List of Famous people named Sidney

Similar names: Sydney. Here are some famous Sidneys:

Sidney Powell

First Name Sidney
Last Name Powell
Born on May 1, 1955 (age 70)

Sidney Katherine Powell is an American attorney and former federal prosecutor, best known for her promotion of conspiracy theories in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.

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Sidney Crosby

First Name Sidney
Last Name Crosby
Born on August 7, 1987 (age 37)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Sidney Patrick Crosby is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed "The Next One," Crosby was selected first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.

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Sidney Poitier

First Name Sidney
Last Name Poitier
Born on February 20, 1927
Died on January 6, 2022 (aged 94)
Born in The Bahamas
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian-American retired actor, film director, and ambassador. In 1964, Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor becoming the first black male and Afro-Bahamian actor to win that award. He is the oldest living and earliest surviving Best Actor Academy Award winner. From 1997 to 2007, he served as the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan.

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Sidney Blumenthal

First Name Sidney
Last Name Blumenthal
Born on November 6, 1948 (age 76)

Sidney Stone Blumenthal is an American journalist and political operative.

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Sidney Lumet

First Name Sidney
Last Name Lumet
Born on June 25, 1924
Died on April 9, 2011 (aged 86)

Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), and The Verdict (1982) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Prince of the City (1981). He did not win an individual Academy Award, but did receive an Academy Honorary Award, and 14 of his films were nominated for Oscars, including Network, which was nominated for ten and won four.

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Sidney Reilly

First Name Sidney
Last Name Reilly
Born on March 24, 1873
Died on November 5, 1925 (aged 52)
Spy

Sidney George Reilly —known as "Ace of Spies"—was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS). He is alleged to have spied for at least four different great powers, and documentary evidence indicates that he was involved in espionage activities in 1890s London among Russian émigré circles, in Manchuria on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), and in an abortive 1918 coup d'état against Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik government in Moscow.

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Sidney Magal

First Name Sidney
Last Name Magal
Born on June 19, 1953 (age 72)

Sidney Magal, artistic name Sidney Magalhães, is a Brazilian singer, dancer and actor.

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Sidney Dorsey

First Name Sidney
Last Name Dorsey
Born on February 23, 1940 (age 85)

Sidney Dorsey is an American former law enforcement officer who served as Sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia from 1996 to 2000. Dorsey was the first African-American to serve as sheriff of DeKalb County. When he was defeated in a 2000 runoff election by challenger Derwin Brown, he arranged the murder of Brown.

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Sidney Sam

First Name Sidney
Last Name Sam
Born on January 31, 1988 (age 37)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Sidney Sam is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Turkish club Antalyaspor. He is known for his explosive speed and dribbling style.

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Sidney Luft

First Name Sidney
Last Name Luft
Born on November 2, 1915
Died on September 15, 2005 (aged 89)

Michael Sidney Luft was an American show business figure, the second husband of actress Lynn Bari and later the third husband of actress and singer Judy Garland.

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