I've always spelled my name “S,” “e,” “a,” “n.” Have been all my life, and I've been under the mistaken thought that that was the proper spelling of “Sean.” But it turns out, the proper Irish spelling is, in fact, “Seán” if this video [1] is anything to go by.
Also, I learned that Sean Connery [2] was not in fact the first actor to portray James Bond. No, that honor goes to American actor Barry Nelson [3] (who played the spy in 1954!). Sean Connery is not the second actor to portray James Bond either—that goes to South African actor Bob Holness [4] who played the spy in 1957 (for a radio dramatization of Moonraker [5]).
So that makes Sean Connery the third actor to portray James Bond.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZOdEfmE_Q
[2] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000125/
[3] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625167/
[4] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392223/
[5] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1612185452/conmanlaborat-20