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Oates, Joyce Carol[?], US author, novelist
Oberhauser, Josef[?], commander of the Belzec Extermination camp
Oberheuser, Herta[?], (1911-1978), doctor, dubious experimenter
Oberman, Sheldon[?], Canadian writer
Obermeier, Gerlinde[?], dramatist, author
Oberon, Merle, (1911-1979), actor
Oblak, Brane[?], football player
Obradovic, Dositej[?], Serb
Obree, Graham[?], broke world hour record (on a home-made bike)
O'Brien, Edna[?], novelist, member of Aosdána
O'Brien, Flann[?], At Swim-Two-Birds[?]
O'Brian, Patrick, (1914-2000), UK author
O'Brien, Conan, US comedian
O'Brien, Robert C.[?], Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH[?]
O'Callaghan, Pat[?], Olympic gold medal/hammer, 1928, 1932
O'Carolan, Turlough[?], 17th century harpist and composer ("Last of the Bards")
O'Casey, Sean[?], playwright
Ocasio, Ossie world champion boxer
Ocean, Billy, (born 1950), musician
Ochino, Bernardino, (1487-1564)
Ochoa, Ellen[?], astronaut
Ochsenbein, Ulrich, (1811-1890), Swiss president
Ochs, Phil, (1940-1976), musician
Ochsner, Alton[?], surgeon & medical researcher
Ockeghem, Johannes[?], (c.1430-c.1495), Belgian composer
Ockels, Wubbo[?], astronaut
Ockley, Simon, (1678-1720)
O'Connor, Bryan[?], astronaut
O'Connor, Carroll, (1925-2001), actor
O'Connor, Frank[?], short story writer
O'Conor, Herbert R.[?], US governor
O'Connell, Daniel, (1776-1847), Catholic Emancipation[?] leader
O'Connell, Kevin[?], member of Aosdána
O'Connor, Des, British comedian
O'Connor, Flannery, (1925-1964), US author
O'Connor, Richard
O'Connor, Sandra Day, (born 1930), US Supreme Court justice
O'Connor, Sinead, (born 1966), Mother Bernadette[?], singer
O'Connor, Ulick[?], Aosdána
O'Crohan, Thomas[?]
Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar (emperor Augustus)
O'Daniel, W. Lee[?], (1939-1941), Texas Governor
O'Day, Anita, (born 1919), musician
Oddie, Bill, (born 1941), comedian
O’Donnell[?], Peter, creator of Modesty Blaise
O'Dwyer, William
Oddson, Davíð[?], (born 1991), prime minister
Odell, Benjamin B., Jr.[?], Republican, 1901-1904
O'Donnell, Daniel[?], C and W singer
O'Donoghue, Brendan[?], Chief Herald of Ireland, 1997-date
O'Duffy, General Eoin[?], leader of the Blueshirts
O'Dell, Scott[?], Island of the Blue Dolphin[?]
Odets, Clifford[?], dramatist, author
O’Donnell, Peter[?], Peter, creator of Modesty Blaise
O'Donnell, Rosie, (born 1962), American actress, comedian and talk show host
Odo , Count of Paris, (died 866), Frankish king
O’Donnell, Peter[?], Peter, creator of Modesty Blaise
O’Donnell, Peter[?], Peter, creator of Modesty Blaise
Odo of Châteauroux[?], scholastic philosopher
O'Dywer, Mick[?], successful gaelic inter-county football manager
Oe, Kenzaburo, (born 1935), (Nobel Prize, 1994)
Oeben, Jean Francois, (c.1721-1763)
Oehlenschlager, Adam, (1779-1850)
Offa
Offa of Essex[?], (Also joint leader) with one above??)
