Sid is a nickname deriving from (and hypocorism for) the given name Sidney, Siddhartha, Sidonia, Siddiq or Sidra, though it is also used by people with other given names.
Notable people
A Sid Abel (1918–2000), Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League Sid Abramowitz (born 1960), former American football player Sid Akins (born 1962), American former professional baseball pitcher Sid Ahmed Aouadj (born 1991), Algerian footballer Sid Applebaum (1924–2016), American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods Sid Armour, Canadian make-up artist Sid Atkinson (1901–1977), South African athlete Sid C. Attard (born 1950), Maltese-born Canadian thoroughbred horse racing trainer Sid Avery (1918–2002), American photographer and director
B Sid Barnes (1916–1973), Australian cricketer and cricket writer Sid Barras (born 1948), English former professional road racing cyclist Sid Barron (1917–2006), Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist Sid Bass (1913–1993), American songwriter and orchestra leader Sid Bass (born 1942), American billionaire investor and philanthropist Sid Bedford (1897–1958), English professional footballer Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci (1950–2024), Algerian football manager and former player
Sid Bennett (director), British film and television director, producer, and writer Sid Benton (1894–1977), Major League Baseball pitcher Sid Bernstein (impresario) (1918–2013), American music producer and promoter
Sid Beton (1895–1972), English cricketer Sid Bevan (1877–1933), Welsh rugby union player Sid Bidewell (1918–2003), English professional footballer and manager Sid Binks (1899–1978), English footballer Sid Bishop (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1949), English footballer Sid Bishop (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2020), English footballer Sid Blackhall (born 1945), English former professional footballer Sid Blackie (1899–1966), English footballer and rugby player Sid Blanks (1942–2021), American professional football player Sid Bobb (born 1980), Canadian actor and television presenter Sid Borgia (1917–1999), American professional basketball referee Sid Ali Boudina (born 1990), Algerian rower Sid Bowser (1891–1961), English footballer Sid Boyling (1914–2006), Canadian broadcaster Sid Boyum (1914–1991), American industrial photographer, sculptor and graphic artist Sid Bradley (born 1936), British academic, author and specialist Sid Bream (born 1960), American baseball player Sid Brews (1899–1972), South African golfer Sid Brod (1899–1955), American assistant director, producer and screenwriter
Sid Burgon (born 1936), British comics artist Sid Burrows (born 1964), Northern Irish retired footballer Sid Burston (born 1959), American actor
C Sid Caesar (1922–2014), American actor and comedian
Sid Carroll (cricketer) (1922–1984), Australian cricketer
Sid Castle (1892–1978), English professional footballer Sid Catlett (1910–1951), American jazz drummer Sid Catlett (1948–2017), American basketball player, son of above Sid Catlin (born 1949), former Australian rules footballer Sid Cavendish (1876–1954), English professional footballer
Sid Chaplin (1916–1986), English writer Sid Check (1930–2002), American comic book artist Sid Clewlow (1919–1989), English footballer Sid Colin (1915–1989), English scriptwriter Sid Collins (broadcaster) (1922–1977), American sportscaster
Sid Conlon (1898–1950), Australian rules footballer Sid Conrad (1923–2010), American television character actor Sid Corfield (1883–1941), English footballer Sid Couchey (1919–2012), American comic book artist Sid Cramp, Australian politician Sid Crowl (1888–1971), English professional footballer
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Sid Davis (1916–2006), American director and producer Sid Deane (1885–1967), foundation Australian rugby league player Sid Diamond (born 1986), New Zealand rapper Sid Dickens (born 1963), Canadian artist Sid Dinsdale (born 1952), American banker Sid Dockendorff (1908–2005), Australian rules footballer Sid Domic (born 1975), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
Sid Dutchak (born 1950), Canadian lawyer, consultant and former political figure
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Sid Elliott (1915–1986), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Emery (1885–1967), Australian cricketer Sid Espinosa (born 1972), American businessman and politician Sid Eudy (1960–2024), American retired professional wrestler known as "Sycho" Sid Vicious/Justice
F Sid Farrar (1859–1935), American professional baseball infielder Sid Feller (1916–2006), American conductor and arranger Sid Fernandez (born 1962), American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher Sid Ferris (1908–1993), English long-distance cyclist Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi (1967–2022), Algerian politician Sid Field (1904–1950), English comedy entertainer Sid Field (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Finney (1929–2009), Northern Irish-born Canadian professional ice hockey centre Sid Flanagan (1909–1990), American politician Sid Fleischman (1920–2010), American author Sid Fournet (1932–2011), American collegiate and professional American football player Sid French (1920–1979), British communist activist and organiser Sid Freudenstein (born 1945), American gymnast
G Sid Ganis (born 1940), American motion picture executive and producer Sid Gautreaux (1912–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher Sid Gepford (1895–1924), American football player Sid Ahmed Ghozali (1937–2025), Algerian politician, Prime Minister of Algeria from 1991 to 1992 Sid Gillman (1911–2003), American football player and coach Sid Gilman (born 1932), American neurologist Sid Going (1943–2024), New Zealand former rugby union footballer Sid Goodwin (1914–1980), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Gordon (1917–1975), American baseball player Sid Grauman (1879–1950), American theatre impresario Sid Graves (1901–1983), Major League Baseball outfielder Sid Gray (born 1942), English professor Sid Greene (1906–1972), American comic book artist Sid Griffin (born 1955), American-born British singer, songwriter, guitarist-mandolinist, bandleader, and author Sid Griffiths, Welsh wrestler Sid Grossman (1913–1955), American photographer, teacher, and social activist Sid Gueran (1916–1944), English footballer
