CUE Research · Study 9

Academy Award Winners

Every winner of an Oscar for acting or directing since 1929.

The question: Do the most celebrated performers and filmmakers share numbers, signs or birthdays?

What stands out

No clear differences. Across every group of 50 or more and every measure, the numbers are within what chance produces.

Worth watching, not enough to claim

  • Chinese sign

    Directors: Horse appears 14 times against about 6.4 expected (2.19×).

  • Chinese sign

    Actors: Ox appears 23 times against about 13.0 expected (1.77×).

  • Chinese sign

    Actresses: Dog appears 22 times against about 12.8 expected (1.72×).

  • Sun sign

    Actors: Aries appears 22 times against about 12.9 expected (1.71×).

  • Birth month

    Directors: Feb appears 12 times against about 5.9 expected (2.05×).

All winners: every birth quarter is within normal variation of random birthdays from the same years.

All winners Expected, random birthdays 1868–1999 Clear difference Worth watching
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#NameBornDetailLife PathSunChinese
1Emil Jannings1884-07-23Best Actor 192933/6LeoMonkey
2Janet Gaynor1906-10-06Best Actress 19295LibraHorse
3Warner Baxter1889-03-29Best Actor 19304AriesOx
4George Arliss1868-04-10Best Actor 193028/1AriesDragon
5Norma Shearer1902-08-10Best Actress 19303LeoTiger
6Mary Pickford1892-04-08Best Actress 19305AriesDragon
7Frank Lloyd1886-02-02Best Director 1930 · Best Director 19349AquariusRooster
8Lewis Milestone1895-09-30Best Director 19308LibraGoat
9Lionel Barrymore1878-04-28Best Actor 193111TaurusTiger
11Norman Taurog1899-02-23Best Director 19317PiscesPig
12Fredric March1897-08-31Best Actor 1932 · Best Actor 19471VirgoRooster
13Wallace Beery1885-04-01Best Actor 19329AriesRooster
14Helen Hayes1900-10-10Best Actress 1932 · Best Supporting Actress 19713LibraRat
15Frank Borzage1894-04-23Best Director 19324TaurusHorse
16Charles Laughton1899-07-01Best Actor 19348CancerPig
17Katharine Hepburn1907-05-12Best Actress 1934 · Best Actress 1968 · Best Actress 1969 · Best Actress 19827TaurusGoat
18Clark Gable1901-02-01Best Actor 19355AquariusRat
19Claudette Colbert1903-09-13Best Actress 19358VirgoCat
20Frank Capra1897-05-18Best Director 1935 · Best Director 1937 · Best Director 19393TaurusRooster
21Victor McLaglen1886-12-10Best Actor 19369SagittariusDog
22Bette Davis1908-04-05Best Actress 1936 · Best Actress 19399AriesMonkey
23John Ford1894-02-01Best Director 1936 · Best Director 1941 · Best Director 1942 · Best Director 19537AquariusSnake
24Paul Muni1895-09-22Best Actor 19379VirgoGoat
25Luise Rainer1910-01-12Best Actress 1937 · Best Actress 19386CapricornRooster
26Walter Brennan1894-07-25Best Supporting Actor 1937 · Best Supporting Actor 1939 · Best Supporting Actor 19419LeoHorse
27Gale Sondergaard1899-02-15Best Supporting Actress 19378AquariusPig
28Spencer Tracy1900-04-05Best Actor 1938 · Best Actor 19391AriesRat
29Joseph Schildkraut1896-03-22Best Supporting Actor 19384AriesMonkey
30Alice Brady1892-11-02Best Supporting Actress 193833ScorpioDragon
31Leo McCarey1898-10-03Best Director 1938 · Best Director 19453LibraDog
32Fay Bainter1893-12-07Best Supporting Actress 19394SagittariusSnake
33Robert Donat1905-03-18Best Actor 19409PiscesSnake
34Vivien Leigh1913-11-05Best Actress 1940 · Best Actress 19523ScorpioOx
35Thomas Mitchell1892-07-11Best Supporting Actor 194011CancerDragon
36Hattie McDaniel1893-06-10Best Supporting Actress 194028/1GeminiSnake
37Victor Fleming1889-02-23Best Director 194033/6PiscesOx
38James Stewart1908-05-20Best Actor 19417GeminiMonkey
39Ginger Rogers1911-07-16Best Actress 19418CancerPig
40Jane Darwell1879-10-15Best Supporting Actress 19415LibraCat
