List of People From Galicia (Eastern Europe) (modern Period) - S~Z

S~Z

Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, born in Lviv
Dov Sadan, scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, born in Brody
Manfred Sakel, neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, born in Nadvorna
Adam Stefan Sapieha, Prince, Archbishop of Cracow and Cardinal, born in Krasiczyn
Juliusz Schauder, mathematician, born in Lviv
Heinrich Schenker, music theorist, born in Vyshnivchyk
Moses Schorr, rabbi, assyriologist and politician, born in Przemyśl
Bruno Schulz, poet, novelist and painter, born in Drohobych
Sholom Mordechai Schwadron, Jewish gaon of Berezhany, born in Zolochiv
Meir Shapiro, Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva
Markiyan Shashkevych, poet and interpreter, born in Pidlissia near Zolochiv
Andrey Sheptytsky, Count, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born in Prylbychi, near Lviv
Clement Sheptytsky, Count, the Archimandrite of the Studite monks, born in Prylbychi, near Lviv
Stanisław Sheptytsky, Count, general of the Polish Army, born in Prylbychi, near Lviv
Hans Shippe, Jewish Chinese writer, journalist and soldier, born in Cracow
Roman Shukhevych, the supreme commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Krakovets, near Yavoriv
Władysław Sikorski, general, Prime Minister of Poland and commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces (1939–43), born in Tuszów Narodowy
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, conductor, born in Lviv
Josyf Slipyj, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born in of Zazdrist, near Terebovlia
Wacław Sobieski, historian, born in Lviv
Stanisław Sosabowski, general, commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, born in Stanislau
Jerzy Sosnowski, major, Polish spy in Germany (1926–34) as Georg von Sosnowski, Ritter von Nalecz, born in Lviv
Manès Sperber, novelist and psychologist, born in Zabolotiv
Nissan Spivak, Jewish cantor and composer from Belz
Hnat Stefaniv, Ukrainian colonel, born in Toporivtsi, near Horodenka
Vasyl Stefanyk, writer, born in Rusiv, near Kuty
Hugo Steinhaus, mathematician, born in Jasło
Yaroslav Stetsko, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Ternopil
Slava Stetsko, leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, born in Romanivka, near Terebovlia
Lee Strasberg, Jewish American director, actor and producer, born in Budaniv
Julian Stryjkowski, writer, born in Stryj
Kyryl Studynsky, head of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine (1939), born in Kamienka, near Ternopil
Franciszek Sulik, chess master, born in Lviv
Karol Szajnocha, historian, born in Komarno
Jan Szczepanik, inventor, born in Rudniki, near Mostyska
Jan Szembek, Count, deputy secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, born in Poręba
Józef Szujski, historian and politician, born in Tarnów
Stanisław Tarnowski, historian and politician, born in Dzików
Józef Teodorowicz, Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian rite)
Oscar Tenner, chess master, born in Lviv
Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy, born in Nowy Targ
Metodyj Trochanovskij, Lemko activist, born in Binczarowa
Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai, Hebrew scholar, born in Lviv
Adam Ulam, historian, born in Lviv
Stanisław Ulam, mathematician, co-inventor of the H-bomb, born in Lviv
Leopold Unger, journalist, born in Lviv
Ivan Vahylevych, Ukrainian poet and ethnographer, born in Yasen, near Stanislav
Anatole Vakhnianyn, Ukrainian politician and composer, born near Przemyśl
Bl. Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop (body found incorrupt), born in Stanislau
Mykhailo Verbytsky, composer of the present National Anthem of Ukraine, born in Jawornik Ruski, near Bircza
Dmytro Vitovsky, Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Medukha
Stepan Vytvytskyi, President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1954–65), born near Stanislav
Alexander Wagner, chess theoretician, lived in Stanislau
Dov Berish Weidenfeld, Chief Rabbi of Tchebin (Trzebinia)
Rudolf Weigl, biologist, lived in Lviv
Friedrich Weinreb, Jewish philosopher, born in Lviv
Shevah Weiss, Israeli politician, born in Boryslav
Kazimierz Wierzyński, Polish poet, born in Drohobych
Simon Wiesenthal, hunter of Nazis, born in Buchach
Billy Wilder, Austrian-American film director, born in Suchá Beskidzka
Karol Wojtyła, John Paul II, Archbishop of Cracow, and Pope (1978–2005), born in Wadowice
Zev Wolf, Rabbi of Zbarazh
Stanisław Wyspiański, poet and painter, born in Cracow
Volodymyr Yaniv, professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome, born in Lviv
Daniel Yanofsky, Canadian chess master, born in Brody
Richard Yary, Ukrainian politician, born in Rzeszów
Grigory Yavlinsky Russian politician, born in Lviv
Kordian Józef Zamorski, general, born near Gorlice
Gabriela Zapolska, novelist and actress, born in Pidhaytsi
Velvel Zbarjer, singer, born in Zbarazh
Casimir Zeglen, inventor, born near Ternopil
Michael Zohary, botanist, born in Bibrka near Lviv
Israel Zolli, Chief Rabbi of Rome who converted to Roman Catholicism, born in Brody