Surnames Categorized "Academy Awards Best Pictures"
This is a list of surnames in which the categories include Academy Awards Best Pictures.
EnglishEnglish Denoted a person who was of English heritage. It was used to distinguish people who lived in border areas (for example, near Wales or Scotland). It was also used to distinguish an Anglo-Saxon from a Norman.
GreenEnglish Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.
GumpGerman (Rare), Popular Culture Possibly from a nickname derived from Middle High German gumpen meaning "to hop, to jump". This surname was used by author Winston Groom for the hero of his novel Forrest Gump (1986), better known from the 1994 movie adaptation.
SchindlerGerman Occupational name for a roof tiler, from Middle High German schindel "shingle". A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who saved over a thousand Polish Jews during World War II.
ShakespeareEnglish From a nickname for a warlike person, from Old English scacan "to shake" and spere "spear". A famous bearer was the English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
WayEnglish From Old English weg meaning "way, road, path".
WestEnglish, German Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.