Sam (given name)
Sam is a unisex given name. It is often short for other names, such as Samuel or Samantha.
A
- Sam Abbas, Egyptian film producer and director
- Sam Adams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Adekugbe, Canadian soccer player
- Sam Albatros, Greek writer
- Sam Allardyce, English football manager and player
- Sam Altman, American entrepreneur
- Sam Anderson, American actor
- Sam Arday, Ghanaian football coach
- Sammy Arnold, English-born, Irish rugby player
B
- Sam Babcock, American football player
- Sam Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Balter, American basketball player
- Sam Bankman-Fried, American entrepreneur and suspected fraudster
- Sam Barkas, English football player and manager
- Sam Barlow (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Bass (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Beal, American football player
- Sam Beeton, British singer-songwriter and musician
- Sam Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Bith, Cambodian guerrilla commander and convicted murderer
- Sam Bohne, American 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Brownback, American politician from Kansas
- Sam Brunelli, American football player
- Sam Burgess, English rugby player
- Sam Bush, American bluegrass mandolin player
- Sam Buttrey, American game-show contestant and podcaster
C
- Sam Carey, American fugitive
- Sam Carlson, American baseball player
- Sam Carter (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Cassell, American basketball player and assistant coach
- Sam Chisholm, New Zealand-born media executive
- Sam Clark, Australian actor, singer and songwriter
- Sam Clay, American baseball player
- Sam Clemons, American football player
- Sam Cogan, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sam Collier, American advertising entrepreneur
- Sam Collins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Concepcion, Filipino singer
- Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
- Sam Coonrod, American baseball player
- Sam Cooper (American football), American football player
- Sam Coslow, American songwriter, singer and film producer
- Sam Cosmi, American football player
- Sam Crawford, American baseball player
- Sam Cunningham, American football player
D
- Sam Daly, American actor
- Sam Darnold, American football player
- Sam Dastyari, Iranian-born Australian politician from New South Wales
- Sam Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Davis, Confederate soldier and spy
- Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, actor, comedian and dancer
- Sam Day (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor
- Sam Delaplane, American baseball pitcher
- Sam Demel, American baseball pitcher
- Sam Denby, American YouTuber
- Sam Donaldson, American reporter and news anchor
- Sam Duncan, Irish football player
- Sam Dunell, Australian football player
E
- Sam Ehlinger, American football player
- 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 wrestler
- Sam Feldt, Dutch DJ and music producer
- Sam Peter Christopher Fernando, Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat, and politician
- Sam Fisher (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Fletcher (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Francis, American painter and printmaker
- Sam Franklin (American football), American football player
- Sam Fuld, American baseball player and manager
G
- Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sam Gargan (footballer), English football player
- Sam Gargan (politician), Canadian politician
- Sam George (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Giammalva, American tennis player
- Sam Giancana, Italian-American mobster, boss of the Chicago Outfit
- Sam Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Gilley, English boxer
- Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer
- Sam Gutowitz, American businessman, founder of the Sam Goody record store chain
H
- Sam Haggerty, American baseball player
- Sam Hanks, American racecar driver
- Sam Harding (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Harris, American author, neuroscientist and philosopher
- Sam Harrison (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Hartman, American football player
- Sam Hentges, American baseball player
- Sam Hentges (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
- Sam Heughan, Scottish actor
- Sam Hill (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Hilliard, American baseball player
- Sam Holmes (sailor), American sailor and YouTuber
- Sam Horn, American baseball player
- Sam Horn (American football), American football and baseball player
- Sam Hornish Jr., American stock car racing driver
- Sam Houser, English-American video game producer and developer
- Sam Houston, American politician and soldier
- Sam Howard, American baseball player
- Sam Howell, American football player
- Sam Huard, American football player
- Sam Hubbard, American football player
- Sam Huff, American football player
- Sam Huff (baseball), American baseball player
- Sam Hui, Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor
- Sam Hunt, American singer and songwriter
I
- Sam Iorio, American-Israeli basketball player
- Sam Irwin-Hill, American football player
J
- Sam Jackson (footballer), Liberian footballer
- Sam Jaffe, American actor, teacher and engineer
- Sam Jaffe (producer), American film producer, agent and studio executive
- Sam Johnson, American politician and U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot
- Sam Johnstone, English footballer
- Sam E. Jonah, Ghanaian businessman
- Sam Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
K
- Sam Kamara, American football player
- Sam Kasiano, New Zealand rugby 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Kerr, Australian football player
- Sam Kerr, Scottish football player