Offenbach, Jacques, (1819-1880), noted for his operettas
Offord, John[?], Archbishop of Canterbury
Ogai, Mori, (1862-1922), Japanese novelist
Ogaryov, Nikolai[?], (1813-1877), author
Ogen, Mart[?], poet
Ogi, Adolf, (born 1942), Swiss president
Ogilby, John, (1600-1676)
Ogimachi, emperor of Japan
Ogle, Benjamin[?], US governor
Oglethorpe, James Edward, (1696-1785)
O'Gorman, Juan, (1905-1982), Mexican artist
O’Hair, Madalyn Murray[?], US atheist
O'Hara, Geoffrey, (1882-1967), Canadian songwriter
Ogorevc, Blaz[?], poet
O'Hara, Catherine[?], actress
O'Hara, Frank[?], poet
O' Grady, Sean, (born 1959), world champion boxer
Ohain, Hans von, co-founder of the jet engine
O’Hair, Madalyn Murray[?], US atheist
O'Hara, Mary[?], harpist/singer
O'Hara, Maureen, (born 1920), actress
Ohm, Georg, (1789-1854), physicist
Oikarinen, Jarkko, creator of IRC
Oistrakh, David, (1908-1974), violinist
Oistrakh, Igor Davidovich[?], (born 1931), violinist
Ojin, emperor of Japan
Ojukwu, Odumegdu[?], leader of Biafra
Okalik, Paul, (1947-1964), Greek King
Okalik, Paul[?], premier of Nunavut
O'Keefe, Georgia[?], (1887-1986), American painter
Okegwo, Ugonna[?]
O'Kelly, Sean T., (1882-1966), president
Okun, Edward[?], Polish painter
Olaj, Joze[?], poet
Olaskoaga, Andoni Goikoetxea, athlete
Olav III of Norway, Norwegian monarch
Olav II of Norway, Saint Olav : 1015-1028
Olav I of Norway, Norwegian monarch
Olav IV of Norway, (1380-1387), Norwegian monarch
Olav V of Norway, (1903-1991), Norwegian monarch
Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm, (1758-1840), astronomer
Olcott, Sidney, (1873-1949), directed (1907) Ben-Hur
Oldebarneveldt, Johan van[?], statesman
Oldenburg, Claes[?], (born 1929), sculptor
Oldfield, Mike, (born 1953), composer, musician
Oldman, Gary, actor
Olds, Sharon[?], poet
O'Leary, Jane[?], member of Aosdána
Olga of Russia, Grand Duchess, (1882-1960)
Oliban, Anton[?], (1824-1860), poet
Oliphant, Carolina[?], 18th century composer and songwriter
Oliphant, Dave[?], poet
Oliva, Tony[?], baseball player
Olivares, Adrian, (born 1978), singer, first non Puerto Rican Menudo
Olivares, Ruben, (born 1947), world champion boxer
Oliveira, Manoel de[?], (born 1908), (director)
Oliveira, Sergio Roberto de[?], composer
Oliver, Donald H.[?], Canadian senator
Oliver, Joe King, (1885-1938), musician
Oliver, John[?], 1918-03-06 to 1927-08-17
Oliver, Mary[?], poet
Olivi, Peter, scholastic philosopher
Olivier, Laurence, (1907-1989), British actor
Oller, Narcis[?], (1846-1930), author of La febre d'or[?]
Olmedo, Alberto[?], comedian
Olmstead, Frederick Law, landscape architect
Olmstead, Kevin[?], Who Wants to be a Millionaire[?] winner
Olmsted, Frederick Law, (1822-1900), architect
Ol of von Dalin[?], Swedish writer
Olrik, Axel, (1864-1917)
Olsen, Fred, (1857-1933), Norwegian shipping magnate
Olsen Twins, The actresses
Olsen, Kenneth[?], magnetic core memory - Digital Equipment Corporation
Olson, Bobo[?], boxer
Olson, Charles[?], (Black Mountain School founder)
Olson, Clifford[?], convicted serial child killer
Olsson, Albert[?], Swedish writer
Olsson, Hjort Anders[?], musician
Olybrius, Roman Emperor
Olympians[?], patriarch of Constantinople
Olympians, Patriarch[?], patriarch of Constantinople
Omaira, George[?], Maronite Patriarch
O'Malley, Desmond, founder and first leader of the Progressive Democrats
O'Malley, Grace, (1530?-1603?), Granuaile[?],Gráinne Mhaol[?], pirate queen
O'Malley, Tony[?], Saoi of Aosdána
O'Mara, Peter[?], musician
Omar, Mohammed, (born 1959)
Onassis, Aristoteles[?], Greek shipping magnate
Onassis, Aristotle, (1906-1975), Greek shipping magnate
Ondaatje, Michael, (born 1943), author
O'Neil, Dennis[?], comic creator
O'Neil, Ed[?], comedian
O'Neal, Ryan, (born 1941), television personality
O' Neal, Shaquille, (born 1972), [[United States|US] basketball player
O'Neal, Shaquille[?], American basketball player
O'Neal, Terry A.[?], poet
O'Neill, Eugene, (1888-1953), dramatist
O'Neill, Jonjo[?], jockey[?]
