Famous People with Name Sidney

Sidney Green            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Green: is a retired American basketball player and coach.A 6'9" forward/center, Green was an All-American selection at UNLV before being selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (5th pick overall) of the 1983 NBA Draft. In his ten-year NBA career, he played for the Bulls, the Detroit Pistons, the New York Knicks, the Orlando Magic, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Charlotte Hornets. He retired in 1993 with 5,080 career points and 4,128 career rebounds.

Sidney Hertzberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sidney Hertzberg: was a former pro basketball player. He was a member of the original New York Knickerbockers, playing for them in 1946/1947 and 1947/1948. He later became the leading scorer of the Boston Celtics in 1949/1950.

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.

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.