| SIDNEYPOITIER | The first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, in 1964 (6,7) |
| POITIER | Sidney _, the first black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor (7) |
| SIDNEY | Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor |
| MAHERSHALAALI | First Muslim actor to win an Academy Award |
| CHRISTIANBALE | Actor who won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for the film Vice: 2 wds. |
| ASHE | As he became the first black person to win the US, Wimbledon and Australian tennis championships |
| CATEBLANCHETT | Only person to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar-winning actress |
| GIBSON | Althea _, tennis player who was the first black person to win a Grand Slam title (6) |
| BUNCHE | Ralph _, UN diplomat and first black person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 (6) |
| ATWELL | Winifred _, the first black person to have a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart (6) |
| WINIFREDATWELL | The first black person to have a No 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart |
| GEORGECLOONEY | He won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in 2000 (6,7) |
| JAVIERBARDEM | The first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award (6,6) |
| ONEAL | Youngest person ever to win an Academy Award (she won it for Paper Moon), Tatum ... |
| MCDANIEL | Hattie _, the first African American to win an Academy Award (8) |
| BRYANCRANSTON | Breaking Bad actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| FRANKLANGELLA | Superman Returns actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| JANNINGS | The Last Command actor Emil ___ who won the first Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 |
| RODSTEIGER | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night (3,7) |
| NEWMAN | Paul ___ actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the movie The Color of Money in 1986 |
