| Oakeley, Frederick (English ecclesiastic) |
1802-1880 |
| Oakley, Annie (orig. Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses) (Am. markswoman) |
1860-1926 |
| Oaks, Dallin Harris (Am. lawyer, teacher, Morman Apostle) |
b.1932 |
| Oastler, Richard (English reformer) |
1789-1861 |
| Oates, Joyce Carol (American writer, playwright, essayist) |
b.1938 |
| Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace (English antarctic explorer) |
1880-1912 |
| Oates, Titus (English impostor; fabricated Popish Plot) |
1649-1705 |
| Obando, Jose Maria (Colombian politician) |
1795-1861 |
| Oberholtzer, John H. (American Mennonite religious leader) |
1809-1895 |
| Oberlin, Johann Friedrich (Alsatian pastor, philanthropist) |
1740-1826 |
| Oberth, Hermann (German rocket scientist) |
1894-1989 |
| O'Boyle, Patrick Aloysius (American cardinal) |
1896-1987 |
| Obradovic, Dositej (Serbian writer) |
1742-1811 |
| Obrecht, Jacob (Dutch conductor, composer, contrapuntist) |
c.1450-1505 |
| Obregon, Alvaro (Mexican soldier, politician) |
1880-1928 |
| O'Brien, Conor Cruise (Irish historian, critic, diplomat) |
b.1917 |
| O'Brien, Edna (Irish writer, playwright, screenwriter) |
b.1932 |
| O'Brien, Fitz-James (Irish-born American writer, journalist) |
c.1828-1862 |
| O'Brian, Patrick (orig. Richard Patrick Russ) (Eng. novelist) |
1914-2000 |
| O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington (Am. author, editor, anthol.) |
1890-1941 |
| O'Brien, Fitz-James (Irish-born American writer) |
c.1828-1862 |
| O'Brien, James Bronterre (Irish journalist, Chartist) |
1805-1864 |
| O'Brien, William (Irish journalist, Nationalist leader) |
1852-1928 |
| O'Brien, William Smith (Irish political insurgent) |
1803-1864 |
| O'Brien, William Timothy "Tim" (American writer, journalist) |
b.1946 |
| O'Bryan, William (Eng. clergyman; fd. Bible Christian church) |
1778-1868 |
| Obstfelder, Sigbjorn (Norwegian poet, writer) |
1866-1900 |
| Ocampo, Florian de (Spanish chronicler) |
1490/5-c.1558 |
| Ocampo, Silvina (Argentinean writer) |
b.1909 |
| Ocampo, Victoria (Argentinean publisher, translator, writer) |
1890-1979 |
| O'Carolan, Turlough (Toirdhealbhach O Cearbhallain)(Irish bard) |
1670-1738 |
| O'Casey, Sean (orig. John Casey) (Irish playwright) |
1880-1964 |
| Ochino, Bernardino (Italian theologian, reformer) |
1487-1564 |
| Ochoa, Eugenio de (Spanish writer, scholar) |
1815-1872 |
| Ochoa, Severo (Spanish-born American biochemist) |
1905-1993 |
| Ochs, Adolph Simon (American newspaper publisher) |
1858-1935 |
| Ochs, Peter (French-born Swiss politician) |
1752-1821 |
| Ochs, Siegfried (German choral conductor, composer) |
1858-1929 |
| Ochsenbein, Johann Ulrich (Swiss soldier, politician) |
1811-1890 |
| Ockham, William of (Occam) (English Scholastic philosopher) |
c.1285-1349? |
| O'Clery, Michael (orig. Tadhg) (Irish chronicler) |
1575-1643 |
| O Conaire, Padraic (Irish writer) |
1883-1928 |
| O'Connell, Daniel (Irish nationalist leader) |
1775-1847 |
| O'Connell, William Henry (American prelate) |
1859-1944 |
| O'Connor, Feargus Edward (Irish Chartist leader) |
c.1796-1855 |
| O'Connor, Mary Flannery (American writer) |
1925-1964 |
| O'Connor, Sandra Day (American Supreme Court justice 1981-) |
b.1930 |
| O'Connor, Thomas Power "Tay Pay" (Irish journalist) |
1848-1929 |
| O'Connor, William Douglas (American journalist) |
1832-1889 |
| O'Conor, Charles (American lawyer) |
1804-1884 |
| Oculi, Okello (Ugandan writer, poet, chronicler) |
b.1942 |
| O'Curry, Eugene (Irish antiquary, Gaelic scholar) |
1796-1862 |
| Oda Nobunaga (Kipposhi, Saburo) (Japanese general) |
1534-1582 |
| Odell, Jonathan (American loyalist) |
1737-1818 |
| Oderigi (Italian miniaturist, manuscript illuminator) |
