Samuel Beckett | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Samuel Johnson | Samuel Pepys | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel R. Delany | Samuel Barber | Samuel Goldwyn | Samuel | Samuel Alito | Samuel Butler | Samuel Ramey | Samuel Morse | Samuel Gompers | Samuel de Champlain | John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich | Samuel Sewall | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Samuel Richardson | Samuel Hill | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Purchas | Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood | Samuel Foote | Samuel Butler (novelist) | Samuel Sánchez | Samuel Rogers | Samuel Rivera | Samuel Pierpont Langley | Samuel J. Tilden |
The original benefactors (who wished to remain anonymous) had been partners in the City of London banking business known as Samuel Montagu & Co., founded in 1853 by Mr. Samuel Montagu, who later took into partnership a Mr. Franklin.