41Gary Cooper1901-05-07Best Actor 1942 · Best Actor 19535TaurusOx
42Joan Fontaine1917-10-22Best Actress 19425LibraSnake
43Donald Crisp1882-07-27Best Supporting Actor 19428LeoHorse
44Mary Astor1906-05-03Best Supporting Actress 19426TaurusHorse
45James Cagney1899-07-17Best Actor 19436CancerPig
46Greer Garson1904-09-29Best Actress 19437LibraDragon
47Van Heflin1908-12-13Best Supporting Actor 19437SagittariusMonkey
48Teresa Wright1918-10-27Best Supporting Actress 194311ScorpioHorse
49William Wyler1902-07-01Best Director 1943 · Best Director 1947 · Best Director 196011CancerTiger
50Paul Lukas1894-05-26Best Actor 19448GeminiHorse
51Jennifer Jones1919-03-02Best Actress 19447PiscesGoat
52Charles Coburn1877-06-19Best Supporting Actor 19443GeminiOx
53Katina Paxinou1900-12-17Best Supporting Actress 19443SagittariusRat
54Michael Curtiz1886-12-25Best Director 194433/6CapricornDog
56Ingrid Bergman1915-08-29Best Actress 1945 · Best Actress 1957 · Best Supporting Actress 19758VirgoCat
57Barry Fitzgerald1888-03-10Best Supporting Actor 194511PiscesRat
58Ethel Barrymore1879-08-15Best Supporting Actress 19453LeoCat
59Ray Milland1907-01-03Best Actor 19463CapricornHorse
61James Dunn1901-11-02Best Supporting Actor 19466ScorpioOx
62Anne Revere1903-06-25Best Supporting Actress 19468CancerCat
63Billy Wilder1906-06-22Best Director 1946 · Best Director 19618CancerHorse
64Olivia de Havilland1916-07-01Best Actress 1947 · Best Actress 19507CancerDragon
65Harold Russell1914-01-14Best Supporting Actor 19473CapricornOx
66Anne Baxter1923-05-07Best Supporting Actress 19479TaurusPig
67Ronald Colman1891-02-09Best Actor 19483AquariusCat
68Loretta Young1913-01-06Best Actress 19483CapricornRat
69Edmund Gwenn1877-09-26Best Supporting Actor 19484LibraOx
70Celeste Holm1917-04-29Best Supporting Actress 194833/6TaurusSnake
71Elia Kazan1909-09-07Best Director 1948 · Best Director 19558VirgoRooster
72Laurence Olivier1907-05-22Best Actor 19498GeminiGoat
73Jane Wyman1917-01-05Best Actress 19496CapricornDragon
75Claire Trevor1910-03-08Best Supporting Actress 194922PiscesDog
76John Huston1906-08-05Best Director 194911LeoHorse
77Broderick Crawford1911-12-09Best Actor 19506SagittariusPig
78Dean Jagger1903-11-07Best Supporting Actor 19504ScorpioCat
80Joseph L. Mankiewicz1909-02-11Best Director 1950 · Best Director 19515AquariusRooster
81José Ferrer1912-01-08Best Actor 195122CapricornPig
82Judy Holliday1921-06-21Best Actress 195122/4CancerRooster
83George Sanders1906-07-03Best Supporting Actor 19518CancerHorse
84Josephine Hull1877-01-03Best Supporting Actress 19519CapricornRat
85Humphrey Bogart1899-12-25Best Actor 19521CapricornPig
87Kim Hunter1922-11-12Best Supporting Actress 195228/1ScorpioDog
89Shirley Booth1898-08-30Best Actress 19531VirgoDog
90Anthony Quinn1915-04-21Best Supporting Actor 1953 · Best Supporting Actor 19575TaurusCat
91Gloria Grahame1923-11-28Best Supporting Actress 19539SagittariusPig
92William Holden1918-04-17Best Actor 19544AriesHorse
93Audrey Hepburn1929-05-04Best Actress 19543TaurusSnake
94Frank Sinatra1915-12-12Best Supporting Actor 195422/4SagittariusCat
95Donna Reed1921-01-27Best Supporting Actress 19545AquariusMonkey
96Fred Zinnemann1907-04-29Best Director 1954 · Best Director 19675TaurusGoat
97Marlon Brando1924-04-03Best Actor 1955 · Best Actor 19735AriesRat
98Grace Kelly1929-11-12Best Actress 19558ScorpioSnake
99Edmond O'Brien1915-09-10Best Supporting Actor 19558VirgoCat
100Eva Marie Saint1924-07-04Best Supporting Actress 19559CancerRat
101Jack Lemmon1925-02-08Best Actor 1974 · Best Supporting Actor 19569AquariusOx
102Ernest Borgnine1917-01-24Best Actor 19567AquariusSnake
103Anna Magnani1908-03-07Best Actress 195628/1PiscesMonkey
104Jo Van Fleet1915-12-29Best Supporting Actress 19563CapricornCat
