Sam (given name)
Sam is a given name or nickname, often used by people named "Samuel," "Samson," and "Samantha", and occasionally used by people named "Salvatore." Notable people with the name include:
A
- Sam Adams, multiple people
- Sam Adekugbe, Canadian soccer player
- Sam Allardyce, English football manager and player
- Sam Anderson, American actor
- Sam Arday, Ghanaian football coach
- Sammy Arnold, English-born, Irish rugby union player
B
- Sam Babcock, American football player
- Sam Baker, multiple people
- Sam Balter, American basketball player
- Sam Barkas, English football player and manager
- Sam Barlow, multiple people
- Sam Bass, multiple people
- Sam Beal, American football player
- Sam Beeton, British singer-songwriter and musician
- Sam Bennett, multiple people
- Sam Bith, Cambodian guerrilla commander and convicted murderer
- Sam Bohne, American Major League Baseball player
- Sam Born, American businessman, candy-maker and inventor
- Sam Bottoms, American actor and producer
- Sam Boyd, American businessman and casino manager and developer
- Sam Bradford, American football player
- Sam Brittleton, English footballer
- Sam Brown, multiple people
- Sam Brownback, American politician, governor of Kansas
- Sam Brunelli, American football player
- Sam Burgess, English Rugby League player
- Sam Bush, American bluegrass mandolin player
C
- Sam Cassell, American basketball player and assistant coach
- Sam Carter, multiple people
- Sam Chisholm, New Zealand-born media executive
- Sam Clemons, American football player
- Sam Clark, Australian actor, singer and songwriter
- Sam Collier, American advertising entrepreneur
- Sam Collins, multiple people
- Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
- Sam Cooper , American football tackle
- Sam Coslow, American songwriter, singer and film producer
- Sam Crawford, American baseball player
- Sam Cunningham, American football fullback
D
- Sam Daly, American actor
- Sam Darnold, American football player
- Sam Dastyari Iranian-born Australian Senator representing New South Wales
- Sam Davies, multiple people
- Sam Davis, Confederate soldier and spy
- Sam Day, multiple people
- Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor
- Sam Demel, American baseball pitcher
- Sam Donaldson, American reporter and news anchor
- Sam Dunell, Australian rules football player
E
- Sam Elliott, American actor
- Sam Ermolenko, American speedway rider
- Sam Ervin, American politician
- Sam Eyde, Norwegian engineer and industrialist
F
- Sam Faber, American ice hockey player
- Sam Farr, American politician from California
- Sam Fatu, American professional wrestler
- Sam Feldt, Dutch DJ and music producer
- Sam Fisher, multiple people
- Sam Fletcher, multiple people
- Sam Francis, American painter and printmaker
- Sam Fuld, American major league baseball outfielder
G
- Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey centre
- Sam George, multiple people
- Sam Giammalva, American tennis player
- Sam Giancana, Italian-American mobster, boss of the Chicago Outfit
- Sam Gibson, multiple people
H
- Sam Hanks, American racecar driver
- Sam Harding, multiple people
- Sam Harris, American author, neuroscientist and philosopher
- Sam Harrison, multiple people
- Sam Heughan, Scottish actor
- Sam Hill, multiple people
- Sam Hornish, Jr., American stock car racing driver
- Sam Houser, English-American video game producer and developer
- Sam Houston, American politician and soldier
- Sam Hubbard, American football player
- Sam Huff, American football linebacker
- Sam Hunt, American singer and songwriter
I
- Sam Irwin-Hill, American football player
J
- Sam Jaffe, American actor, teacher and engineer
- Sam Jaffe , American film producer, agent and studio executive
- Sam Johnson, American politician and U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot
- Sam E. Jonah, Ghanaian businessman
- Sam Jones, multiple people
K
- Sam Kasiano, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Sam Katz,, Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg
- Sam Katzman, American film producer and director
- Sam Keith, American author
- Sam Kendricks, American track and field athlete
- Sam Kennedy, multiple people
- Sam Kieth, American comic book writer and illustrator
- Sam Kinison, American stand-up comedian and actor
- Sam Knox, American football player
- Sam Kong, Hawaiian politician
- Sam Koch, American football punter
L
- Sam Lanin, American jazz bandleader
- Sam Leach, multiple people
- Sam Lee, multiple people
- Sam Little , English professional golfer
- Sam Lloyd, American character actor and musician
- Sam LoPresti, American ice hockey goaltender
- Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer and politician
M
- Sam Mac, Australian radio and television personality
- Sam Maceo, Sicilian-American businessman and organized crime boss
- Sam Mackinnon, former Australian basketball player
- Sam Manning, multiple people
- Sam Match, American tennis player
- Sam Mayes, Australian rules footballer
- Sam McCullum, American football wide receiver
- Sam McDowell, American baseball pitcher
- Sam McIntosh, Australian parathlete
- Sam McKendry, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Sam Mele, American baseball right fielder, manager, coach and scout
- Sam Mendes, English stage and film director
- Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and singer
- Sam Mitchell, multiple people
- Sam Moa, Tongan-New Zealand Rugby League player
- Sam Montgomery, American football player
- Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
- Sam Moskowitz, American science fiction writer, critic, and historian
- Sam Myhrman, Swedish Air Force major general
N
- Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
- Sam Newfield, American film director
- Sam Newman, Australian rules football player and television personality
- Sam Nixon, English singer and television presenter
- Sam Nogajski, Australian cricket umpire
- Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician from Georgia