H Sid Hadden (1877–1934), English cricketer Sid Haig (1939–2019), American actor Sid Handleman (1921–1988), Canadian politician Sid J. Hare (1860–1938), American landscape architect Sid Harkreader (1898–1988), American old-time fiddle player and string band leader Sid Harle, American judge and Republican politician Sid Harris (1906–1965), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Harrold (born 1895), English footballer Sid Hartman (1920–2020), American sports journalist Sid Harvey, Australian rugby union player Sid Hatfield (1893–1921), American police Chief, mining union activist Sid Hawley (1909–1971), English professional footballer Sid Hearn (1899–1963), English first-class cricketer Sid G. Hedges (1897–1974), British writer Sid Helliwell (1904–1939), English professional footballer Sid Hemphill (1876–1963), American blues multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Sid Hird (1910–1980), Australian cricketer Sid Hoad (1890–1973), English professional footballer Sid Hobson (born 1917), Australian former professional rugby league footballer Sid Hood (1933–2006), English professional snooker player Sid Hudson (1915–2008), starting pitcher in Major League Baseball Sid Hurst (1918–2016), New Zealand farmer
I Sid Ahmed Inal (1931–1956), Algerian Martyr Sid Ireland (1886–1964), English professional footballer
J Sid Jacobson (1929–2022), American writer Sid James (1913–1976), South African-born English film and television actor Sid Jamieson, American former lacrosse coach Sid Jarvis (1905–1994), English footballer Sid Jelinek (1899–1979), American architect Sid Jensen (born 1947), Canadian gymnast Sid Jerram (1891–1959), Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer Sid Jones (1921–1977), English footballer Sid Jordan (1889–1970), American film actor Sid Jordan (1877–1971), Australian broadcaster Sid Judd (1928–1959), Welsh international rugby union flanker Sid Justin (born 1954), American former gridiron football defensive back, singer and songwriter
K Sid Kaufman (1891–1971), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Michaels Kavulich (1956–2018), American politician, radio, and television broadcaster Sid Kean, New Zealand international rugby league footballer Sid Ahmed Khedis (born 1985), Algerian footballer Sid Kiel (1916–2007), South African doctor Sid Kimpton (1887–1968), English football player Sid Ali Kouiret (1933–2015), Algerian actor Sid Kuller (1910–1993), American comedy writer, producer and lyricist/composer
L Sid Ali Lakroum (born 1987), Algerian international footballer Sid Ali Lamri (born 1991), Algerian footballer Sid Laverents (1908–2009), American amateur filmmaker Sid Lawrence (born 1909), Welsh footballer
Sid LeProtti (1886–1958), American pianist and bandleader Sid Lerner (1930–2021), American advertising and marketing industry executive and public health advocate Sid Levine (1918–1999), American professional basketball player Sid Lewis (born 1964), former American football defensive back Sid Little (1930–2017), English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer Sid Loudoun (1912–1973), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Lovett (1928–2021), American politician Sid Lowe (born 1976), English columnist and journalist Sid Lucero (born 1983), Filipino television and film actor and model Sid Luckman (1916–1998), American football player
M Sid Makkar, Indian actor Sid Mallya (born 1987), Indian and American actor and model
Sid Mark (1933–2022), American radio disc jockey Sid Marty (born 1944), Canadian writer Sid Mashburn, American fashion designer Sid Ali Mazif (1943–2023), Algerian film director Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi (born 1989), Algerian footballer Sid McClellan (1925–2000), English professional footballer Sid McCray (1957–2020), American punk singer Sid McGinnis (born 1949), American musician and guitarist Sid McMath (1912–2003), 34th Governor of Arkansas Sid McNabney (1929–1957), Canadian professional ice hockey centre
Sid Meier (born 1954), Canadian-born Swiss-American game developer, famous for his Civilization series Sid Melton (1917–2011), American actor Sid Mercer (1880–1945), American sports writer Sid Miller (born 1955), American politician Sid Millward (1909–1972), British musician Sid Mittra (1930–2022), Indian-American economist and academic Sid Moffat (1910–1981), English professional footballer Sid Mohn, American clergyman for the United Church of Christ Sid Monge (born 1951), Mexican former Major League Baseball relief pitcher Sid Morrison (born 1933), American farmer and politician
N Sid Neigum (born 1988), Canadian fashion designer Sid Nelson (born 1996), English professional footballer Sid Nichols (1895–1971), American football player and coach
O Sid O'Flaherty (1886–1967), Australian politician Sid O'Linn (1927–2016), South African sportsman Sid O'Neill (1888–1915), Australian rules footballer Sid Ottewell (1919–2012), English professional footballer Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017), 4th Prime Minister of Mauritania Sid Owen (born 1972), English actor, television presenter and former singer
P Sid Page (born 1947), American violinist Sid Parker (born 1930), Canadian politician Sid Parnes (1922–2013), American academic
Sid Pegler (1888–1972), South African cricketer Sid Penny (1875–1965), English rugby union hooker Sid Perou (1937–2024), British cinematographer and film director Sid Pert (1890–1966), pioneer Australian rugby league footballer Sid Pert Jr. (born 1933), Australian rugby league footballer Sid Peterson (1918–2001), Major League Baseball pitcher