1240-1299 |
| Odets, Clifford (American playwright, screenwriter, director) |
1906-1963 |
| Odo (or Eudes) of Bayeux (Anglo-Norman prelate) |
1036?-1097 |
| Odoacer (aka Odovacar) (Sciri barbarian king of Italy 476-493) |
c.433-493 |
| O'Donnell, Leopoldo (Spanish marshal, politician) |
1809-1867 |
| O'Donnell, Lillian Uduardy (American writer) |
b.1926 |
| O'Donoghue, Michael (American actor, producer, director,writer) |
1940-1994 |
| O'Donoju, Juan (Spanish soldier) |
1762-1821 |
| O'Donovan, John (Irish archaeologist) |
1809-1861 |
| O'Donovan, Michael (pseud. Frank O'Connor) (Irish writer) |
1903-1966 |
| O'Donovan, William Rudolf (American sculptor) |
1844-1920 |
| Odoric of Pordenone (Odorico) (Italian Franciscan missionary) |
c.1265-1331 |
| O'Dowd, Bernard Patrick (Australian poet) |
1866-1953 |
| Odum, Eugene Pleasants (Am. zoologist, educator, ecologist) |
1913-2002 |
| Odum, Howard Washington (American sociologist) |
1884-1954 |
| O'Dwyer, Joseph (American physician) |
1841-1898 |
| Oeben, Jean-Francois (German-born French cabinetmaker) |
c.1715-1763 |
| Oehlenschlager, Adam Gottlob (Danish poet, dramatist) |
1779-1850 |
| Oe Kenzaburo (Japanese writer) |
b.1935 |
| Oenopides of Chios (Greek astronomer, mathematician) |
c.490-c.420 BC |
| Oertel (or Ortell), Abraham (Flemish cartographer) |
1527-1598 |
| Oertel, Hanns (German linguist) |
1868-1952 |
| Oertel, Max Joseph (German physician) |
1835-1897 |
| Oeser, Adam Friedrich (German painter, sculptor, etcher) |
1717-1799 |
| Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph (German theologian, theosophist) |
1702-1782 |
| O'Faolain, Julia (Irish writer, teacher, translator) |
b.1932 |
| O'Faolain, Sean (pseud. of John Francis Whelan) (Irish writer) |
1900-1991 |
| Offa of Angel (Continental Anglican ruler) |
fl. 4th cent. |
| Offenbach, Jacques (orig. Jacob) (German-born French composer) |
1819-1880 |
| O'Flaherty, Liam (Irish writer, revolutionary) |
1896-1984 |
| Ogata Kenzan (Japanese potter, painter) |
1663-1743 |
| Ogata Korin (orig. prename Ichinojo) (Japanese painter) |
1658-1716 |
| Ogburn, William Fielding (American sociologist) |
1886-1959 |
| Ogden, Charles Kay (British psychologist, linguist) |
1889-1957 |
| Ogden, Peter Skene (Canadian fur trader, explorer) |
1794-1854 |
| Ogden, Rollo (American journalist) |
1856-1937 |
| Ogden, William Butler (American railroad executive) |
1805-1877 |
| Oge, Jacques Vincent (Haitian insurgent) |
1750-1791 |
| Oggiono (or Oggione; Uggione), Marco da (Italian painter) |
1475?-1530? |
| Ogilby, John (Scottish-born British translator, printer) |
1600-1676 |
| Ogilvie, John (Scottish lexicographer) |
1797-1867 |
| Oginski, Michal Kleofas (Polish politician, composer) |
1765-1833 |
| Oglethorpe, James Edward (English soldier, philanthropist) |
1696-1785 |
| Ogodei (also Ogadai, Ogdai, Ugedei) (Mongol Khan 1229-1241) |
1185-1241 |
| O'Gorman, Juan (Mexican architect, muralist) |
1905-1982 |
| Ogot, Grace Emily née Okinyi (Kenyan writer, nurse) |
b.1930 |
| O'Grady, Desmond James Bernard (Irish poet) |
b.1935 |
| O'Grady, Standish James (Irish writer, literary historian) |
1846-1928 |
| Ogyu Sorai (Japanese Confucian scholar) |
1666-1728 |
| O'Hair, Madalyn Murray née Mays (American atheist activist) |
b.1919 |
| O'Hara, Frank (American poet, art critic, playwright) |
1926-1966 |
| O'Hara, Geoffrey (Canadian-born American composer, songwriter) |
1882-1967 |
| O'Hara, John Henry (American writer, critic) |
1905-1970 |
| O'Hara, Theodore (American soldier, poet) |
1820-1867 |
| O'Hara Alsop, Mary (American writer) |
1885-1980 |
| O'Higgins, Ambrosio (Irish soldier, administrator) |
1720?-1801 |
| O'Higgins, Bernardo (Chilean soldier, statesman) |
