Uncle Sam (personification of the U.S. government); Sam Crawford (baseball player); Sam Demel (baseball player); Sam Donaldson (news reporter); Samuel “Sammy” Davis, Jr. (entertainer); Sam Elliott (actor); Sam Houston (American statesman); Sam Mendes (film director); Sam Rockwell (actor); Sam Shepard (playwright/actor); Sam Snead (golfer); Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart); Sam Warner (co-founder of Warner Bros. Studios); Sam Waterston (actor)