Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.
Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of June 2012, these donations exceeded $330 million.
Read more about Paul Newman: Early Life, Philanthropy, Marriages and Family, Political Activism, Auto Racing, Illness and Death, Additional Awards and Honors, Published Work
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“Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience.”
—Paul Newman (b. 1925)
“Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
—Jean Paul Richter (1763–1825)
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—Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890)