1778-1842 |
| O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold (Can.-born Am. journalist, novelist) |
1876-1929 |
| O'Higgins, Kevin Christopher (Irish politician) |
1892-1927 |
| Ohira Masayoshi (Japanese politician; prime minister 1978-80) |
1910-1980 |
| Ohlin, Bertil Gotthard (Swedish economist, politician) |
1899-1979 |
| Ohm, Georg Simon (German physicist; discovered Ohm's Law) |
1789-1854 |
| Oistrakh, David Fyodorovich (Russian violinist) |
1908-1974 |
| Ojeda, Alonso de (Spanish explorer in Americas) |
1465-1515 |
| Ojetti, Ugo (Italian writer, art critic) |
1871-1946 |
| Oka Asajiro (Japanese biologist) |
1866-1944 |
| Okada Beisanjin (aka Hikobe) (Japanese painter) |
1744-1820 |
| Okada Tamechika (Shinzo; Reizei Saburo) (Japanese painter) |
1823-1864 |
| Okakura Kakuzo (pseudonym Tenshin) (Japanese art critic) |
1862-1913 |
| Okamoto Kido (b. Okamoto Keiji) (Japanese dramatist, critic) |
1872-1939 |
| Okara, Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain (Nigerian poet, writer) |
b.1921 |
| Okawa Shumei (Japanese politician) |
1886-1957 |
| O'Keefe, Georgia (American painter) |
1887-1986 |
| O'Keeffe, John (Irish playwright) |
1747-1833 |
| Okeghem, Jean d' (or Jan van) (Flemish composer, contrapuntist) |
c.1410-1495 |
| O'Kelly, Sean Thomas (Irish journalist, politician) |
1883-1966 |
| O'Kelly, Seumas (Irish writer, editor) |
1881-1918 |
| Oken, Lorenz (orig. surname Ockenfuss) (German naturalist) |
1779-1851 |
| Okhlopkov, Nikolay Pavlovich (Rus. theater manager, producer) |
1900-1967 |
| Okigbo, Christopher (Nigerian poet, civil servant, librarian) |
1932-1967 |
| Okri, Ben (Nigerian writer, poet) |
b.1959 |
| Okubo Toshimichi (Japanese politician, reformer) |
1831-1878 |
| Okudzhava, Bulat Shalvovich (Soviet poet, writer) |
b.1924 |
| Okuma Shigenobu (Japanese politician) |
1838-1922 |
| Okumura Masanobu (Japanese painter, wood-block printer) |
1686-1764 |
| Okura Kihachiro (Japanese businessman; founded Okura-Gumi Co.) |
1837-1928 |
| Oku Yasukata (Japanese soldier) |
1846-1930 |
| Okyo (Maruyama Okyo; aka Maruyama Masataka) (Japanese painter) |
1733-1795 |
| Olafsson, Eggert (Icelandic poet, antiquarian) |
1726-1768 |
| Olatunji, Michael Babatunde (Nigerian musician) |
1927-2003 |
| Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus (Ger. physician, astronomer) |
1758-1840 |
| Olbrich, Joseph Maria (German architect) |
1867-1908 |
| Olcott, Chauncey (orig. Chancellor John) (Am. singer, actor) |
1860-1932 |
| Olcott, Henry Steel (American theosophist) |
1832-1907 |
| Oldberg, Arne (American composer) |
1874-1962 |
| Oldcastle, Sir John (Baron Cobham) (English Lollard leader) |
1377?-1417 |
| Oldenbarnevelt, Johan van (Dutch statesman) |
1547-1619 |
| Oldenbourg, Zoe (Russian-born French historical novelist) |
b.1916 |
| Oldfield, Anne (English actor) |
1683-1730 |
| Oldfield, Berna Eli "Barney" (American auto racer) |
1878-1946 |
| Oldham, John (English colonist in America) |
c.1600-1636 |
| Oldham, John (English poet) |
1653-1683 |
| Oldham, Richard Dixon (British geologist, seismologist) |
1858-1936 |
| Oldmixon, John (English historian) |
1673-1742 |
| Olds, Ransom Eli (Swiss-born American automobile inventor) |
1864-1950 |
| Olds, Sharon (American poet, teacher) |
b.1942 |
| Oldys, William (English antiquary) |
1696-1761 |
| O'Leary, Hazel née Reid (American Secretary of Energy 1993-) |
b.1937 |
| O'Leary, Jean Marie (American nun, activist) |
1948-2005 |
| Oleg (Viking warrior, prince of Kiev) |
d.c.912 |
| Olesha, Yury Karlovich (pseud. Zubilo) (Soviet writer) |
1899-1960 |
| Olesnicki, Zbigniew (Polish politician, prelate) |
1389-1455 |
| Olevianus, Caspar (German theologian) |
1536-1587 |