105Delbert Mann1920-01-30Best Director 19567AquariusGoat
106Yul Brynner1920-07-11Best Actor 19573CancerMonkey
108Alec Guinness1914-04-02Best Actor 19583AriesTiger
109Joanne Woodward1930-02-27Best Actress 19586PiscesHorse
110Red Buttons1919-02-05Best Supporting Actor 19589AquariusGoat
111Miyoshi Umeki1929-05-08Best Supporting Actress 19587TaurusSnake
112David Lean1908-03-25Best Director 1958 · Best Director 196328/1AriesMonkey
113David Niven1910-03-01Best Actor 19596PiscesDog
114Susan Hayward1917-06-30Best Actress 19599CancerSnake
115Burl Ives1909-06-14Best Supporting Actor 19593GeminiRooster
116Wendy Hiller1912-08-15Best Supporting Actress 19599LeoRat
117Vincente Minnelli1903-02-28Best Director 19597PiscesCat
118Charlton Heston1923-10-04Best Actor 196011LibraPig
119Simone Signoret1921-03-25Best Actress 19605AriesRooster
120Hugh Griffith1912-05-30Best Supporting Actor 19603GeminiRat
121Shelley Winters1920-08-18Best Supporting Actress 1960 · Best Supporting Actress 196611LeoMonkey
122Burt Lancaster1913-11-02Best Actor 19619ScorpioOx
123Elizabeth Taylor1932-02-27Best Actress 1961 · Best Actress 19678PiscesMonkey
124Peter Ustinov1921-04-16Best Supporting Actor 1961 · Best Supporting Actor 19656AriesRooster
125Shirley Jones1934-03-31Best Supporting Actress 19616AriesDog
126Maximilian Schell1930-12-08Best Actor 19626SagittariusHorse
127Sophia Loren1934-09-20Best Actress 196228/1VirgoDog
128George Chakiris1932-09-16Best Supporting Actor 19624VirgoMonkey
129Rita Moreno1931-12-11Best Supporting Actress 196228/1SagittariusGoat
130Robert Wise1914-09-10Best Director 1962 · Best Director 19667VirgoTiger
131Jerome Robbins1918-10-11Best Director 19624LibraHorse
132Gregory Peck1916-04-05Best Actor 19638AriesDragon
133Anne Bancroft1931-09-17Best Actress 19634VirgoGoat
134Ed Begley1901-03-25Best Supporting Actor 19633AriesOx
135Patty Duke1946-12-14Best Supporting Actress 196328/1SagittariusDog
136Sidney Poitier1927-02-20Best Actor 19645PiscesCat
137Patricia Neal1926-01-20Best Actress 19643AquariusOx
138Melvyn Douglas1901-04-05Best Supporting Actor 1964 · Best Supporting Actor 198011AriesOx
139Margaret Rutherford1892-05-11Best Supporting Actress 19649TaurusDragon
140Tony Richardson1928-06-05Best Director 19644GeminiDragon
141Rex Harrison1908-03-05Best Actor 19658PiscesMonkey
142Julie Andrews1935-10-01Best Actress 196511LibraPig
143Lila Kedrova1909-10-09Best Supporting Actress 196511LibraRooster
144George Cukor1899-07-07Best Director 19655CancerPig
145Lee Marvin1924-02-19Best Actor 196628/1PiscesRat
147Martin Balsam1919-11-04Best Supporting Actor 19668ScorpioGoat
148Paul Scofield1922-01-21Best Actor 19679AquariusRooster
149Walter Matthau1920-10-01Best Supporting Actor 19675LibraMonkey
150Sandy Dennis1937-04-27Best Supporting Actress 196733/6TaurusOx
151Rod Steiger1925-04-14Best Actor 19688AriesOx
152George Kennedy1925-02-18Best Supporting Actor 196828/1AquariusOx
153Estelle Parsons1927-11-20Best Supporting Actress 19685ScorpioCat
154Mike Nichols1931-11-06Best Director 19684ScorpioGoat
155Cliff Robertson1923-09-09Best Actor 196933VirgoPig
156Barbra Streisand1942-04-24Best Actress 19698TaurusHorse
157Jack Albertson1907-06-16Best Supporting Actor 19693GeminiGoat
158Ruth Gordon1896-10-30Best Supporting Actress 196928/1ScorpioMonkey
159Carol Reed1906-12-30Best Director 196922/4CapricornHorse
160John Wayne1907-05-26Best Actor 19703GeminiGoat
161Maggie Smith1934-12-28Best Actress 1970 · Best Supporting Actress 19793CapricornDog
162Gig Young1913-11-04Best Supporting Actor 197011ScorpioOx
163Goldie Hawn1945-11-21Best Supporting Actress 197033/6ScorpioRooster
164John Schlesinger1926-02-16Best Director 19709AquariusTiger
165George C. Scott1927-10-18Best Actor 197111LibraCat
