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Sidney Poitier

1927 - 2022

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Sidney Poitier ( PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Poitier is the 208th most popular actor (up from 251st in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from United States (up from 486th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Actor.

Sidney Poitier is most famous for being the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sidney Poitier ranks 208 out of 13,578. Before him are Olivia Newton-John, Chris Cooper, Alec Guinness, Ornella Muti, Sandra Bullock, and Julia Roberts. After him are Anita Ekberg, David Prowse, Faye Dunaway, John Saxon, Fred Astaire, and Eddie Fisher.

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Among people born in 1927, Sidney Poitier ranks 19. Before him are Kim Young-sam, Robert Shaw, Vladimir Komarov, Turgut Özal, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Ram Narayan. After him are Antônio Carlos Jobim, Angelo Sodano, László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Maurice Béjart, and Manfred Eigen. Among people deceased in 2022, Sidney Poitier ranks 22. Before him are Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mahsa Amini, Vivienne Westwood, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Olivia Newton-John. After him are Madeleine Albright, Marsha Hunt, Angelo Sodano, Monica Vitti, José Eduardo dos Santos, and Fidel Ramos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Poitier ranks 481 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Herbert (1920), Sandra Bullock (1964), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Julia Roberts (1967), Edith Wilson (1872), and Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889). After him are Paul Samuelson (1915), J. J. Cale (1938), Clifford Shull (1915), John Bardeen (1908), Susan Sontag (1933), and Chuck Berry (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sidney Poitier ranks 106. Before him are Eli Wallach (1915), Angelina Jolie (1975), Oliver Hardy (1892), Chris Cooper (1951), Sandra Bullock (1964), and Julia Roberts (1967). After him are Faye Dunaway (1941), John Saxon (1935), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), Gene Kelly (1912), and Jessica Lange (1949).

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