| Olier, Jean-Jacques (French priest; founded Silpician order) |
1608-1657 |
| Oliphant, Laurence (South African-born English writer, mystic) |
1829-1888 |
| Oliphant, Marcus (Australian physicist) |
b.1901 |
| Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant née Wilson (Scottish writer) |
1828-1897 |
| Oliphant, Pat (Australian-born American political cartoonist) |
b.1935 |
| Oliveros, Pauline (American musician) |
b.1932 |
| Oliver, Andrew (American political leader) |
1706-1774 |
| Oliver (or Olivier), Isaac (English painter) |
1556?-1617 |
| Oliver, James (Scottish-born American industrialist) |
1823-1908 |
| Oliver, Joseph "King Oliver" (American jazz musician) |
1885-1938 |
| Oliver, Mary (American poet) |
b.1935 |
| Oliver, Paul Ambrose (American soldier, explosives inventor) |
1830-1912 |
| Oliver, William Irvin (Panama-born American dramatist) |
b.1926 |
| Olivetan, Pierre-Robert (Olivetanus)(French Protestant scholar) |
c.1506-1538 |
| Olivier, Juste Daniel (Swiss writer) |
1807-1876 |
| Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr (English actor, director, producer) |
1907-1989 |
| Ollivier, Emile (French politician) |
1825-1913 |
| Olmedo, Jose Joaquin (Ecuadorian politician, poet) |
1782-1847 |
| Olmo, Harold Paul (American viticulturist) |
1909-2006 |
| Olmsted, Frederick Law (American landscape architect) |
1822-1903 |
| Olney, Richard (American statesman) |
1835-1917 |
| Olsen, Tillie née Lerner (American writer, political activist) |
b.1913 |
| Olson, Charles John (American poet, literary theorist, scholar) |
1910-1970 |
| Olson, Elder James (American poet, playwright, literary critic) |
1909-1992 |
| Olson, Lyndon L. (American lawyer) |
1925-2005 |
| Olympio, Sylvanus (Togolese politician) |
1902-1963 |
| Olympiosorus (Egyptian-born Greek historian) |
5th cent. |
| Olympiodorus of Alexandria the Elder (Greek Peripatetic phil.) |
5th cent. |
| Olympiodorus of Alexandria the Younger (Gr. Neoplatonic phil.) |
6th cent. |
| O'Mahony, John (Irish-born American political leader) |
1816-1877 |
| Omalius d'Halloy, Jean-Baptiste-Julien d' (Belgian geologist) |
1783-1875 |
| O'Malley, Grace (Graine Ni Maille) (Irish princess) |
fl.1550-1600 |
| Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick (Indian-born British hist.) |
1860-1946 |
| Oman, John Wood (Scottish Presbyterian theologian) |
1860-1939 |
| Omar Khayyam (Persian poet, math., astronomer, philosopher) |
1048-1131 |
| Omer (pseudonym Nef'i; aka Nef'i of Erzurum) (Ottoman poet) |
c.1572-1635 |
| Omotoso, Kole (Nigerian writer, playwright, critic) |
b.1943 |
| Ompteda, Georg von (pseud. Georg Egestorff) (German writer) |
1863-1931 |
| Omura Masujiro (Japanese military scholar, soldier) |
1824-1869 |
| Ona, Pedro de (Chilean poet) |
1570?-1643? |
| Onassis, Aristotle Socrates (Turkish-born Greek businessman) |
1900?-1975 |
| Onatas (Greek sculptor) |
5th cent. BC |
| Onate, Juan de (Mexican-born Spanish explorer, conquistador) |
1550?-1630 |
| Oncken, August (German economist; brother of Wilhelm) |
1844-1911 |
| Oncken, Hermann (German historian) |
1869-1946 |
| Oncken, Wilhelm (German historian) |
1838-1905 |
| Ondaatje, Philip Michael (Ceylon-born Canadian writer, poet) |
b.1943 |
| O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone (American playwright) |
1888-1953 |
| O'Neill, John (Irish-born American Fenian leader) |
1834-1878 |
| O'Neill, Norman Houstoun (English composer) |
1875-1934 |
| O'Neill, Rose Cecil (Am. illustrator, author; inv. Kewpie doll) |
1874-1944 |
| O'Neill, Thomas Phillip (Tip) (American politician) |
1912-1994 |
| Onetti, Juan Carlos (Uruguayan writer) |
1909-1994 |
| Onions, Charles Talbut (English philologist, lexicographer) |
1873-1965 |
| Onions, (George) Oliver (English novelist) |