O
- Sam Okyere, Ghanaian television personality
P
- Sam Paulescu, American football punter
- Sam Peckinpah, American filmmaker and screenwriter
- Sam Perrett, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Sam Perrin, American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter
- Sam Phillips, American record producer
- Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive
- Sam Posey, American racecar driver and sports broadcast journalist
- Sam Prekop, American rock/pop musician
- Sam C. Pointer, Jr., American attorney and federal judge
Q
- Sam Qualiana, American filmmaker and actor
- Sam Querrey, American tennis player
R
- Sam Raben, American soccer player
- Sam Raimi, American film director, producer, actor and writer
- Sam Rayburn, American politician from Texas
- Sam Rice, American baseball pitcher and right fielder
- Sam Riegel, American voice actor, writer and director
- Sam Rivers, American jazz musician and composer
- Sam Robards, American actor
- Sam Roberts, Canadian rock singer-songwriter
- Sam Robertson, Scottish actor
- Sam Rockwell, American actor
- Sam Roddick, British entrepreneur, founder of Coco de Mer
- Sam Rogers , American football player
- Sam Rosen, multiple people
- Sam Rothschild, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sam Russell, multiple people
- Sam Ryan, American sportscaster
S
- Sam Samore, American artist
- Sam Schachter, Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player
- Sam Schwartzstein, American football center
- Sam Sebo, American football fullback
- Sam Shaw, multiple people
- Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director
- Sam Shepherd, multiple people
- Sam Shilton, English football defender
- Sam S. Shubert, American producer and theatre owner and operator
- Sam Simmons, multiple people
- Sam Simon, American television producer and writer, developer of The Simpsons
- Sam Singer, American-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Bnei Herzliya
- Sam Sloman, American football player
- Sam Smith, multiple people
- Sam Snead, American professional golfer
- Sam Sneed, American producer and rapper
- Sam Sodje, Nigerian football defender
- Sam Sparro, Australian singer, songwriter, and producer
- Sam Spiegel Austrian-born American independent film producer
- Sam Sweeney, English folk musician
T
- Sam Tamburo, American football player
- Sam Tanenhaus, American historian, biographer, and journalist
- Sam Taylor-Johnson, English filmmaker, photographer and visual artist
- Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby league footballer
- Sam Thomas, multiple people
- Sam Tillen, English footballer
- Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer
- Sam Trammell, American actor
V
- Sam Vincent, multiple people
- Sam Virgo, Australian rules footballer
W
- Sam Walton, American businessman and entrepreneur
- Sam Walton , American football player
- Sam Wang, multiple people
- Sam Warburg, American tennis player
- Sam Warner, American film producer, co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios
- Sam Waterston, American actor, producer and director
- Sam Watson, multiple people
- Sam Watters, American songwriter and record producer
- Sam Webster, multiple people
- Sam Weir, multiple people
- Sam Weller, multiple people
- Sam Welsford, Australian racing cyclist
- Sam Whiteman, multiple people
- Sam Wilder, multiple people
- Sam Williams, multiple people
- Sam Winnall is an English footballer
- Sam Wood, American film director and producer
- Sam Worthington, Australian actor
- Sam Wright, multiple people
- Sam Wyly, American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist, and campaign contributor
Y
- Sam Yorty, American politician from California
- Sam Young, multiple people
- Sam Younger, British media and charity manager
Fictional characters
- Samantha Carter, in the TV show Stargate SG-1
- Samuel "Sam" Drake, from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Samuel "Sam", a character from '
- Sam Eagle, from The Muppet Show
- Sam Fisher, protagonist of the Splinter Cell video game series
- Sam Flusky, protagonist of the novel and film Under Capricorn
- Sam Flynn, protagonist of the film Tron: Legacy
- Samwise Gamgee, in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
- Samantha "Sam" Giddings, one of eight protagonist in the survival horror game Until Dawn
- Sam Gideon, the main character in Vanquish
- Sam Loomis, character in the novel and film Psycho
- Samantha "Sam" Manson, cartoon character in the TV series Danny Phantom
- Sam Puckett, in the TV show iCarly
- Sam Puckett, in the TV show Sam & Cat
- Samuel "Jetstream Sam" Rodrigues, a character in '
- Sam Seaborn, on the TV series The West Wing portrayed by Rob Lowe
- Sam Sharp, The Loud House character
- Sam Spade, protagonist in the novel and film The Maltese Falcon
- Samwell Tarly, in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice book series, and the TV show Game of Thrones adapted from the same series
- Sam Wilson, Marvel superhero the Falcon
- Sam Winchester, one of the two protagonists of the American drama television series Supernatural
- Sam Witwicky, protagonist of the first three Transformers films; portrayed by Shia LaBeouf
- Toucan Sam, cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Froot Loops breakfast cereal
- Uncle Sam, a personification of the United States government
- Yosemite Sam, a Looney Tunes character
- Sam, character in the film Casablanca
- Sam, onion farmer in the novel Holes and its film adaptation
- Sam, character in the novel and film The Magnificent Ambersons
- Sam, of the American comic character duo Sam & Max
- Sam-I-Am, a character in the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham
- Sam, main character in the French animated show Totally Spies!
- Sam, the title character in Fireman Sam
- Sam Lawton, the protagonist in Final Destination 5
- Pajama Sam, protagonist of the adventure series "Pajama Sam" by Humongous Entertainment