- Sam Khan Ilkhani Zafaranlu, leader of the Kurdish Zafaranlu tribe and ruler of the town of Quchan
- 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 player
L
- Sam Landry, American softball player
- Sam Lanin, American jazz bandleader
- Sam LaPorta, American football player
- Sam Leach (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Lee (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Little (golfer), English professional golfer
- Sam Lloyd, American character actor and musician
- Sam Long (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam LoPresti, American ice hockey goaltender
- Sam Low, American businessman and politician from Washington State
- Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer and politician
M
- Sam Mac, Australian radio and television personality
- Sam Macaroni, American actor, film director, and writer
- Sam Maceo, Sicilian-American businessman and organized crime boss
- Sam Mackinnon, Australian basketball player
- Sam Manekshaw, Indian Army officer
- Sam Mangubat, Filipino singer
- Sam Manning (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Match, American tennis player
- Sam Mayes, Australian rules footballer
- Sam McCullum, American football player
- Sam McDowell, American baseball pitcher
- Sam McIntosh, Australian parathlete
- Sam McKendry, New Zealand rugby player
- Sam Mele, American baseball player, manager, coach and scout
- Sam Mendes, English stage and film director
- Sam Mewis, American soccer player
- Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and singer
- Sam Mirza, Safavid prince and poet in 16th-century Iran
- Sam Mitchell (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Moa, Tongan-New Zealand rugby player
- Sam Moll, American baseball player
- Sam Montgomery, American football player
- Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
- Sam Moskowitz, American science fiction writer, critic, and historian
- Sam Mustipher, American football player
- Sam Myhrman, Swedish Air Force general
- Sam Mvimbi, South African field hockey player
N
- Sam Nakagama, Japanese businessman and economist
- 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 Noakes, English boxer
- Sam Nogajski, Australian cricket umpire
- Sam Nordquist, American murder victim
- Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician from Georgia
O
- Sam Okuayinonu, Liberian-American football player
- Sam Okyere, Ghanaian television personality
P
- Sam Paulescu, American football punter
- Sam Pease, English-born New Zealand author, television presenter, journalist and television host
- Sam Peckinpah, American filmmaker and screenwriter
- Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby player
- Sam Perrin, American 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 Presti, American basketball manager
- Sam C. Pointer Jr., American attorney and 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 Register, American television producer and businessman
- Sam Rice, American baseball pitcher and right fielder
- Sam Riegel, American voice actor, writer and director
- Sam Rivers (jazz musician), American jazz musician and composer
- Sam Robards, American actor
- Sam Roberts (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Robertson, Scottish actor
- Sam Rockwell, American actor
- Sam Roddick, British entrepreneur, founder of Coco de Mer
- Sam Rogers (fullback), American football player
- Sam Rosen (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Rothschild, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sam Russell (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Ryan, American sportscaster
S
- Sam Samore, American artist
- Sam Schachter, Canadian beach volleyball player
- Sam Schwartzstein, American football player
- Sam Scott, New Zealand director
- Sam Sebo, American football player
- Sam Selman, American baseball player
- Sam Shaw (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Sheedy, English professional boxer
- Sam Shendi Egyptian-born British sculptor
- Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director
- Sam Shepherd (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Shilton, English footballer
- Sam S. Shubert, American producer and theatre owner and operator
- Sam Simmons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Simon, American television producer and writer, developer of The Simpsons
- Sam Singer, American animator and animation producer
- Sam Singer (basketball), American-Israeli basketball player
- Sam Sloma, English football player
- Sam Sloman, American football player
- Sam Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Snead, American golfer
- Sam Sneed, American producer and rapper
- Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
- Sam Sparro, Australian singer, songwriter, and producer
- Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born American independent film producer
- Sam Sullivan, Canadian politician
- 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 Tecklenburg, American football player
- Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby footballer
- Sam Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Tillen, English footballer
- Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer
- Sam Trammell, American actor
V
- Sam Vincent (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Virgo, Australian footballer
W
- Sam Walton, American businessman and entrepreneur
- Sam Walton (American football), American football player
- Sam Wang (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Warburg, American tennis player
- Sam Warner, American film producer, co-founder and CEO of Warner Bros. Studios
- Sam Waterston, American actor, producer and director
- Sam Watson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Watters, American songwriter and record producer
- Sam Weaver, English footballer
- Sam Weaver (baseball), American baseball player