1873-1961 |
| Onn bin Ja'afar, Dato (Malayan politician) |
1895-1962 |
| O'Nolan, Brian (pseud. Flann O'Brien) (Irish writer) |
1911-1966 |
| Onomacritus (Athenian prophet, mystic poet) |
530?-480? BC |
| Ono no Komachi (Japanese poet) |
fl.850 |
| Ono Tofu (Japanese calligrapher) |
894-964 |
| Onosander (Greek writer) |
1st cent. |
| Onsager, Lars (Norwegian-born American chemist) |
1903-1976 |
| Onslow, Andre-Georges-Louis (French composer) |
1784-1853 |
| Ooka Makoto (Japanese poet, literary critic) |
b.1931 |
| Ooka Shohei (Japanese writer, essayist) |
1909-1988 |
| Ooka Tadasuke (Japanese jurist) |
1675-1751 |
| Oort, Jan Hendrick (Dutch astronomer) |
1900-1992 |
| Oost, Jakob van (Flemish painter) |
1600?-1671 |
| Opalinski, Krzysztof (Polish satirist, politician) |
1609-1655 |
| Oparin, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Russian biochemist) |
1894-1980 |
| Opel, Fritz van (German automotive industrialist) |
1899-1971 |
| Opie, Amelia née Alderson (English writer, poet) |
1769-1853 |
| Opie, John "the Cornish Wonder" (English painter, illustrator) |
1761-1807 |
| Opitz, Martin (German poet, critic, metrical reformer) |
1597-1639 |
| Opitz von Boberfeld, Martin (German poet, literary theorist) |
1597-1639 |
| Oppel, Albert (German geologist, paleontologist) |
1831-1865 |
| Oppen, George (Am. poet, political activist, furniture maker) |
1908-1984 |
| Oppenheim, Edward Phillips (English writer) |
1866-1946 |
| Oppenheim, Lassa Francis Lawrence (German-born English jurist) |
1858-1919 |
| Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest (German-born S. African industrialist) |
1880-1957 |
| Oppenheimer, Franz (German economist, sociologist) |
1864-1943 |
| Oppenheimer, Julius Robert (American physicist) |
1904-1967 |
| Oppenheimer, Maximilian (aka Max Ophuls) (German film director) |
1902-1957 |
| Opper, Frederick Burr (American illustrator, cartoonist) |
1857-1937 |
| Oppert, Jules (German-born French Orientalist) |
1825-1905 |
| Oppian (Cicilian poet) |
fl. c.180 |
| Oppian (Syrian poet) |
fl. c.211 |
| Oppius, Gaius (Roman writer) |
1st cent. BC |
| Oppolzer, Theodor von (Czech astronomer, mathematician) |
1841-1886 |
| Opzoomer, Cornelis Willem (Dutch philosopher, jurist) |
1821-1892 |
| Oquendo, Antonio de (Spanish navigator) |
1557-1640 |
| Orage, Alfred Richard (English editor, social thinker) |
1873-1934 |
| Orbigny, Alcide-Charles-Victor Dessalines d' (Fr. naturalist) |
1802-1857 |
| Orcagna, Andrea (orig. Andrea di Cione) (Florentine painter) |
c.1308-c.1368 |
| Orchard, William Edwin (English clergyman) |
1877-1955 |
| Orchardson, Sirr William Quiller (Scottish painter) |
1832-1910 |
| Orczy, Emmuska (Hungarian-born English novelist, playwright) |
1865-1947 |
| Ordericus Vitalis (or Orderic Vital) (Anglo-Norman chronicler) |
1075-1142? |
| Ordonez, Bartolome (Spanish sculptor) |
c.1490-1520 |
| Ordzhonikidze, Grigory Konstantinovich (Russian politician) |
1886-1937 |
| O'Reilly, John Boyle (Irish-born American poet, editor) |
1844-1890 |
| Orellana, Francisco de (Spanish soldier, explorer) |
c.1490-c.1546 |
| Orellana, Jose Maria (Guatemalan general, politician) |
1872-1926 |
| Orseme, Nicole d' (French prelate) |
c.1325-1382 |
| Oresme, Nicole (French mathematician) |
1320-1382 |
| Orff, Carl (German composer) |
1895-1982 |
| Orfila, Matthieu-Joseph-Bonaventure (French chemist) |
1787-1853 |
| Orgetorix (Helvetic chieftain) |
1st cent. BC |
| Orhan Veli Kanik (Turkish poet, editor) |
1914-1950 |
| Oriani, Alfredo (Italian author, social critic) |
1852-1909 |
| Oriani, Barnaba (Italian priest, astronomer) |
1752-1832 |
| Oribasius (Greek physician of Pergamum) |
c.325-c.400 |
| Oribe, Manuel Ceferino (Uruguayan general, political leader) |
