Composer John Williams is the living person with the most nominations – 52 (including 5 wins). In 2024 he was nominated for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”.
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Meryl Streep is the actress with the most nominations in the history of the Academy, with 21. He has won three times.
Jack Nicholson is the actor with the most nominations in the history of the Academy, with 12.
Katharine Hepburn is the actress with the most wins at the Oscars, with four statuettes.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the only person to have three Oscars for best lead actor.
Actress Tatum O’Neal is the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar, at 10 years and 148 days.
Only three films have won the best picture, best director, best actor, best actress and best screenplay awards at the same time: in 1934, with “It Happened One Night”; in 1975, with “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”; and in 1991, with “The Silence of the Lambs”.
No film has won the six main awards: best film, best director, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress.
