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O.S.C.A
Osca redirects here; for other uses of Osca, see Osca (disambiguation) Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA, is usually abbreviated to O.S.C.A. and sometimes spelled OSCA or Osca, was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles. It was founded 1947 by Ernesto Mase..
OSC
OSC is a three-letter acronym that may stand for: United States Office of Special CounselOntario Science CentreOntario Securities CommissionOpenSound ControlOrbital Sciences CorporationOrson Scott Card OSC is also an abbreviation for oscillator. ..
Osc-Dis
OSC DIS (Oscillator In Disortion) is the ninth album from The Mad Capsule Markets. this album finally got them recognised overseas, with the single Pulse. They also started using the Amen break (which is the popular drumbreak used by Drum N Bass artists). Other highlights on the album included The ..
OSCA
OSCA or Osca might refer to O.S.C.A, an 1950s Italian brand of automobiles, related to the Maserati brothers the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, see OSCA (association) This page expands a four-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a..
OSCache
OSCache is "a Java framework" developed by OpenSymphony that makes it easy to cache content in Web applications. According to OpenSymphony, OSCache is a caching solution that includes a JSP tag library and set of classes to perform fine grained dynamic caching of JSP content, servlet responses or a..
Oscan language
Denarius of Marsican Confederation with Oscan legend. Languages in Iron Age Italy, 6th century BC Oscan, the language of the Osci, is in the Sabellic branch of the Italic language family, which is a branch of Indo-European and includes Umbrian, Latin and Faliscan. It was spoken in Samni..
Oscar
Oscar may refer to: People: Oscar I of Sweden - king of Sweden and NorwayOscar II of Sweden - king of Sweden and NorwayPrince Oscar, Duke of Gotlandia - prince of Sweden and Norway, later Count Bernadotte af WisborgOscar Levant, pianist, composer, comedian, writer, and actorOscar Peterson, jazz ..
OSCAR
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. OSCAR is an acronym for Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. OSCAR 1 OSCAR series satellites use amateur radio frequencies to communicate with earth. They are conceived, designed, and built by amateur radio operators under the general direction..
Oscarmcmaster
OSCAR (Open Source Clinical Application and Resource) from McMaster University is a web-based EMR (electronic medical record) system developed for academic primary care clinics. It enables the delivery of evidence resources at the point of care. On December 1, 2005, the project announced that OSCAR..
Oscarsborg Fortress
Oscarsborg festning is a coastal fortress in the Oslofjord, close to the small city of Drøbak. The fortress is situated on two small islets in the fjord and was military territory until 2003 when it was made a publicly available resort island. The fortress became famous on April 9, 1940 during W..
Oscarshall
Oscarshall castle is located in the small fjord Frognerkilen on Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. The castle was built from 1847 to 1852 by the Danish architect Johan Henrik Nebelong for King Oscar I. Oscarshall was sold by King Carl IV to the Norwegian state in 1863, and has been at the disposal of Norweg..
Oscars Grind
Oscar's Grind The first reference I can find regarding this more modern betting system appeared in Allan Wilson's "The Casino Gambler's Guide," copyright 1965. Wilson was intrigued with this system after a dice player named "Oscar" produced detailed records showing modest, but consistent profits. W..
Oscarville, Alaska
Oscarville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 61 at the 2000 census. Geography Oscarville is located at [60°43′17″N, 161°46′6″W] (60.721274, -161.768440)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Uni..
Oscarwatch
Oscarwatch refers to the tracking of movies in contention of Academy Award nominations and victories through the entire calendar year. Prominent Oscarwatch sites include [Oscarwatch] and [Everything oscar]. In 2004, many Oscarwatch websites had Jamie Foxx listed as the favorite ..
Oscar "Ossie" Asmundson
Oscar "Ossie" Asmundson - was a Professional Hockey Right Winger who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Eagles, New York Americans and Montreal Canadiens. Contents 1 Playing Career2 Awards & Achievements3 Records4&n..
Oscar (1967 film)
Oscar is a movie from 1967 directed by Edouard Molinaro and starring Louis de Funès. This title should not be confused with the movie remake Oscar from 1991. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Louis de Funès is playing a big industrialist named B..
Oscar (1991 film)
Oscar is a movie from 1991 directed by John Landis and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is a remake of Oscar from 1967. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In Oscar Sylvester Stallone plays the character Angelo "Snaps" Provolone. He promises his..
