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1670 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 26 of 28.

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Steve ClarkeGBScotland head coach since 2019; guided the team to their first World Cup in 28 years.
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Steve CohenUSTennessee Democrat; 9th District eliminated by post-Callais map signed 7 May 2026; sat since 2007.
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Steve DainesUSRepublican Montana Senator who withdrew from the 2026 Senate primary, creating the state's first open seat since 1976.
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Steve DicksonAUFormer Queensland MP and former Queensland leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
Steven GerrardGBFormer England and Liverpool captain; 114 caps; benchmark figure in England's 2026 squad debates.
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Steve PlattsUSNASA chief scientist who controls crew radiation data release for Artemis missions.
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Steve ReedGBHousing Secretary until at least July 2026; Angela Rayner held the post by September 2026.
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Steve WitkoffUSUS Special Envoy for Peace, leading Trump's talks with Russia, Ukraine and Iran.
Stuart PriorGBFormer Reform UK councillor; elected to Essex CC and Rochford on 7 May 2026, expelled and resigned both seats within four days after racist posts surfaced.
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Subrahmanyam JaishankarINIndia's External Affairs Minister; chaired the 14-15 May 2026 BRICS foreign ministers meeting hosting Araghchi and Lavrov.
Suerie MoonCHCo-director of the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute; a leading academic on global health governance and benefit-sharing regimes.
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Suhail Mohamed al-MazroueiAEUAE Minister of Energy since 2017; orchestrated the country's OPEC exit on 1 May 2026.
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Suhas SubramanyamUSRanking member of the House Oversight Committee's military and foreign affairs subcommittee.
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Sultan Al JaberAEADNOC CEO and UAE climate envoy who framed Hormuz passage as subject to Iranian political leverage.
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Sultan Haitham bin TariqOMSultan of Oman since 2020; maintained Oman's back-channel role between Iran and the West during the 2026 Hormuz conflict.
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Sundar PichaiUSAlphabet and Google CEO; raised 2026 capex guidance to $195-205bn amid AI compute demand.
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Susan CollinsUSRepublican senator from Maine; Senate Appropriations chair who crossed party lines on Iran war-powers and Cuba votes in 2026.
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Susan DeckerUSFormer Yahoo president and CFO; joined Nscale board in March 2026 alongside Sandberg and Clegg.
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Sydney Kamlager-DoveCalifornia US Representative who led congressional push for lower World Cup ticket prices.
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Sylvester TurnerUSFormer Houston mayor and TX-18 congressman; died February 2026, triggering special election.
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Tag GreasonUSCo-chief executive of QTS Realty Trust.
Tahir AndrabiPKSpokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in post during 2026 Iran-US shuttle diplomacy.
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Tahmina SaleemGBLabour councillor for Biscot who led Luton Borough Council from May to September 2026.
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Takashi HamadaJPJapan's Deputy-Chief of Mission to the EU; delivered 'View from Beyond Europe' keynote coordinating Tokyo's digital sovereignty with Brussels.
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Tamás SulyokHUHungarian President since March 2024; designated Péter Magyar as PM-designate after Orbán's defeat.
Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniQAEmir of Qatar since 2013; Gulf's principal US-Iran mediator and custodian of frozen Iranian assets.
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Tammy DuckworthUSUS Democratic Senator from Illinois. Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient. Co-sponsor of the 18 March War Powers Resolution on Iran.
Tanjore Sunilkumar SrinivasINIndian national OFAC-designated 15 April 2026 for facilitating Iranian oil exports through Shamkhani network.
Tarik MuharemovicBATarik Muharemovic is a Bosnian defender who was sent off during Bosnia-Herzegovina's 4-1 defeat to Switzerland on 18 June 2026.
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Tate ReevesUSMississippi Governor; called extraordinary legislative session on 5 May 2026 to redraw maps using Callais freedoms.
Teboho MokoenaZATeboho Mokoena is a South African midfielder who scored an 83rd-minute penalty to earn South Africa a 1-1 draw with Czechia on 18 June 2026.
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Ted ChaibanLBUNICEF Deputy Executive Director translating Lebanon's child death toll into images the world cannot ignore.
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Ted CruzUSRepublican US senator for Texas since 2013; chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
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Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusETWHO Director-General; declared Bundibugyo PHEIC and managing Iran conflict's disruption to global health logistics.
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Ted SarandosUSNetflix co-chief executive since 2020; formerly the company's long-serving chief content officer.
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Teresa Leger FernandezUSUS Representative for New Mexico who visited Havana in July 2026 and urged Cuba sanctions relief.
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Teresa RiberaESEC Executive Vice-President for competition; announced Google's first DMA fine, 23 July 2026.
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Tessa MarshallGBWelsh Green candidate who publicly criticised Plaid Cymru as not a left-wing party.
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Tess LazaroPHPhilippines Foreign Secretary who secured bilateral Hormuz passage deal with Iran in 2026.
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Thapelo MasekoZAThapelo Maseko is a South African international midfielder who scored the 63rd-minute winner against South Korea on 24 June 2026.
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Tharman ShanmugaratnamSGPresident of Singapore since 2023.
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Themba ZwaneZASouth Africa captain whose silent, upheld ban contrasts with FIFA's reversal of Folarin Balogun's suspension.
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Theo FranckenBEBelgian Defence Minister who redirected BNS Primula to the Hormuz coalition in May 2026.
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Thiago SilvaBRThiago Silva is a Brazilian centre-back with 113 international caps, the second-most-capped Brazilian in history, cut from Ancelotti's World Cup squad.
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Thibaut CourtoisBEBelgium captain and Real Madrid goalkeeper, one of the world's leading keepers.
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Thomas GleesonUSChair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
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Thomas H. DavenportUSBabson College and MIT research fellow; co-authored the HBR finding that only 2% of AI-citing layoffs followed actual deployment.
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Thomas MassieKentucky 4th libertarian Republican; branded the Pentagon's war rename 'an absurd ruse' on 26 July.
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Thomas ParteyGHGhana captain and former Arsenal midfielder; barred from Canada on pending UK sexual-offence charges.
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Thomas RabeBertelsmann CEO since 2012, overseeing RTL Group across European television markets.
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Thomas SchellingUSNobel-laureate American economist whose costly-signalling theory frames analysis of Trump's Iran rhetoric.
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Thomas SchroederUSUS district judge in the Middle District of North Carolina.
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Thomas TuchelDEGerman manager of England national team; dropped Alexander-Arnold, sparking major controversy.
Thomas WolfFRCo-founder and CSO of Hugging Face; French AI researcher and open-source ML advocate.
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Thom TillisUSRepublican US senator for North Carolina, not standing for re-election in 2026.
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Tillman SchenkResearch Analyst at Bruegel, the Brussels economics think tank, focused on AI and digital infrastructure.
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Tilly NorwoodUSAI-generated digital performer; namesake of SAG-AFTRA's proposed AI royalty demand.
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Tim Clement-JonesGBLiberal Democrat member of the House of Lords who speaks on digital policy.
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Tim CookUSApple's executive chairman since September 2026; chief executive from 2011 to 2026.
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Tim HawkinsUSUS Navy captain serving as spokesperson for US Central Command.