Paul Newman

Paul Newman
Newman in 1963
Born	Paul Leonard Newman (1925-01-26)January 26, 1925 Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 26, 2008(2008-09-26) (aged 83) Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Alma mater	Kenyon College, B.A. 1949
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–2008
Spouse(s)	Jackie Witte (m. 1949; div. 1958) Joanne Woodward (m. 1958; his death 2008)
Children	6 (including Scott, Nell, and Melissa)

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor. He won and was nominated for numerous awards, winning an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many others. Newman's other films include The Hustler (1961), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as Butch Cassidy, The Sting (1973), and The Verdict (1982).

Despite being colorblind, Newman 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. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of 2016, these donations have totaled over US$460 million. He was also a co-founder of Safe Water Network, a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need. In 1988, Newman founded the SeriousFun Children's Network, a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception.