Famous People with Name Sidney

Sidney Wilfred Mintz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Wilfred Mintz: is an anthropologist best known for his studies of Latin America and the Caribbean. Mintz studied at Brooklyn College (now Brooklyn College of the City of New York) gaining his B.A in 1943. He got his doctoral degree from Columbia University under the supervision of Julian Steward and Ruth Benedict. Mintz was one of a group of students who developed around Steward and Benedict. Many prominent anthropologists such as Marvin Harris, Eric Wolf, Morton Fried, Stanley Diamond, and Robert F. Murphy were among this group.

Sidney Charles Hudson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Charles Hudson: is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1940-1942, 1946-1952) and Boston Red Sox (1952-1954). He batted and threw right handed.In a 12-season career, Hudson posted a 104-152 record with 734 strikeouts and a 4.28 ERA in 2181.0 innings pitched. Following his pitching career, he scouted for the Red Sox from 1955 through 1960, then joined the expansion edition of the Senators in 1961 as the team's first pitching coach. He spent three different terms (1961-65; 1968-72; 1976-78) in that role, and — in between those assignments — also was a minor league pitching instructor for Washington and, after 1972, its successor franchise, the Texas Rangers.

Sidney Walker,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Walker,: was an American lightweight boxer, he was a world champion twice. One of the most popular fighters during the war years, he headlined at Madison Square Garden on 21 occasions, a record that still stands.

Sidney Gottlieb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Gottlieb: was an American military psychiatrist and chemist probably best-known for his involvement with the Central Intelligence Agency's mind control program MKULTRA.Sidney was born in the Bronx under the name Joseph Schneider. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. A stutterer from childhood, Gottlieb got a master's degree in speech therapy. He also had a club foot, but this did not stop him from practicing folk dancing, a lifelong passion.

Sidney K. Meier            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney K. Meier: Sid Meier founded MicroProse together with Bill Stealey in 1982. At MicroProse, Meier developed the game series for which he is most widely recognized, Civilization, although he designed only the first installment. Meier eventually left MicroProse and in 1996 founded Firaxis Games along with veteran designer and gaming executive Jeff Briggs. Today Firaxis makes strategy games, many of which are follow-ups to classic Meier titles, such as Civilization IV and Pirates!.

Sylvia Sidney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Sidney: was an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress.During the Depression, Sidney appeared in a string of films, often playing the girlfriend or the sister of a gangster. She appeared opposite such heavyweight screen idols as Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Fredric March, George Raft (a frequent screen partner), and Cary Grant. Among her films from this period were: An American Tragedy, City Streets and Street Scene (all 1931), Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage and Fritz Lang's Fury (both 1936),

Sir Philip Sidney            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sir Philip Sidney: became one of the Elizabethan Age's most prominent figures. Famous in his day in England as a poet, courtier and soldier, he remains known as the author of Astrophel and Stella (1581, pub. 1591), The Defence of Poetry (or An Apology for Poetry, 1581, pub.