O'Neill, Kevin, comic creator
Onesimus, patriarch of Constantinople
Onesimus, Patriarch[?], patriarch of Constantinople
Onic, France[?], (1901-1975), poet
Onishi, Takijiro[?], admiral
Onizuka, Ellison, (1946-1986), astronaut
Onnes, Heike Kamerlingh, (1853-1926), physicist
Onnis, Vincenzo Brusco[?]
Ono Yoko, (born 1933), Japanese-born artist
Onoda, Hiroo, (born 1922), post-war straggler
Onoe, Saishu, Japanese poet
O'Nolan, Brian[?], (1911-1966), aka Flann O'Brien
Onopsus of Alexandria[?], (Coadjutor)
Onsager, Lars, (1903-1976), physical chemist
Onufrienko, Yuri[?], astronaut
Oort, Jan[?], (1900-1992), astronomer
Opazo, Pedro[?], president
Opeth, musician
Ophuls, Max, (1902-1957), film director
Opie, John, (1761-1807), painter
Oppen, George[?], poet
Oppenheimer, Harry, (1908-2000), businessman
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, (1904-1967), US physicist
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, US physicist
Oppenheimer, Robert, (1904-1967), physicist in Manhattan Project
Oramus, Marek[?], author
Orantes, Manuel[?], (Spain)
Orbison, Roy, (1936-1988), US singer
Orcagna, Andrea, (1320-1368), artist
Orchard, Energy[?], musician
Orchardson, Sir William Quiller, (1835-1910), painter
O'Ree, Willie[?], the first African American NHL player
O'Reilly, Emily, journalist, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner
Oresme, Nicole[?], scholastic philosopher
Orff, Carl, (1895-1982), German composer
Organ, Bryan[?], (born 1935), painter
Origen, (182-251)
Orion, Jack[?], musician
Orkeny, Istvan[?], (1912-1979), novelist
Orlando, Vittorio[?]
Orlovsky, Peter[?], (beat)
Orlowski, Aleksander[?], Polish painter
Orman, Kate[?], science fiction author
Ornstein, Leo, (1892-2002)
O'Rourke, Heather, (1975-1988), actress
O'Rourke, P. J., (born 1947)
Ørsted, Hans Christian, (1777-1851), Danish physicist
Orono, Rafael[?], world champion boxer
O'Rourke, Colm[?], Gaelic Athletic Association GAA footballer
O'Rourke, Mary[?], politican
ORourke, P. J.
Orpen, Sir William[?], (1878-1931), painter
Orr, Bobby, (b 1948) Canadian Hockey player
Orta, Garcia da[?], (botanical scientist)
Ortega, Daniel, (born 1945), president of Nicaragua
Ortelius, Abraham, (1527-1598), Belgian cartographer
Ortiz, Carlos world champion boxer
Ortiz, Jose basketball player
Ortiz, Luis (b. c. 1962) Puerto Rican boxer
Ortiz, Tito, (born 1975), Ultimate Fighting champion
Orozco, José Clemente, (1883-1949), Mexican artist
Ortiz, Manuel[?], boxer
Ortiz, Shalym[?], actor and singer, Charytin's son, half Puerto Rican
Ortleb, Rainer[?], FDP
Ortoli, Francois-Xavier[?], (1973-1976), European Commission President
Orton, Beth, musician
Orton, Joe, (1933-1967), dramatist
Ortu, Francesco Cocco[?]
