Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Oakeley, Frederick (English ecclesiastic) 1802-1880
Oakley, Annie (born 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
Obbink, Dirk (American classicist, papyrologist) b.1957
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) 1917-2008
O'Brien, Edna (Irish writer, playwright, screenwriter) b.1932
O'Brien, Fitz-James (Irish-born American writer, journalist) c.1828-1862
O'Brian, Patrick (born Richard Patrick Russ; English writer) 1914-2000
O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington (Am. writer, 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) 1903-1993
Ocampo, Victoria (Argentinean publisher, translator, writer) 1890-1979
O'Carolan, Turlough (Toirdhealbhach O Cearbhallain; Irish bard) 1670-1738
O'Casey, Sean (born John Casey; Irish playwright) 1880-1964
Occhialini, Giuseppe "Beppo" (Ital. physicist, X-ray satellite) 1907-1993
Ocelot, Michel (French writer, director, animator, actor) b.1943
Ochino, Bernardino (Italian theologian, reformer) 1487-1564
Ochoa, Eugenio de (Spanish writer, scholar) 1815-1872
Ochoa de Albornoz, Severo (Spanish-born American biochemist) 1905-1993
Ochs, Adolph Simon (American newspaper publisher) 1858-1935
Ochs, Peter (French-born Swiss politician) 1752-1821
Ochs, Philip David "Phil" (American singer, songwriter) 1940-1976
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 (born 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 née 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
Odam, Norman Carl "Legendary Stardust Cowboy" (Am. musician) b.1947
Oda Nobunaga (Kipposhi, Saburo; Japanese general) 1534-1582
O'Day, Anita Belle née Colton (American singer) 1919-2006
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 (Am. actor, producer, director, writer) 1940-1994
O'Donoju, Juan (Spanish soldier) 1762-1821
O'Donovan, John (Irish archaeologist) 1809-1861
O'Donovan, Michael (pseudonym 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
Oelze, Richard (German painter) 1900-1980
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 (born Jacob; German-born French composer) 1819-1880
O'Flaherty, Liam (Irish writer, revolutionary) 1896-1984
Ogata, Sadako (Japanese scholar, administrator) b.1927
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 (aka 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) 1919-1995
O'Hara, Frank Russell (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, writer) 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 (born 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
Okounkov, Andrei Yuryevich (Russian mathematician, educator) b.1969
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
Olah, George Andrew (Hungarian-born American chemist) b.1927
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 (born 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 historian, writer) 1916-2002
Oldenburg, Claes (Swedish-born American sculptor) b.1929
Oldfield, Anne (English actor) 1683-1730
Oldfield, Berna Eli "Barney" (American auto racer) 1878-1946
Oldfield, Michael Gordon "Mike" (English musician, composer) b.1953
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 (Am. Secretary of Energy 1993-1997) b.1937
O'Leary, Jean Marie (American nun, activist) 1948-2005
Oleg (Viking warrior, prince of Kiev) d.c.912
Olesha, Yury Karlovich (pseudonym 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 Laurence Elwin "Mark" (Australian physicist) 1901-2000
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant née Wilson (Scottish writer) 1828-1897
Oliphant, Pat (Australian-born American political cartoonist) b.1935
Oliveros, Pauline (American musician, composer: Deep Listening) 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 musician, bandleader) 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
Olmi, Ermanno (Italian film director) b.1931
Olmo, Harold Paul (American viticulturist) 1909-2006
Olmsted, Frederick Law (American landscape architect) 1822-1903
Olney, Richard (American statesman) 1835-1917
Olsen, Kenneth Harry "Ken" (American engineer; co-founded DEC) 1926-2011
Olsen, Tillie née Lerner (American writer, political activist) 1912-2007
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
Olum, Paul (American mathematician, educator) 1918-2001
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 (pseudonym 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, writer; inv. Kewpie doll) 1874-1944
O'Neill, Thomas Phillip "Tip" (American politician) 1912-1994
Onetti, Juan Carlos (Uruguayan writer) 1909-1994
Ong, Han (Filipino playwright, writer) b.1968
Onions, Charles Talbut (English philologist, lexicographer) 1873-1965
Onions, George Oliver (English writer) 1873-1961
Onn bin Ja'afar, Dato (Malayan politician) 1895-1962
Ono, Yoko (Japanese-born American? artist, musician) b.1933
