Paul Newman was born on 26 January 1925 in Shaker Heights. An American actor and director, Newman was known for his piercing blue eyes and his roles as charming rebels. He starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money. He was also a racing driver who finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and co-founded the food company Newman's Own, which gives all its profits to charity. He and his wife, the actress Joanne Woodward, were married for fifty years.
Before and after
- 1925Publication of The Trial
- 1925Discovery of rhenium
- 1925Quantum mechanics is formulated
- 14 January 1925Birth of Yukio Mishima
- 26 January 1925Birth of Paul Newman
- 17 February 1925Birth of Hal Holbrook
- 12 March 1925Death of Sun Yat-sen
- 10 April 1925Publication of The Great Gatsby
- 19 April 1925Founding of Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo
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