithies]] (1925–2017), together with [[Martin Evans|Sir Martin John Evans]] (born 1941), and [[Mario Capecchi|Mario Ramberg Capecchi]] (born 1937), U.S. – [[Knockout mouse]], [[Gene targeting]]
* [[Yefim Smolin]], Russia – [[table-glass]] (''stakan granyonyi'')
* [[Friedrich Soennecken]] (1848–1919), Germany – [[Ring binder]], [[Hole punch]]
* [[Su Song]] (1020–1101), China – first [[chain drive]]
* [[Marin Soljačić]] (born 1974), Croatia – [[Resonant inductive coupling]]
* [[Edwin Southern]] (born 1938), U.S. – [[Southern blot]] (molecular biology)
* [[Alfred P. Southwick]] (1826–1898), U.S. – [[Electric chair]]
* [[Igor Spassky]] (1926–2024), Russia – [[Sea Launch]] platform
* [[Percy Spencer]] (1894–1970), U.S. – [[microwave oven]]
* [[Elmer Ambrose Sperry]] (1860–1930), U.S. – gyroscope-guided [[autopilot|automatic pilot]]
* [[Lyman Spitzer]] (1914–1997), U.S. – [[Stellarator]] (physics)
* [[Frank J. Sprague]] (1857–1934), father of electric traction, electric elevator improvements and electric multiple unit trains.
* [[Richard Stallman]] (born 1953), U.S. – [[GNU]] operating system, [[GNU Emacs]], [[GNU Compiler Collection]]
* [[Ladislas Starevich]] (1882–1965), Russia/France – [[puppet animation]], [[live-action/animated film]]
* [[Gary Starkweather]] (1938–2019), U.S. – [[laser printer]], [[color management]]
* [[John Kemp Starley]] (1855–1901), U.K. – [[safety bicycle]]
* [[Betsey Ann Stearns]] (1830–1914), U.S. – garment cutting diagram and system
* [[Boris Stechkin]] (1891–1969), Russia – co-developer of [[Sikorsky Ilya Muromets]] and [[Tsar Tank]], developer of Soviet [[heat engine|heat]] and [[aircraft engine]]s
* [[George Stephenson]] (1781–1848), UK – [[steam railway]]
* [[Simon Stevin]] (1548–1620), Netherlands – [[land yacht]]
* [[Andreas Stihl]] (1896–1973), Switzerland/Germany – electric [[chain saw]]
* [[Robert Stirling|Reverend Dr Robert Stirling]] (1790–1878), Scotland – [[Stirling engine]]
* [[Aurel Stodola]] (1859–1942), [[Slovakia]] – [[gas turbines]]
* [[Aleksandr Stoletov]] (1839–1896), Russia – first [[solar cell]] based on the outer [[photoelectric effect]]
* [[Levi Strauss]] (1829–1902), U.S. – blue [[jeans]]
* [[John Stringfellow]] (1799–1883), UK – [[aerial steam carriage]]
* [[Bjarne Stroustrup]] (born 1950), Denmark – [[C++]] (programming language)
* [[Almon Strowger]] (1839–1902), U.S. – [[automatic telephone exchange]]
* [[Emil Strub]] (1858–1909), Switzerland – [[Rack railway#Strub|Strub rack railway system]]
* [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] (Azophi) (903–986), [[History of Iran|Persia]]/[[Iran]] – timekeeping [[astrolabe]], [[Mariner's astrolabe|navigational astrolabe]], [[surveying]] astrolabe
* [[René Núñez Suárez]] (born 1945/1946), [[El Salvador]] – "turbococina" (turbo-cooker)
* [[Kyota Sugimoto]] (1882–1972), Japan – [[Japanese typewriter|Japanese language typewriter]]
* [[Mutsuo Sugiura]] (1918–1986), Japan – [[Esophagogastroduodenoscopy|Esophagogastroduodenoscope]]
* [[Pavel Sukhoi]] (1895–1975), Russia – [[Sukhoi|Su]]-series [[fighter aircraft]]
* [[Sushruta]] (600 BC), [[Vedic India]] – inventor of Plastic Surgery, Cataract Surgery, Rhinoplasty
* [[Theodor Svedberg]] (1884–1971), Sweden – [[Ultracentrifuge|Analytical ultracentrifuge]]
* [[Joseph Swan]] (1828–1914), UK – [[Incandescent light bulb]]
* [[Robert Swanson (inventor)|Robert Swanson]] (1905–1994), Canada – invented and developed the first multi-chime [[train horn|air horn]] for use with [[diesel locomotive]]s
* [[Andrei Sychra]] (c.1773/76–1850), [[Lithuania]]/Russia, [[Czech people|Czech]] descent – [[Russian guitar|Russian seven-string guitar]]
* [[Walter Sylvester]] (1867–1944), UK – the "Sylvester", for safely removing pit props
* [[Vladimir Syromyatnikov]] (1933–2006), Russia – [[Androgynous Peripheral Attach System]] and other [[spacecraft]] docking mechanisms
* [[Simon Sze]] (1936–2023), Taiwan/U.S., together with [[Dawon Kahng]] (1931–1992), South Korea – [[Floating-gate MOSFET]]
* [[Leó Szilárd]] (1898–1964), Hungary/U.S. – co-developed the [[atomic bomb]], patented the [[nuclear reactor]], catalyst of the [[Manhattan Project]]