166Glenda Jackson1936-05-09Best Actress 1971 · Best Actress 197433TaurusRat
167John Mills1908-02-22Best Supporting Actor 19716PiscesMonkey
168Franklin J. Schaffner1921-05-30Best Director 19713GeminiRooster
169Gene Hackman1930-01-30Best Actor 1972 · Best Supporting Actor 19938AquariusHorse
170Jane Fonda1937-12-21Best Actress 1972 · Best Actress 19798SagittariusOx
171Ben Johnson1918-06-13Best Supporting Actor 197211GeminiHorse
172Cloris Leachman1926-04-30Best Supporting Actress 19727TaurusTiger
173William Friedkin1935-08-29Best Director 19721VirgoPig
174Liza Minnelli1946-03-12Best Actress 19738PiscesDog
175Joel Grey1932-04-11Best Supporting Actor 19733AriesMonkey
176Eileen Heckart1919-03-29Best Supporting Actress 19737AriesGoat
177Bob Fosse1927-06-23Best Director 19733CancerCat
178John Houseman1902-09-22Best Supporting Actor 19747VirgoTiger
179Tatum O'Neal1963-11-05Best Supporting Actress 19748ScorpioCat
180George Roy Hill1921-12-20Best Director 19749SagittariusRooster
181Robert De Niro1943-08-17Best Actor 1981 · Best Supporting Actor 197533/6LeoGoat
182Art Carney1918-11-04Best Actor 19757ScorpioHorse
183Ellen Burstyn1932-12-07Best Actress 19757SagittariusMonkey
184Francis Ford Coppola1939-04-07Best Director 197533AriesCat
185Jack Nicholson1937-04-22Best Actor 1976 · Best Actor 1998 · Best Supporting Actor 19841TaurusOx
186Louise Fletcher1934-07-22Best Actress 19761CancerDog
187George Burns1896-01-20Best Supporting Actor 19769AquariusGoat
189Miloš Forman1932-02-18Best Director 1976 · Best Director 19858AquariusMonkey
190Peter Finch1916-09-28Best Actor 19779LibraDragon
191Faye Dunaway1941-01-14Best Actress 19773CapricornDragon
192Jason Robards1922-07-26Best Supporting Actor 1977 · Best Supporting Actor 197811LeoDog
193Beatrice Straight1914-08-02Best Supporting Actress 19777LeoTiger
194John G. Avildsen1935-12-21Best Director 19776SagittariusPig
195Richard Dreyfuss1947-10-29Best Actor 197833/6ScorpioPig
196Diane Keaton1946-01-05Best Actress 19788CapricornRooster
197Vanessa Redgrave1937-01-30Best Supporting Actress 19786AquariusRat
199Jon Voight1938-12-29Best Actor 19798CapricornTiger
200Christopher Walken1943-03-31Best Supporting Actor 19796AriesGoat
201Michael Cimino1939-02-03Best Director 19799AquariusTiger
202Dustin Hoffman1937-08-08Best Actor 1980 · Best Actor 19899LeoOx
203Meryl Streep1949-06-22Best Actress 1983 · Best Actress 2012 · Best Supporting Actress 19806CancerOx
204Sally Field1946-11-06Best Actress 1980 · Best Actress 19851ScorpioDog
205Robert Benton1932-09-29Best Director 19808LibraMonkey
206Sissy Spacek1949-12-25Best Actress 198133/6CapricornOx
207Timothy Hutton1960-08-16Best Supporting Actor 19814LeoRat
208Mary Steenburgen1953-02-08Best Supporting Actress 198128/1AquariusDragon
209Robert Redford1936-08-18Best Director 19819LeoRat
210Henry Fonda1905-05-16Best Actor 19829TaurusSnake
211John Gielgud1904-04-14Best Supporting Actor 19825AriesDragon
212Maureen Stapleton1925-06-21Best Supporting Actress 19828CancerOx
213Warren Beatty1937-03-30Best Director 19828AriesOx
214Ben Kingsley1943-12-31Best Actor 19836CapricornGoat
215Jessica Lange1949-04-20Best Actress 1995 · Best Supporting Actress 198311TaurusOx
216Louis Gossett Jr.1936-05-27Best Supporting Actor 198333/6GeminiRat
217Richard Attenborough1923-08-29Best Director 19837VirgoPig
218Robert Duvall1931-01-05Best Actor 198411CapricornHorse
219Shirley MacLaine1934-04-24Best Actress 19849TaurusDog
220Linda Hunt1945-04-02Best Supporting Actress 19847AriesRooster
221James L. Brooks1940-05-09Best Director 198428/1TaurusDragon
222F. Murray Abraham1939-10-24Best Actor 198511ScorpioCat
223Peggy Ashcroft1907-12-22Best Supporting Actress 19856CapricornGoat
224William Hurt1950-03-20Best Actor 198611PiscesTiger
