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Famous People Named Sidney
Take a look at famous people named Sidney, such as Sidney Altman, Sidney Crosby, and Sidney Leslie Goodwin.
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Sidney Poitier
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- Best Actor Oscar Winners
Sidney Poitier
Film Actor, Filmmaker / 1927 -
Sidney Poitier became the first black Academy Award winner in 1964, receiving the honor for his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963).
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Paddy Chayefsky
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- Famous People Named Sidney
- Famous Screenwriters
Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright, Screenwriter / 1923 - 1981
Broadway playwright Pddy Chayefsky picked up two Academy Awards for his films The Hospital and Network.
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Sidney Crosby
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- Famous Hockey Players
- Famous People Named Sidney
Sidney Crosby
Hockey Player / 1987 -
Sidney Crosby is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 2007, he became the youngest captain of a National Hockey League team.
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Sidney Leslie Goodwin
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- Titanic Passengers
- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
- Famous Virgoans
Sidney Leslie Goodwin
1910 - 1912
Sidney Leslie Goodwin died as a small child in the sinking of the Titanic, with his identity being discovered almost a century later via DNA analysis.
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Sidney Sheldon
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- Best Screenplay Oscar Winners
- Famous Aquarians
- Famous People Named Sidney
Sidney Sheldon
Author, Screenwriter / 1917 - 2007
Sidney Sheldon was a best-selling novelist who won Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards for his work on the stage and screen.
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Sidney Altman
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Taureans
- Famous Biologists
Sidney Altman
Academic, Biologist / 1939 -
Sidney Altman is a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian-American molecular biologist.
profile name: Sidney Poitier profile occupation: Film Actor, Filmmaker
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profile name: Sidney Crosby profile occupation: Hockey Player
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profile name: Sidney Leslie Goodwin profile occupation:
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profile name: Paddy Chayefsky profile occupation: Playwright, Screenwriter
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profile name: Sidney Sheldon profile occupation: Author, Screenwriter
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profile name: Sidney Altman profile occupation: Academic, Biologist
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