O'Nolan, Brian (pseudonym 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 Norwegian/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
Ophuls, Marcel (German-born American documentary filmmaker) b.1927
Opie, Amelia née Alderson (English writer, poet) 1769-1853
Opie, John "the Cornish Wonder" (English painter, illustrator) 1761-1807
Opie, Julian (English artist) b.1958
Opik, Ernst Julius (Estonian astronomer; asteroid) 1893-1985
Opitz, Martin (German poet, critic, metrical reformer) 1597-1639
Opitz von Boberfeld, Martin (German poet, literary theorist) 1597-1639
Oppedisano, Marco (American musician, composer, teacher) b.1971
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
Oppenheim, Meret (German-born Swiss artist, photographer) 1913-1985
Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest (German-born S. African industrialist) 1880-1957
Oppenheimer, Frank Friedman (Am. physicist; brother of J.R.) 1912-1985
Oppenheimer, Franz (German economist, sociologist) 1864-1943
Oppenheimer, Joel Lester (aka Jacob Hammer; American poet) 1930-1988
Oppenheimer, Julius Robert (American physicist, educator) 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
Oram, Daphne Blake (English composer, musician) 1925-2003
Orben, Robert "Bob" (American magician, writer) b.1927
Orbigny, Alcide-Charles-Victor Dessalines d' (Fr. naturalist) 1802-1857
Orbon, Julian (Spanish-born Cuban composer, critic, pianist) 1925-1991
Orcagna, Andrea (born 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 writer, 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'Regan, Tarik Hamilton (English composer) b.1978
O'Reilly, John Boyle (Irish-born American poet, editor) 1844-1890
O'Reilly, Tim (Irish publisher: founded O'Reilly Media) b.1954
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, teacher) 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 writer, 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?
Oriolo, Joseph "Joe" (Am. animator, writer, director, producer) 1913-1985
O'Riordan, Conal Holmes O'Connell (Irish dramatist, writer) 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 (aka Barend, Bernard; Flemish painter) 1492?-1542
Orlik, Emil (Czech-born German painter, etcher, lithographer) 1870-1932
Orlovsky, Peter (American poet, musician) 1933-2010
Orm (or Ormin; English Augustinian monk) fl. c.1200
Ormandy, Eugene (Hungarian-born American conductor) 1899-1985
Ornstein, Leo (Ukrainian-born American composer, pianist) 1893-2002
Orosius, Paulus (Spanish priest) 5th cent.
O'Rourke, James Bernard "Jim" (American musician, producer) b.1969
O'Rourke, Patrick Jake "P.J." (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 (pseudonym 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
Ortner, Sherry Beth (American cultural anthropologist) b.1941
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 (pseudonym 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
Osheroff, Douglas Dean (American physicist, academic) b.1945
Oshii, Mamoru (Japanese film writer, director) b.1951
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 (Filipino Commonwealth president 1944-1946) 1878-1961
Osmond, Humphry Fortescue (English-born American psychiatrist) 1917-2004
Osorio, Pepon (Puerto Rican artist) b.1955
Ossiannilsson, Karl Gustav (Swedish lyric poet, writer) 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 writer) 1900-1963
Osterman, Andrey Ivanovich (German-born Russian statesman) 1687-1747
Ostertag, Robert "Bob" (American audio artist) b.1957
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 writer) 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, dancer) 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
Oterma, Liisi (Finnish astronomer; asteroid) 1915-2001
Otero Gonzalez, 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
Otomo, Katsuhiro (Japanese manga artist, director) b.1954
Otomo Yoshihide (Japanese composer, musician) b.1959
Ott, Jonathan (Am. writer, chemist, entheobotanist) b.1949
Otte, Hans Gunther 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, Frei Paul (German architect, structural engineer) b.1925
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, writer, 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
Ovington, Mary White (American journalist; co-founded NAACP) 1865-1951
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, Chandler (American writer, editor, political activist) 1889-1967
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, writer) 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 (born Amos Klausner; Israeli writer, essayist) b.1939
Oz, Frank (b. Richard Frank Oznowicz; Eng.-born Am. film dir.) b.1944
Ozaki Koyo (born Ozaki Tokutaro; Japanese writer, poet) 1869-1903
Ozaki Yukio (Japanese politician) 1858-1954
Ozanam, Antoine-Frederic (French historian) 1813-1853
Oz Beg (aka 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, sake drinker) 1903-1963

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