225Geraldine Page1924-11-22Best Actress 19864SagittariusRat
226Don Ameche1908-05-31Best Supporting Actor 19869GeminiMonkey
227Anjelica Huston1951-07-08Best Supporting Actress 19864CancerCat
228Sydney Pollack1934-07-01Best Director 19867CancerDog
229Paul Newman1925-01-26Best Actor 19878AquariusOx
230Marlee Matlin1965-08-24Best Actress 19878VirgoSnake
231Michael Caine1933-03-14Best Supporting Actor 1987 · Best Supporting Actor 20006PiscesRooster
232Dianne Wiest1948-03-28Best Supporting Actress 1987 · Best Supporting Actress 19958AriesRat
233Oliver Stone1946-09-15Best Director 1987 · Best Director 19908VirgoDog
234Michael Douglas1944-09-25Best Actor 19887LibraMonkey
235Cher1946-05-20Best Actress 19889TaurusDog
236Sean Connery1930-08-25Best Supporting Actor 198828/1VirgoHorse
237Olympia Dukakis1931-06-20Best Supporting Actress 198822/4GeminiGoat
238Bernardo Bertolucci1941-03-16Best Director 19887PiscesSnake
239Jodie Foster1962-11-19Best Actress 1989 · Best Actress 19923ScorpioTiger
240Kevin Kline1947-10-24Best Supporting Actor 198928/1ScorpioPig
241Geena Davis1956-01-21Best Supporting Actress 19897AquariusGoat
242Barry Levinson1942-04-06Best Director 19898AriesHorse
243Denzel Washington1954-12-28Best Actor 2002 · Best Supporting Actor 19905CapricornHorse
244Daniel Day-Lewis1957-04-29Best Actor 1990 · Best Actor 2008 · Best Actor 20131TaurusRooster
245Jessica Tandy1909-06-07Best Actress 19905GeminiRooster
246Brenda Fricker1945-02-17Best Supporting Actress 199011AquariusRooster
247Jeremy Irons1948-09-19Best Actor 19915VirgoRat
248Kathy Bates1948-06-28Best Actress 199111CancerRat
249Joe Pesci1943-02-09Best Supporting Actor 199128/1AquariusGoat
250Whoopi Goldberg1955-11-13Best Supporting Actress 19918ScorpioGoat
251Kevin Costner1955-01-18Best Director 19913CapricornHorse
252Anthony Hopkins1937-12-31Best Actor 1992 · Best Actor 20219CapricornOx
253Jack Palance1919-02-18Best Supporting Actor 19924AquariusGoat
254Mercedes Ruehl1948-02-28Best Supporting Actress 19927PiscesRat
255Jonathan Demme1944-02-22Best Director 19926PiscesMonkey
256Al Pacino1940-04-25Best Actor 19937TaurusDragon
257Emma Thompson1959-04-15Best Actress 19937AriesPig
258Marisa Tomei1964-12-04Best Supporting Actress 19939SagittariusDragon
259Clint Eastwood1930-05-31Best Director 1993 · Best Director 200522/4GeminiHorse
260Tom Hanks1956-07-09Best Actor 1994 · Best Actor 19951CancerMonkey
261Holly Hunter1958-03-20Best Actress 199428/1PiscesDog
262Tommy Lee Jones1946-09-15Best Supporting Actor 19948VirgoDog
263Anna Paquin1982-07-24Best Supporting Actress 199433/6LeoDog
264Steven Spielberg1946-12-18Best Director 1994 · Best Director 19995SagittariusDog
265Martin Landau1928-06-20Best Supporting Actor 199528/1CancerDragon
266Robert Zemeckis1952-05-14Best Director 19959TaurusDragon
267Kevin Spacey1959-07-26Best Actor 2000 · Best Supporting Actor 19963LeoPig
268Nicolas Cage1964-01-07Best Actor 199628/1CapricornCat
269Susan Sarandon1946-10-04Best Actress 19967LibraDog
271Mel Gibson1956-01-03Best Director 19967CapricornGoat
272Geoffrey Rush1951-07-06Best Actor 199711CancerCat
273Frances McDormand1957-06-23Best Actress 1997 · Best Actress 2018 · Best Actress 202133/6CancerRooster
274Cuba Gooding Jr.1968-01-02Best Supporting Actor 19979CapricornGoat
275Juliette Binoche1964-03-09Best Supporting Actress 19975PiscesDragon
276Anthony Minghella1954-01-06Best Director 19978CapricornSnake
277Helen Hunt1963-06-15Best Actress 19984GeminiCat
278Robin Williams1951-07-21Best Supporting Actor 19988CancerCat
279Kim Basinger1953-12-08Best Supporting Actress 199811SagittariusSnake
280James Cameron1954-08-16Best Director 19987LeoHorse
281Roberto Benigni1952-10-27Best Actor 19999ScorpioDragon
282Gwyneth Paltrow1972-09-27Best Actress 19991LibraRat