OSCAR (disambiguation)
OSCAR may refer to: OSCAR, Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur RadioOSCAR protocol, the AOL Instant Messenger protocolOut of School Care and RecreationOpen Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR) [link]Ordnance Survey Centre Alignment of Roads, a dataset of the road network of Great Br..
Oscar (film)
There have been two films named Oscar: '''Oscar (1967 film)'''Oscar (1991 film) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Oscar (game)
Oscar is a platform game that was released on Amiga A1200 and CD32 in 1994, published by Flair. The CD32 version was bundled with the CD32 on the same disc as puzzle game Diggers. ..
Oscar (Irish mythology)
Oscar in Irish mythology was the warrior son of Oisín and a fairy woman called Niamh, who also bore his sister, Plor na mBan. Oisín, in turn, was the son of the epic hero Fionn mac Cumhail. (Finn Mac Cool). Oscar was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gabhra, but his father did not know of his p..
Oscar (musical)
Oscar was a 2004 musical by Mike Read about Oscar Wilde, which closed after just one night at the Shaw Theatre in Euston after a severe critical mauling. ..
Oscar (software)
Oscar is software license key database software. It is able to store hundreds of thousands of serial numbers for anyone to use with any version of a program at a particular time. It uses a special format for storing them, and people update the database using that type of file. Updates for serial dat..
Oscar A.C. Lund
Oscar A.C. Lund (born May 21, 1885 in Stockholm, Sweden – died there in 1963) was an important silent film actor, screenwriter, and director of the American motion picture industry. Oscar A.C. Lund Sometimes recorded by his initials O.A.C. Lund, at the beginning of the 20th century he migr..
Oscar Albuquerque
Oscar Albuquerque is the president of Pro Soccer International, LLC, an ownership group which holds the rights to American Indoor Soccer League teams in Chicago, IL and Rockford, IL. He is also a former Canadian soccer goalkeeper in international competition. Albuquerque is originally from Peru but..
Oscar Aleman
Oscar Marcelo Aleman, (February 20, 1909 - October 14, 1980) was a guitarist. Oscar Marcelo Aleman, singer, dancer, entertainer, and guitarist extraordinaire, was born in Northern Argentina on February 20, 1909. At the age of six, he was dancing and singing with his family's folk ensemble, the..
Oscar Alende
Oscar Eduardo Alende (born 6 July 1909 in Maipú, Buenos Aires province – died 22 December 1996) was an Argentine politician who founded the Intransigent Party. Alende studied medicine at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where he led the student union, and the University of Buenos Aires. He..
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
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Oscar Alin
Oscar Alin. From: Emil Hildebrand, Sveriges historia intill tjugonde seklet (1910). Oscar Josef Alin (22 December 1846 – 31 December 1900) was a Swedish historian and politician. Alin was born in Falun. In 1872 he completed his doctorate and became docent of political science, and in 1..
Oscar Álvarez
Oscar Álvarez was Honduran Interior Minister from January 27th 2002 until November 14, 2005 when he unexpectedly resigned days before a general election, and blaming the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH)'s presidencial candidate Manuel Zelaya's opposition to the anti Mara Salvatrucha laws that the Na..
Oscar Anderson House Museum
Oscar Anderson House Museum is a museum located in downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Currently located on M Street in Elderberry Park, the museum, built in 1915 by early Anchorage resident Oscar Anderson, was the first wood-frame house in Anchorage. The Oscar Anderson House was complet..
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize. It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, an English Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the boat over to Australia, and discover that they both like to g..
Oscar Araripe
Oscar Araripe (born July 1941) is a Brazilian artist, writer, educator, and social and ecological activist. Life and art Oscar Araripe was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father was a doctor and his mother a teacher. Araripe has exhibited extensively, including at the Bank of Brazil's Cultural Center..
Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer
Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815-1866) circa 1850-1860 Oscar Arthur Moritz Lindauer (1815 - September 5, 1866) emigrated from Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1834. He along with his children operated a series of liquor and cigar stores in Manhattan, New York a..
Oscar Asche
Oscar Asche (26 January 1871–23 March 1936) was an Australian musical actor, director and writer, best known for having written, directed, and acted in the musical Chu Chin Chow, both on stage and film. He was born John Stanger Heiss Oscar Asche in Geelong, Victoria. His father, a Norwegian a..