Ortvad, Erik[?], (born 1917), painter
Orwell, George, (1903-1950), British author
Orzeszkowa, Eliza[?], (1841-1910), novelist
Osborne, Joan, (born 1963), musician
Osborne, John, (1929-1994), dramatist
Osbourne, Kelly, (born 1984), US singer
Osbourne, Mary Pope, Magic Treehouse series
Osbourne, Ozzy, (born 1948), US heavy rock singer
Osbourne, Sharon, (born 1952), wife of Ozzy Osbourne
Oscar II of Sweden, (1829-1907), Norwegian monarch
Oscar I of Sweden, (1833-1833), Norwegian monarch, Prime Minister
Osceola
Osendarp, Tinus, (1916-2002), athlete
O'Shea, Kitty[?], mistress of Charles Stewart Parnell
Oshima, Nagisa[?], film director
Oslak, Vinko[?], (born 1947), poet
Osler, William, (1849-1919)
Osmena, Sergio[?], president of Philippines 1944-1946
Osojnik, Iztok[?], (born 1951), poet
Ospitone[?]
Ossietzky, Carl von, (1889-1938), journalist and pacifist
Ossman, Vess[?], musician
Ostade, Adriaen van[?], (1610-1685), painter
Ostanek, Walter[?], Polka, three-time Grammy Award winner
Ostashek, John[?], 1992 to 1996
Ostermaier, Albert[?], dramatist, author
Osti, Josip[?], (born 1945), poet
Ostir, Karel[?], (1888-1973), linguist
Ostrogradsky, Mikhail Vasilievich, (1801-1862), mathematician
Ostwald, Wilhelm, (1853-1932), chemist
O'Sullivan, Maureen, (1911-1998), actress, mother of Mia Farrow
O'Sullivan, Sonia[?], Olympic medal winner
Oswald, Lee Harvey, (1939-1963), assumed murderer of J.F. Kennedy
Oswald of Bernicia, (633-641), British monarch
Oswald, Stephen[?], astronaut
Oswiu of Northumbria, (641-670), British monarch
Oteri, Cheri[?], comedian
Otho, Roman Emperor
Otis, Johnny, musician
O'Toole, Peter, (born 1932), Oscar-Academy Award winner
Otter, Ann-Sofie von, (born 1955), Swedish musician
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, (955-983), emperor
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, (980-1002), king, emperor
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, (1208-1215), king, emperor
Otto, Nikolaus, (1832-1891)
Otto of Bavaria, (1848-1916), King of Bavaria
Otto the Great, (912-973), king, emperor
Otto of Greece, (1832-1862), Bavarian prince offered the throne
Otto, Rudolf[?], philosopher
Oud, J.J.P.[?], architect
Ouida, (1839-1908), English novelist
Ousmane, Sembene[?], Senegalese writer
Outamaro (Kitagawa Utamaro), Japanese artist
Outinen, Kati, Finnish actress
Ovalle, José Tomás[?], president
Overath, Wolfgang[?], athlete
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich[?], (1789-1869), painter
Overmyer, Robert[?], astronaut
Overton, John H., (1875-1948), USA congressman
Ovid, (43 BC-17 AD), (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Owen, Bill, (1914-1999), songwriter
Owen, Michael, (born 1979), soccer player
Owen, Wilfred, (1893-1918), English poet
Owen, Daniel[?], (1836-1895), novelist
Owen, Richard, (1804-1892), biologist
Owens, Buck[?], singer-songwriter, musician
Owens, Jesse, (1913-1980), track & field athlete
Oxenstierna, (1583-1654), Sture
Oxenstierna, Axel, (1583-1654), Swedish politician
Oxenstierna, Bengt, (1623-1702), Swedish politician
Oxenstierna, Gabriel, (1587-1640), Swedish politician
Oxenstierna, Johan, (1611-1657), Swedish politician
Oyanedel, Abraham[?], president
Ozal, Turgut[?], president
Oz, Amos[?], (born 1937), author
Ozawa, Jisaburo[?], Vice-admiral and commander of Japanese Mobile Flee in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Ozawa, Seiji[?]
Ozols, Auseklis, (b. 1941) painter
Ozu, Yasujiro, (1903-1963), Japanese film director

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