283James Coburn1928-08-31Best Supporting Actor 19995VirgoDragon
284Judi Dench1934-12-09Best Supporting Actress 199911SagittariusDog
285Hilary Swank1974-07-30Best Actress 2000 · Best Actress 20054LeoTiger
286Angelina Jolie1975-06-04Best Supporting Actress 20005GeminiCat
287Sam Mendes1965-08-01Best Director 20003LeoSnake
288Russell Crowe1964-04-07Best Actor 20014AriesDragon
289Julia Roberts1967-10-28Best Actress 20017ScorpioGoat
290Benicio del Toro1967-02-19Best Supporting Actor 20018PiscesGoat
291Marcia Gay Harden1959-08-14Best Supporting Actress 20011LeoPig
292Steven Soderbergh1963-01-14Best Director 20017CapricornTiger
293Halle Berry1966-08-14Best Actress 20028LeoHorse
294Jim Broadbent1949-05-24Best Supporting Actor 20027GeminiOx
295Jennifer Connelly1970-12-12Best Supporting Actress 20025SagittariusDog
296Ron Howard1954-03-01Best Director 20025PiscesHorse
297Adrien Brody1973-04-14Best Actor 2003 · Best Actor 202511AriesOx
298Nicole Kidman1967-06-20Best Actress 20034GeminiGoat
299Chris Cooper1951-07-09Best Supporting Actor 20035CancerCat
300Catherine Zeta-Jones1969-09-25Best Supporting Actress 20035LibraRooster
301Roman Polanski1933-08-18Best Director 200333/6LeoRooster
302Sean Penn1960-08-17Best Actor 2004 · Best Actor 2009 · Best Supporting Actor 20265LeoRat
303Charlize Theron1975-08-07Best Actress 20041LeoCat
304Renée Zellweger1969-04-25Best Actress 2020 · Best Supporting Actress 20049TaurusRooster
305Tim Robbins1958-10-16Best Supporting Actor 20044LibraDog
306Peter Jackson1961-10-31Best Director 200422/4ScorpioOx
307Jamie Foxx1967-12-13Best Actor 20053SagittariusGoat
308Cate Blanchett1969-05-14Best Actress 2014 · Best Supporting Actress 20058TaurusRooster
309Morgan Freeman1937-06-01Best Supporting Actor 20059GeminiOx
310Philip Seymour Hoffman1967-07-23Best Actor 20068LeoGoat
311Reese Witherspoon1976-03-22Best Actress 20063AriesDragon
312George Clooney1961-05-06Best Supporting Actor 200628/1TaurusOx
313Rachel Weisz1970-03-07Best Supporting Actress 20069PiscesDog
314Ang Lee1954-10-23Best Director 2006 · Best Director 20137ScorpioHorse
315Forest Whitaker1961-07-15Best Actor 20073CancerOx
316Helen Mirren1945-07-26Best Actress 20077LeoRooster
317Alan Arkin1934-03-26Best Supporting Actor 200728/1AriesDog
318Jennifer Hudson1981-09-12Best Supporting Actress 20074VirgoRooster
319Martin Scorsese1942-11-17Best Director 20078ScorpioHorse
320Marion Cotillard1975-09-30Best Actress 20087LibraCat
321Javier Bardem1969-03-01Best Supporting Actor 200811PiscesRooster
323Joel Coen1954-11-29Best Director 20085SagittariusHorse
324Ethan Coen1957-09-21Best Director 20087VirgoRooster
325Kate Winslet1975-10-05Best Actress 200928/1LibraCat
326Heath Ledger1979-04-04Best Supporting Actor 20097AriesGoat
327Penélope Cruz1974-04-28Best Supporting Actress 20098TaurusTiger
328Danny Boyle1956-10-20Best Director 20096LibraMonkey
329Jeff Bridges1949-12-04Best Actor 20103SagittariusOx
330Sandra Bullock1964-07-26Best Actress 20108LeoDragon
331Christoph Waltz1956-10-04Best Supporting Actor 2010 · Best Supporting Actor 20138LibraMonkey
332Mo'Nique1967-12-11Best Supporting Actress 20101SagittariusGoat
333Kathryn Bigelow1951-11-27Best Director 20109SagittariusCat
334Colin Firth1960-09-10Best Actor 20118VirgoRat
335Natalie Portman1981-06-09Best Actress 20117GeminiRooster
336Christian Bale1974-01-30Best Supporting Actor 20117AquariusTiger
337Melissa Leo1960-09-14Best Supporting Actress 20113VirgoRat
338Tom Hooper1972-10-05Best Director 20117LibraRat
339Jean Dujardin1972-06-19Best Actor 20128GeminiRat
340Christopher Plummer1929-12-13Best Supporting Actor 201228/1SagittariusSnake
341Octavia Spencer1970-05-25Best Supporting Actress 201211GeminiDog
342Michel Hazanavicius1967-03-29Best Director 20121AriesGoat
