This is a list of everyone who has ever received a posthumous Oscar nomination, meaning they were nominated for an Oscar following their own death.
Best Title Writing:
- Nominated: 1929 (Gerald Duffy - The Private Life of Helen of Troy)
- Total: 1/0
Best Actress:
- Nominated: 1930 (Jeanne Engels - The Letter)
- Total: 1/0
Best Original Song:
- Nominated: 1938 (George Gershwin - Shall We Dance)
- Won: 1992 (Howard Ashman - Beauty and the Beast)
- Total: 9/1
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1940 (Sidney Howard - Gone With the Wind)
- Won: 1940 (Sidney Howard - Gone With the Wind)
- Total: 6/1
Best Original Score:
- Nominated: 1943 (Frank Churchill - Bambi)
- Won:…
This is a list of everyone who has ever received a posthumous Oscar nomination, meaning they were nominated for an Oscar following their own death.
Best Title Writing:
- Nominated: 1929 (Gerald Duffy - The Private Life of Helen of Troy)
- Total: 1/0
Best Actress:
- Nominated: 1930 (Jeanne Engels - The Letter)
- Total: 1/0
Best Original Song:
- Nominated: 1938 (George Gershwin - Shall We Dance)
- Won: 1992 (Howard Ashman - Beauty and the Beast)
- Total: 9/1
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1940 (Sidney Howard - Gone With the Wind)
- Won: 1940 (Sidney Howard - Gone With the Wind)
- Total: 6/1
Best Original Score:
- Nominated: 1943 (Frank Churchill - Bambi)
- Won: 1973 (Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell - Limelight)
- Total: 8/1
Best Cinematography:
- Nominated: 1946 (Allen Davey - A Song to Remember)
- Won: 1981 (Geoffrey Unsworth - Tess)
- Total: 6/2
Best Live Action Short:
- Nominated: 1946 (Joseph O'Brien - Your National Gallery)
- Total: 3/0
Best Costume Design:
- Nominated: 1952 (Gile Steel - Kind Lady/The Great Carusco)
- Total: 5/0
Best Story:
- Nominated: 1955 (Lamar Trotti - There's No Business Like Show Business)
- Total: 1/0
Best Actor:
- Nominated: 1956 (James Dean - East of Eden)
- Won: 1977 (Peter Finch - Network)
- Total: 6/1
Best Production Design:
- Nominated: 1958 (William A Horning - Gigi)
- Won: 1958 (William A Horning - Gigi)
- Total: 11/1
Best Picture:
- Nominated: 1960 (Sam Zimbalist - Ben-Hur)
- Won: 1960 (Sam Zimbalist - Ben Hur)
- Total:6/2
Best Film Editing:
- Nominated: 1964 (Frederic Knudtson - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World)
- Total: 3/0
Best Animated Short:
- Nominated: 1969 (Walt Disney - Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day)
- Won: 1969 (Walt Disney - Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day)
- Total: 2/0
Best Documentary Feature:
- Nominated: 1973 (Arnold Perl - Malcolm X)
- Won: 2014 (Gil Friesen - 20 Feet From Stardom)
- Total: 3/1
Best Sound:
- Nominated: 1977 (Harry W. Tetrick - King Kong/Rocky)
- Total: 3/0
Best Original Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1980 (Robert Alan Aurthur - All That Jazz)
- Total: 1/0
Best Supporting Actor:
- Nominated: 1985 (Ralph Richardson - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes)
- Won: 2009 (Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight)
- Total: 2/1
Best Documentary Short:
- Nominated: 1993 (Thomas C Goodwin - Educating Peter)
- Win: 1993 (Thomas C Goodwin - Educating Peter)
- Total: 2/1
Special Awards:
- Honorary Awards: 2
- Scientific and Technical Award: 9
- Special Achievement Award: 1
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: 2