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Walt Disney holds the record for both the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the number of Oscars awarded (22). He also earned four honorary Oscars. His last competitive Academy Award was posthumous.

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Walt Disney received 59 Academy Awards nominations and won 22 times. In second place are composers John Williams and Alfred Newman, who are tied with 45 Oscar nominations.

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