343Jennifer Lawrence1990-08-15Best Actress 201333/6LeoHorse
344Anne Hathaway1982-11-12Best Supporting Actress 20137ScorpioDog
345Matthew McConaughey1969-11-04Best Actor 20144ScorpioRooster
346Jared Leto1971-12-26Best Supporting Actor 201411CapricornPig
347Lupita Nyong'o1983-03-01Best Supporting Actress 20147PiscesPig
348Alfonso Cuarón1961-11-28Best Director 2014 · Best Director 201911SagittariusOx
349Eddie Redmayne1982-01-06Best Actor 20159CapricornRooster
350Julianne Moore1960-12-03Best Actress 201522SagittariusRat
351J. K. Simmons1955-01-09Best Supporting Actor 20153CapricornHorse
352Patricia Arquette1968-04-08Best Supporting Actress 20159AriesMonkey
353Alejandro González Iñárritu1963-08-15Best Director 2015 · Best Director 201633/6LeoCat
354Leonardo DiCaprio1974-11-11Best Actor 20167ScorpioTiger
355Brie Larson1989-10-01Best Actress 201611LibraSnake
356Mark Rylance1960-01-18Best Supporting Actor 20168CapricornPig
357Alicia Vikander1988-10-03Best Supporting Actress 20163LibraDragon
358Casey Affleck1975-08-12Best Actor 201733/6LeoCat
359Emma Stone1988-11-06Best Actress 2017 · Best Actress 20247ScorpioDragon
360Mahershala Ali1974-02-16Best Supporting Actor 2017 · Best Supporting Actor 20193AquariusTiger
361Viola Davis1965-08-11Best Supporting Actress 20174LeoSnake
362Damien Chazelle1985-01-19Best Director 20177CapricornRat
363Gary Oldman1958-03-21Best Actor 201811AriesDog
364Sam Rockwell1968-11-05Best Supporting Actor 20184ScorpioMonkey
365Allison Janney1959-11-19Best Supporting Actress 20189ScorpioPig
366Guillermo del Toro1964-10-09Best Director 20183LibraDragon
367Rami Malek1981-05-12Best Actor 20199TaurusRooster
368Olivia Colman1974-01-30Best Actress 20197AquariusTiger
369Regina King1971-01-15Best Supporting Actress 20197CapricornDog
370Joaquin Phoenix1974-10-28Best Actor 20205ScorpioTiger
371Brad Pitt1963-12-18Best Supporting Actor 20204SagittariusCat
372Laura Dern1967-02-10Best Supporting Actress 20208AquariusGoat
373Bong Joon-ho1969-09-14Best Director 20203VirgoRooster
374Daniel Kaluuya1989-02-24Best Supporting Actor 20218PiscesSnake
375Youn Yuh-jung1947-06-19Best Supporting Actress 20211GeminiPig
376Chloé Zhao1982-03-31Best Director 20219AriesDog
377Will Smith1968-09-25Best Actor 20224LibraMonkey
378Jessica Chastain1977-03-24Best Actress 202233/6AriesSnake
379Troy Kotsur1968-07-24Best Supporting Actor 20221LeoMonkey
380Ariana DeBose1991-01-25Best Supporting Actress 202228/1AquariusHorse
381Jane Campion1954-04-30Best Director 20228TaurusHorse
382Brendan Fraser1968-12-03Best Actor 20233SagittariusMonkey
383Michelle Yeoh1962-08-06Best Actress 20235LeoTiger
384Ke Huy Quan1971-08-20Best Supporting Actor 202328/1LeoPig
385Jamie Lee Curtis1958-11-22Best Supporting Actress 202311SagittariusDog
386Dan Kwan1988-02-10Best Director 202311AquariusCat
387Daniel Scheinert1987-06-07Best Director 202311GeminiCat
388Cillian Murphy1976-05-25Best Actor 20248GeminiDragon
389Robert Downey Jr.1965-04-04Best Supporting Actor 202411AriesSnake
390Da'Vine Joy Randolph1986-05-21Best Supporting Actress 20245GeminiTiger
391Christopher Nolan1970-07-30Best Director 20249LeoDog
392Mikey Madison1999-03-25Best Actress 202511AriesCat
393Kieran Culkin1982-09-30Best Supporting Actor 20255LibraDog
394Zoe Saldaña1978-06-19Best Supporting Actress 20255GeminiHorse
395Sean Baker1971-02-26Best Director 202528/1PiscesPig
396Michael B. Jordan1987-02-09Best Actor 20269AquariusCat
397Jessie Buckley1989-12-28Best Actress 20264CapricornSnake
398Amy Madigan1950-09-11Best Supporting Actress 20268VirgoTiger
399Paul Thomas Anderson1970-06-26Best Director 20264CancerDog
400Sonia Mbele1976-12-11Best Actress1SagittariusDragon
401Eti Tsicko1982-01-21Best Director6AquariusRooster