1792-1857 |
| Origen (Origenes, surn. Adamantius) (Christian writer, teacher) |
185?-254? |
| O'Riordan, Conal Holmes O'Connell (Irish dramatist, novelist) |
1874-1948 |
| Orjasaeter, Tore (Norwegian poet, playwright) |
1886-1968 |
| Orlando, Tony (Michael Anthony O. Cassivitis) (American singer) |
b.1944 |
| Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele (Italian prime minister 1917-1919) |
1860-1952 |
| Orleans, Charles (French poet) |
1394-1465 |
| Orley, Bernaert van (also Barend, Bernard) (Flemish painter) |
1492?-1542 |
| Orlik, Emil (Czech-born German painter, etcher, lithographer) |
1870-1932 |
| Orm (or Ormin) (English Augustinian monk) |
fl. c.1200 |
| Ormandy, Eugene (Hungarian-born American conductor) |
1899-1985 |
| Orosius, Paulus (Spanish priest) |
5th cent. |
| O'Rourke, James Bernard "Jim" (American musician) |
b.1969 |
| O'Rourke, P.J. (Patrick Jake) (American humorist, journalist) |
b.1947 |
| Orozco, Jose Clemente (Mexican painter) |
1883-1949 |
| Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague (Irish-born Brit. painter) |
1878-1931 |
| Orr, James Lawrence (American politician) |
1822-1873 |
| Orrente, Pedro "the Spanish Bassano" (Spanish painter) |
1588-1645 |
| Orry, Jean (French economist) |
1652-1719 |
| Orsay, Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel d' (Fr. wit, painter, sculptor) |
1801-1852 |
| Orsi, Paolo (Italian archaeologist) |
1859-1935 |
| Orsini, Felice (Italian revolutionary) |
1819-1858 |
| Orsted, Hans Christian (Danish physicist) |
1777-1851 |
| Ors y Rovira, Eugenio d' (Catalan essayist, philosopher) |
1882-1954 |
| Orszagh, Pavol (pseud. Hviezdoslav) (Slovak poet) |
1849-1921 |
| Ortega y Gasset, Jose (Spanish philosopher, writer) |
1883-1955 |
| Orteig, Raymond (French-born American restaurateur) |
1870-1939 |
| Ortigao, Jose Duarte Ramalho (Portuguese essayist, journalist) |
1836-1915 |
| Ortiz Rubio, Pascual (Mexican president Mexico 1930-1932) |
1877-1963 |
| Orton, Arthur (alias Thomas Castro) (English butcher, imposter) |
1834-1898 |
| Orton, Edward Jr. (American potter, industrial chemist) |
1863-1932 |
| Orton, John Kingsley "Joe" (English playwright) |
1933-1967 |
| Orvieto, Angiolo (Italian poet) |
1869-1967 |
| Orwell, George (pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair) (English writer) |
1903-1950 |
| Ory, Edward "Kid" (American trombonist, composer) |
1886-1973 |
| Orzeszkowa, Eliza née Pawlowska (Polish writer, bookseller) |
1841-1910 |
| Osborn, Henry Fairfield (American paleontologist) |
1857-1935 |
| Osborn, Henry Fairfield (American conservationist; son of HF) |
1887-1969 |
| Osborn, Sherard (Indian-born English naval officer, explorer) |
1822-1875 |
| Osborne, Adam (Thailand-born British computer engineer) |
1939-2003 |
| Osborne, Dorothy "Lady Temple" (English letter-writer) |
1627-1695 |
| Osborne, George Alexander (Irish pianist, composer) |
1806-1893 |
| Osborne, John James (British dramatist; Angry Young Man) |
1929-1994 |
| Osborne, Thomas (English bookseller) |
d.1767 |
| Osborne, Thomas Burr (American biochemist) |
1859-1929 |
| Osborne, Thomas Mott (American penologist, prison reformer) |
1859-1926 |
| Osbourne, Lloyd (American writer; stepson of R.L. Stevenson) |
1868-1947 |
| Osceola (Nickanochee) (Seminole Indian chief) |
c.1804-1838 |
| Osei Tutu (Ashanti ruler) |
d.1712 |
| Osgood, Frances Sargent née Locke (American poet) |
1811-1850 |
| Osgood, Samuel (American Revolutionary officer, politician) |
1748-1813 |
| O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar (English poet) |
1844-1881 |
| O'Shaughnessy, Michael Maurice (American hydraulic engineer) |
1864-1934 |
| O'Shea, William Henry (Irish home rule advocate) |