- Sam Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Webster (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Weir (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Weller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Welsford, Australian racing cyclist
- Sam Whiteman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Wiglusz, American football player
- Sam Wilder (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Winnall, English footballer
- Sam Witwer, American actor
- Sam Wood, American film director and producer
- Sam Worthington, Australian actor
- Sam Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Wyly, American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist, and campaign contributor
Y
- Sam Yorty, American politician from California
- Sam Young (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Younger, British media and charity manager
Z
- Sam Zell, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist
- Sam Zvibleman, American television writer
Fictional characters
- Lawyer Sam, a character from the 1985 American drama television series Hell Town
- Long Sam, American comic strip character
- Yosemite Sam and Sam Sheepdog, two Looney Tunes characters
- Maggie & Sam, two Woody Woodpecker characters
- Cavity Sam, a patient man from HASBRO's Operation
- Sam, a character in the 1988 American drama film Another Woman
- Sam, a character in the 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film Benny & Joon
- Sam, a character in the 1997 American drama television film Deep Family Secrets
- Sam, a character in the 2000 American fantasy-comedy TV film Life-Size
- Sam, a character is a 2000 American romantic comedy film Enemies of Laughter
- Sam, a character in the American 2009 comedy television film Mr. Troop Mom
- Sam, a character from Zip Zip
- Sam, a character in the 2016 American workplace teen comedy film Hickey
- Sam, one of the two main characters in the 2022 American comedy film Sam & Kate
- Sam, a character in the 2023 independent film Close to You
- Sam Alexander, Marvel Comics character also known as Nova
- Sam Bains, a character from the film Back to the Future
- Sam Brown, a character in the 2004 American animated Western musical comedy film Home on the Range
- Sam Cahill, a character from the 2009 film Brothers
- Samantha Carter, in the TV show Stargate SG-1
- Sam Crenshaw, a character in the 1980s Canadian children's television program Today's Special
- Samuel "Sam" Drake, from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Sam Porter Bridges, the protagonist of Death Stranding
- Samuel "Sam", a character from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
- Sam Eagle, from The Muppet Show
- Sam Emerson, a character from the film The Lost Boys
- Sam Evans, a character in the TV series Glee
- Sam Fisher, protagonist of the Splinter Cell video game series
- Sam Flagg, a character in the TV series M*A*S*H
- 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 Gillman, a younger boy from Ruby Gillman
- Sam Guthrie, Marvel Comics character also known as Cannonball
- Sam Hell, the main character in the 1988 and 1993 American science fiction action films Hell Comes to Frogtown and Return to Frogtown
- Sam Jones, main character in Welsh children's show Fireman Sam
- Samantha "Sam" Kanisky, a character on the American television sitcom Gimme a Break
- Detective Sam Keith, a character from the 1980 New Zealand docu-drama feature film Beyond Reasonable Doubt
- Sam Klieber, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film Adam
- Sam Loomis, character in the novel and film Psycho
- Sam Malone, character on the American sitcom television series Cheers
- Samantha "Sam" Manson, cartoon character in the TV series Danny Phantom
- Sam Maris, a character in the 1990 American comedy film Ski Patrol
- Sam McKinney, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
- Samantha "Sam" Micelli, a character in the TV show Who's the Boss?
- Samantha "Sam" Milano, a character in the TV sitcom Step by Step
- Samantha "Sam" Montgomery, in the film A Cinderella Story
- Samantha "Sam" Moore, a character in the 1989 action film No Holds Barred
- Sam Puckett, in the TV show iCarly and Sam & Cat
- Samuel "Jetstream Sam" Rodrigues, a character in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Sam Seaborn, on the TV series The West Wing portrayed by Rob Lowe
- Sam Sharp, a Louds character
- Sam Smythe, a character played by Les Lye in the 1983 Nickelodeon production UFO Kidnapped
- Sam Snow, a character in The Creature Cases
- Sam Spade, protagonist in the novel and film The Maltese Falcon, created by Dashiell Hammett
- Sam Sparks, a character in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
- Sam Sullivan, character in The 5th Wave
- 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 Tucker, a character in the 1937 British musical film Song of the Forge
- Sam Uley, a character in the novel and film Twilight
- Sam Vimes, is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Sam Waldron, character from Postman Pat
- Sam Wilson, Marvel superhero also known as Falcon and Captain America
- * Sam Wilson (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the primary film/television adaptation of the character
- 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
- Sam, a character in the film Casablanca
- Sam, a bartender in the comic book series Kingsman: The Red Diamond
- Sam, an onion farmer in the novel Holes and its film adaptation
- Sam, a 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 (Totally Spies), main character in the French animated show Totally Spies!
- Sam Lawton, the protagonist in Final Destination 5
- Pajama Sam, protagonist of the adventure series "Pajama Sam" by Humongous Entertainment
- Peter Sam and Sam, two locomotives from Thomas & Friends
- Sam, the title character on Sam and Friends
- SAM or S.A.M., a character from The Outer Worlds
- Sam, the teenage girl from ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs''