Famous People with Name Sidney

Sidney Joseph Perelman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Joseph Perelman: was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker; he also wrote for several other magazines, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays.

Sidney Lowe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Lowe: is a current college basketball head coach at North Carolina State University, former NBA basketball player and coach.Lowe began his career at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He played collegiate ball at North Carolina State University. He was the point guard for the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA National Championship team that is heralded for its Cinderella run under legendary head coach Jim Valvano. Lowe was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 1st pick of the second round in the 1983 NBA Draft. He played a total of four seasons in the NBA, for five different teams. He is one of only four NC State coaches to coach in the ACC Championship in their first year.

Sidney Sid Gillman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Sid Gillman: was an American football coach and innovator. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, made football into the modern game that it is today.

Sidney Wicks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Wicks: is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the NBA from 1971 to 1981. He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California, but because of poor grades in high school, he had to go to Santa Monica Junior College for a year until he could go to his preferred university, UCLA. (Ironically, Wicks was later to earn Academic All-America honors at UCLA in 1971.) A 6'8" power forward/center, Wicks was a star at UCLA, leading the Bruins to three straight NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships from 1969 to 1971, and being named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four in 1970. The Portland Trail Blazers then selected Wicks with the second pick of the 1971 NBA Draft, and after averaging 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds, Wicks was named NBA Rookie of the Year.

Sidney Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Wood: was an American male tennis player.Wood was born in Black Rock, Connecticut. He is the third youngest winner of the Wimbledon Championships, which he won in 1931 at the age of 19. He also reached the finals of the Davis Cup in 1934. He is the father of David, Colin, Sidney II and W. Godfrey Wood, and he now lives in Southampton, NY and Palm Beach, Florida.

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.