Sid
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Sid is a nickname
originating from the name Sidney or Siddharth. Though it is also used for people with other given names.
It also may refer to:
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
originating from the name Sidney or Siddharth. Though it is also used for people with other given names.
It also may refer to:
People
- Sid (band)Sid (band)is a Japanese visual kei rock band signed on to Sony Records.-Background:Sid was founded in 2003 by vocalist Mao and bassist Aki . They were quickly joined by two support members, guitarist Shinji and drummer Yuuya...
, Japanese rock band - Sid CaesarSid CaesarIsaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar is an Emmy award winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2.- Early life :Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York,...
, actor and comedian - Sid Deuce, American pornographic actress
- Sid EudySid EudySidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy is an American professional wrestler, best known as Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling, and as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in the World Wrestling Federation...
, professional wrestler known as "Sycho" Sid Vicious/Justice - Sid FieldSid Field-Early Years:Sid Field was an English comedy entertainer. He was born Sidney Arthur Field in Ladywood, Birmingham, son of Albert and Bertha . Field spent most of his childhood at 152 Osborn Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham.Field had entertainment in his blood from an early age...
, English comedy entertainer - Sid GordonSid GordonSidney "Sid" Gordon , known as "Sid," was a stocky, powerfully built American right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman....
, American major league baseball All Star player - Sid HartmanSid HartmanSid Hartman is an American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station.-Background and early career:A high-school dropout, Hartman received no formal writing training...
, columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune - Sid JamesSid JamesSid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
, South African-born English film and television actor - Sid LuckmanSid LuckmanSidney Luckman, known as Sid Luckman, was an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League from 1939 to 1950...
, American Hall of Fame NFL football player - Sid MeierSid MeierSidney K. "Sid" Meier is a Canadian programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games, most notably Civilization. He has won accolades for his contributions to the computer games industry...
, game developer, famous for his Civilization series - Sid TerrisSid TerrisSidney Terris was an American boxer....
("Ghost of the Ghetto"), American lightweight boxer - Sid ViciousSid ViciousSid Vicious was an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols...
, English punk rock musician, once a member of the Sex Pistols - Sid WilsonSid WilsonSidney George Wilson also known as Ratboy or DJ Sid, #0 , is an American disc jockey known as the turntablist of the Grammy Award winning band Slipknot. He is the youngest member of the band.-Biography:...
, turntablist for the musical group Slipknot - Syd BarrettSyd BarrettSyd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
, English progressive rock musician, founding member of Pink Floyd - El CidEl CidRodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...
, Castilian nobleman
Fictional characters
- Sid or Cid, recurring character in the Metal Gear Solid series
- Sid, archetypal small investor used to promote the privatisation of British Gas plcBritish Gas plcBritish Gas plc was formerly the monopoly gas supplier and is a private sector in the United Kingdom.- History :In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms...
- Sid (Ice Age), a goofy ground sloth in the animation movies Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
- Sid Barett, a teacher in Soul Eater
- Sid Dabster, character in the Web comic User Friendly
- Sid JenkinsSid JenkinsSidney "Sid" Jenkins is a fictional character in the television series Skins portrayed by Mike Bailey. In the first series, Sid is portrayed as a nice guy stereotype, an unlucky virgin who is nervous around girls, and has low self-esteem. Tony Stonem is his role model, whom he frequently looks up to...
, character in the British series Skins, played by Mike Bailey - Sid Phillips, The antagonist in the animation movie Toy Story
- Sid the Dummy, demon-hunter trapped in the body of a puppet in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Sid the Science Kid, main character of the childrens' show Sid the Science KidSid the Science KidSid the Science Kid is a half-hour PBS Kids series that debuted on September 1, 2008. The computer generated show is produced by Jim Henson Productions and then-PBS member KCET in Los Angeles, California using the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio...
- Sid the SexistSid the SexistSid the Sexist is a character from the English comic book Viz. The strip was created and mostly drawn by Simon Donald until he left the magazine in 2003, when Paul Palmer took over as artist...
, character in the comic book Viz - Sid Snot, ageing biker, one of the characters portrayed by Kenny EverettKenny EverettKenny Everett was an English comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer. Born Maurice James Christopher Cole, Everett is best known for his career as a radio DJ and for the Kenny Everett television shows.-Early life:...
Geography
- ŠidŠidŠid is a town and municipality in the Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Šid town has a population of 16,301, and Šid municipality 38,921.-Name:...
, town in northwestern Serbia in the province of Vojvodina - ŠídŠídŠíd is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...
, village in Slovakia - River SidRiver SidThe River Sid is a minor river in East Devon. It flows for 10.5 kilometres southwards from a source in Crowpits Covert at a height of 206 metres above sea level...
, a river in Devon, England that flows into the English Channel at Sidmouth - SídSídheThe aos sí are a supernatural race in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology are comparable to the fairies or elves. They are said to live underground in the fairy mounds, across the western sea, or in an invisible world that coexists with the world of humans...
, a common term for a fairy mound in Irish literature and folklore.
Computing
- Security IdentifierSecurity IdentifierIn the context of the Microsoft Windows NT line of operating systems, a Security Identifier is a unique name which is assigned by a Windows Domain controller during the log on process that is used to identify a subject, such as a user or a group of users in a network of NT/2000...
used in Microsoft Windows NT networks to identify subjects such as users, computers and groups. - SID, The MOS Technology SIDMOS Technology SIDThe MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID is the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore MAX Machine home computers...
(Sound Interface Device), the soundchip found in the Commodore 64 home computer - sid, codename for the unstable development version of DebianDebianDebian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
, a Linux distribution
See also
- SID (disambiguation)Šid (disambiguation)Šid can refer to:* Šid, town and municipality in Serbia* Šid, Lučenec, village in Slovakia...
- Syd (disambiguation)
- SYD (disambiguation)
- Siddhartha (disambiguation)
- Cid (disambiguation)
- CID (disambiguation)
- CydCydCyd is a given name, and may refer to:*Cyd Adams , American poet and academic*Cyd Charisse , American dancer and actress*Cyd Gray , Trinidad and Tobago footballer*Cyd Hayman , English actress...
- CYDCydCyd is a given name, and may refer to:*Cyd Adams , American poet and academic*Cyd Charisse , American dancer and actress*Cyd Gray , Trinidad and Tobago footballer*Cyd Hayman , English actress...