1840-1905 |
| Osiander, Andreas (German Lutheran theologian) |
1498-1552 |
| Osler, Sir William (Canadian physician) |
1849-1919 |
| Osman Ali (Ruler, president of Hyderabad) |
1886-1967 |
| Osman Nuri Pasa (Turkish general) |
1832-1900 |
| Osmena, Sergio (Philippine Commonwealth president 1944-1946) |
1878-1961 |
| Osmond, Humphry Fortescue (English-born American psychiatrist) |
1917-2004 |
| Ossiannilsson, Karl Gustav (Swedish lyric poet, novelist) |
1875-1970 |
| Ossietzky, Carl von (German writer, pacifist) |
1889-1938 |
| Ostade, Adriaen van (Dutch painter, etcher) |
1610-1685 |
| Ostade, Isack (Dutch painter, etcher; brother of Adriaen) |
1621-1649 |
| Ostaijen, Paul van (Flemish poet, critic, man of letters) |
1896-1928 |
| Ostberg, Ragnar (Swedish architect) |
1866-1945 |
| Ostenso, Martha (Norwegian-born American novelist) |
1900-1963 |
| Osterman, Andrey Ivanovich (German-born Russian statesman) |
1687-1747 |
| Osthoff, Hermann (German philologist) |
1847-1909 |
| Ostrogorsky, Moisey Yakovlevich (Russian political scientist) |
1854-1919 |
| Ostrogradski, Michel Vasilevich (Russian mathematician) |
1801-1861 |
| Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Russian playwright) |
1823-1886 |
| Ostrovsky, Nikolay Alekseyevich (Soviet author) |
1904-1936 |
| Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm (Latvian-born Ger. physical chemist) |
1853-1932 |
| O'Sullivan, Maurice (Irish writer) |
1904-1950 |
| O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (American photographer) |
c.1840-1882 |
| Oswald, John (Canadian composer, sound collage artist) |
b.1953 |
| Oswald, Lee Harvey (American presumed assassin of J.F. Kennedy) |
1939-1963 |
| Oswald, Richard (Scottish-born British diplomat) |
1705-1784 |
| Oswald, Saint (King of Northumbria 633-641) |
c.605-641 |
| Oswald of York, Saint (Anglo-Saxon prelate) |
c.925-992 |
| Oswald von Wolkenstein (German lyric poet, adventurer) |
1377?-1445 |
| Otero González, Lisandro (Cuban writer, journalist) |
1932-2008 |
| Otero Silva, Miguel (Venezuelan writer) |
1908-1985 |
| Otescu, Ion Nonna (Romanian composer) |
1888-1940 |
| Otfrid (or Otfried) (German monk, religious poet) |
9th cent. |
| Otis, Bass (American painter, lithographer) |
1784-1861 |
| Otis, Elisha Graves (American elevator industrialist, inventor) |
1811-1861 |
| Otis, Elwell Stephen (American army officer) |
1838-1909 |
| Otis, Harrison Gray (American politician; nephew of James Otis) |
1765-1848 |
| Otis, Harrison Gray (American army officer, journalist) |
1837-1917 |
| Otis, James (American Revolutionary statesman) |
1725-1783 |
| Otlet, Paul (Belgian lawyer; dev. Univ. Decimal Classification) |
1868-1944 |
| Ott, Jonathan (Am. writer, chemist, entheobotanist) |
b.1949 |
| Otte, Hans Günther Franz (German composer, pianist) |
1926-2007 |
| Otterbein, Philip William (German-born American clergyman) |
1726-1813 |
| Otto I (Otto the Great) (Holy Roman emperor 936-973) |
912-973 |
| Otto of Bamberg, Saint (Father of the Monks) (German religious) |
1060?-1139 |
| Otto of Freising (German bishop, historian) |
c.1111-1158 |
| Otto, Bodo (German-born American physician) |
1711-1787 |
| Otto, Nikolaus August (German engineer, inventor) |
1832-1891 |
| Otto, Rudolf (German theologian, philosopher) |
1869-1937 |
| Otway, Thomas (English dramatist, poet) |
1652-1685 |
| Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter (Dutch architect) |
1890-1963 |
| Oudine, Eugene-Andre (French sculptor, engraver of medals) |
1810-1887 |
| Oudinot, Nicolas-Charles (Duc de Reggio) (French soldier) |
1767-1847 |
| Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French Rococo painter, tapestry designer) |
1686-1755 |