Context What explains it

Acting and directing have no age cut-off that would favour a birth month, so, like the Nobel laureates, this is a group where no pattern is expected.

Winners were born over more than a century, so each group’s baseline uses its own birth years.

Source The data

  • Academy Award winners: acting and directing. Retrieved 2026-09-27. View source
  • Every winner of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director, as recorded in Wikidata. People who won more than once are counted once.
  • Verification: 388 of 401 included. A winner is included when Wikidata records one birth date at day precision.
  • Expected values: every day of the years each group was born in, weighted by how many people were born in each year, run through CUE’s engine. Weighting matters for Chinese signs and Life Paths, which depend on the year.
  • A difference is called clear only in groups of 50 or more and at least three standard errors from expected. Because each study tests about a hundred values, a clear difference needs 3.5 standard errors; 2.5 to 3.5 is only “worth watching”.
Left out: 13 people whose exact birth date could not be confirmed
  • #10 Marie Dressler: Sources give more than one date
  • #55 Bing Crosby: Sources give more than one date
  • #60 Joan Crawford: Sources give more than one date
  • #74 Walter Huston: Sources give more than one date
  • #79 Mercedes McCambridge: Sources give more than one date
  • #86 Karl Malden: Sources give more than one date
  • #88 George Stevens: Sources give more than one date
  • #107 Dorothy Malone: Sources give more than one date
  • #146 Julie Christie: Sources give more than one date
  • #188 Lee Grant: Sources give more than one date
  • #198 Woody Allen: Sources give more than one date
  • #270 Mira Sorvino: Sources give more than one date
  • #322 Tilda Swinton: Sources give more than one date

Reproduce it: the raw data snapshots and build scripts are in CUE’s code repository (scripts/data and scripts/build-*-study.mts).

Further reading

  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ceremony records
  • Wikidata, award records