Who Has Won the Most Oscars? Best Director, Actor and Actress

The "Disney" name is so salient in the entertainment industry, that it's sometimes a shock to remember that Walt Disney was in fact a real person before Disney Land and Disney Channel became a thing. The animator and film producer holds the record for most Academy Awards nominations with 59, of which he won 22, which makes him the person with the most Oscars of all time.

• Oscars Won: Best Director (The Lost Weekend - 1945, Sunset Boulevard - 1950, The Apartment - 1960) Best Screenplay (The Lost Weekend - 1945, The Apartment - 1960), Best Picture (The Apartment - 1960)
• Nominations: 21

• Oscars Won: Best Picture (The Godfather Part II - 1975), Best Writing (Patton - 1971, The Godfather - 1973, The Godfather Part II - 1975), Best Director (The Godfather Part II - 1975)
• Nominations: 63

• Oscars Won: Best Art Direction (Somebody Up There Likes Me - 1957, Julius Caesar - 1954, The Bad and Beautiful - 1953, An American in Paris - 1952, Little Women - 1950, Gaslight - 1945, Blossoms in the Dust - 1942, Pride and Prejudice - 1941, The Merry Widow - 1935, The Bridge of San Luis Rey - 1930)
• Nominations: 28

• Oscars Won: Best Music (Camelot, The King and I - 1957, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - 1956, Call Me Madam - 1954, Mother Wore Tights - 1948, The Song of Bernadette - 1944, Tin Pan Alley - 1941, Alexander's Ragtime Band - 1939)
• Nominations: 45

• Oscars Won: Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Jackson), Best Writing, Best Film Editing, Best Art-Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Music, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects

• Oscars Won: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects (Sound Effects), Best Effects (Visual Effects)

• Oscars Won: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Cinematography (Color), Best Art Directions (Color), Best Costume Design (Color), Best Film Editing, Best Effects (Special Effects), Best Music

• Oscars Won: Best Actress (Morning Glory - 1934, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - 1968, The Lion in the Winter - 1969, On Golden Pond - 1982)
• Nominations: 12

Katherine Hepburn didn't just become an icon by chance. She did so through decades of groundbreaking work as an actress, which earned her a record-breaking four Oscars for "Best Actress".

• Awards Won: Best Supporting Actor (Come and Get It -1936, Kentucky - 1938, and The Westerner 1940
• Nominations: 4

Walter Brennan is a western movie icon. He's the only actor of the group with three Oscars that won each of them for "Best Supporting Actor". With only four nominations, Brennan had a pretty good record for winning, going 3 for 4 when nominated.

• Awards Won: Best Actor (My Left Foot - 1989, There Will Be Blood - 2007, Lincoln - 2012)
• Nominations: 6

There isn't enough that can be said about how impactful Daniel Day Lewis has been to the world of film. Among his hundreds of awards are the three cherished Academy Awards that he has won over the course of almost two and a half decades.

• Oscars Won: Best Actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1976, As Good as It Gets - 1998), Best Supporting Actor (Terms of Endearment - 1984)
• Nominations: 12

Remember when we said that it's an honor just to receive an Oscar nomination? Well, Jack Nicholson had kind of gotten used to that, given that he received twelve nominations over the course of his illustrious acting career.