| Oughtred, William (English math.; invented slide rule c.1632) |
1574-1660 |
| Ouologuem, Yambo (pseudonym Utto Rodolph) (Malian writer) |
b.1940 |
| Oursler, Charles Fulton (American journalist, writer) |
1893-1952 |
| Ousmane, Sembene (Senegalese filmmaker, writer) |
b.1923 |
| Ouspensky, Peter Demianovich (Russian philosopher) |
1878-1947 |
| Outcault, Richard Felton (American cartoonist) |
1863-1928 |
| Outram, Sir James (British army commander in India) |
1803-1863 |
| Outremeuse, Jean d' (French writer) |
1338-1399 |
| Ouvard, Gabriel-Julien (French speculator, financier) |
1770-1846 |
| Ou-yang Hsiu (Yung-shu) (Chinese poet, historian, statesman) |
1007-1072 |
| Ovando, Nicholas de (Spanish colonial administrator) |
c.1451-c.1511 |
| Ovens, Jurgen (Danish painter; pupil of Rembrandt) |
1623-1678 |
| Overbeck, Johann Friedrich (German religious painter) |
1789-1869 |
| Overbeck, Johannes Adolf (German archaeologist; nephew of J.F.) |
1826-1895 |
| Overbury, Sir Thomas (English poet, courtier) |
1581-1613 |
| Overland, Arnulf (Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright) |
1889-1968 |
| Overton, Richard (English pamphleteer) |
fl. 1642-1663 |
| Overweg, Adolf (German geologist, traveler) |
1822-1852 |
| Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (Roman poet) |
43 BC-AD 17 |
| Ovington, Earle L. (American aeronautical engineer, aviator) |
1879-1936 |
| Ovonramwen (aka Overami) (West African ruler) |
d.1914 |
| Owades, Joseph Lawrence (Am. biochemist; invented light beer) |
1919-2005 |
| Owain Cyfeiliog (Welsh warrior-prince, poet) |
c.1130-1197 |
| Owen, Alun Davies (Welsh dramatist) |
b.1925 |
| Owen, Daniel (Welsh writer; considered national novelist) |
1836-1895 |
| Owen, Goronwy (aka Goronwy Ddu o Fon) (Welsh clergyman, poet) |
1723-1769 |
| Owen, Sir Hugh (Welsh promoter of education) |
1804-1881 |
| Owen, John (Latin: Audoenus or Ovenus) (Welsh epigrammatist) |
1560?-1622 |
| Owen, John (English clergyman, theologian) |
1616-1683 |
| Owen, Sir Richard (English anatomist, paleontologist) |
1804-1892 |
| Owen, Robert (Welsh Socialist, philanthropist) |
1771-1858 |
| Owen, Robert Dale (Welsh-born Am. politician; son of Robert) |
1801-1877 |
| Owen, Wilfred (English poet, soldier) |
1893-1918 |
| Owens, Bonnie Maureen née Campbel (American singer) |
1932-2006 |
| Owens, Michael Joseph (American inventor, manufacturer) |
1859-1923 |
| Oxenford, John (English critic, playwright, translator) |
1812-1877 |
| Oxenham, John (English mariner) |
d.1575 |
| Oxenstierna, Axel Gustafsson (Swedish statesman) |
1583-1654 |
| Oxenstierna, Bengt Bengtsson (Swedish statesman, traveler) |
1591-1643 |
| Oxenstierna, Bengt Gabrielsson (Swedish statesman, diplomat) |
1623-1702 |
| Oxenstierna, Johan Gabriel (Swedish poet) |
1750-1818 |
| Oxford, Edward de Vere, earl of (English courtier, poet) |
1550-1604 |
| Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (English naval officer) |
1783-1828 |
| Oxley, Tony (English musician) |
b.1938 |
| Oxnam, Garfield Bromley (American clergyman, educator, author) |
1891-1963 |
| Oyama Iwao (Japanese soldier, prince) |
1842-1916 |
| Oyono, Ferdinand Leopold (Cameroonian politician, actor,writer) |
b.1929 |
| Oyono-Mbia, Guillaume (Cameroonian dramatist, writer) |
b.1939 |
| Oz, Amos (b. Amos Klausner) (Israeli writer, essayist) |
b.1939 |
| Ozaki Koyo (orig. Ozaki Tokutaro) (Japanese writer, poet) |
1869-1903 |
| Ozaki Yukio (Japanese politician) |
1858-1954 |
| Ozanam, Antoine-Frederic (French historian) |
1813-1853 |
| Oz Beg (also Uzbek) (Mongol khan 1313-1341) |
d.1341 |
| Ozenfant, Amedee (French painter) |
1886-1966 |
| Ozick, Cynthia (American writer, essayist) |
b.1928 |
| Ozu Yasujiro (Japanese film director) |
1903-1963 |