Oscar Azócar
Oscar Gregorio Azócar (b. February 21, 1965 in Coro, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and left-handed batter who played for the New York Yankees (1990) and San Diego Padres (1991-92). Until 1987 Azócar was a lefty pitcher, and a good one (lifetime 14-5, 2.30 ERA as a pro). ..
Oscar B. Cintas
Oscar B. Cintas, (b. Sagua la Grande, Cuba, 1887; died 1957) was a prominent sugar and railroad magnate who served as Cuba’s ambassador to the United States from 1932 until 1934. Oscar B. Cintas, born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, in 1887, was a prominent sugar and railroad magnate who served as Cuba..
Oscar Barrena
Oscar Barrena González (born October 22, 1966) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ..
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Oscar Berger
There are 2 people called Oscar Berger. Oscar Berger (cartoonist)Óscar Berger President of Guatemala This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to th..
Oscar Berger (cartoonist)
For the president of Guatemala, see Óscar Berger. Oscar Berger (May 12, 1901–May 15, 1997) was a well-known caricaturist and cartoonist. Berger was born in Czechoslovakia. He became a cartoonist in Prague and studied art in Paris and Berlin. In Berlin, he secured an assignment with one of th..
Oscar Bjornson
Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (born February 14, 1906 in Glenboro, Manitoba, died August 13, 1972) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969. Bjornson was educated at the Kelvin Technical High School, a..
Oscar Bonavena
--> The Ali vs. Bonavena fight promotional poster Oscar Natalio Bonavena (September 25, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – May 22, 1976 near Reno, Nevada, United States) was a professional boxer. He earned the nickname "Ringo" for The Beatles haircut that he sported. Oscar Bonavena travel..
Oscar Borg
Oscar Borg (June 11, 1851–December 29, 1930) was a Norwegian composer. He was born in Halden, Norway, and is most known for his marches for wind band. ..
Oscar Branch Colquitt
Oscar Branch Colquitt (b. in Camilla, Georgia on December 16, 1861 - d. March 8, 1940) was Governor of Texas from January 17, 1911 to January 19, 1915. He was a member of the Democratic Party. External links [Oscar Branch Colquitt] from the Handbook of Texas Online [Message of Gover..
Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand (born February 7, 1920, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a folk singer and songwriter. In his career, spanning over 60 years, he has composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums. He has played alongside such legends of American folk music as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeg..
Oscar Bressane
Oscar Bressane is a municipality (município) in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [22°19′06″S, 50°16′53″W]. The population in 2004 is 2,562, the area is 222.139 km² The elevation is 461 m. ..
Oscar Broneer
Oscar Theodore Broneer (born December 28, 1894 in Backebo, Sweden; died February 22, 1992, in Corinth, Greece) was a prominent Greek archaeologist. Biography Broneer left Sweden in 1913 for the United States. He studied at Augustana College and then attended the University of California-Berkeley. ..
Oscar Brown
Oscar Brown, Jr (October 10 1926–May 29 2005) was a singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist. He ran for office in the Illinois state legislature and U.S. Congress, both unsuccessfully. Contents 1 Early life2 Humanitarian work3 Publications3.1 Albu..
Oscar Browning
Oscar Browning (January 17, 1837–October 6, 1923) was an English writer, historian and educational reformer, born in London, the son of a merchant, William Shipton Browning. He was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became fellow and tutor, graduating fourth..
Oscar Buneman
Oscar Buneman ( -January 24 1993) made advances in science, engineering, and mathematics. Buneman was a pioneer of computational plasma physics and plasma simulation. Buneman developed theories and simulations of collisionless dissipation of currents, called the Buneman instability. This is an exa..
Oscar C. Badger
Oscar Charles Badger (1823 – 1899) was a commodore in the United States Navy who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Born in Connecticut, Badger was appointed Midshipman in 1841. He took an active part in the Mexican and Civil Wars and was frequently commended in th..
Oscar C. Badger II
Oscar Charles Badger II (26 June 1890 – 30 November 1958) was an admiral of the United States Navy who served in both World Wars, and, as a junior officer, was awarded the Medal of Honor. The grandson of Commodore Oscar C. Badger (1823–1899) and son of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger (..
Oscar Camenzind
Oscar Camenzind (born on September 12, 1971 in Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former professional cyclist from Switzerland. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship, in 2000 he won the Tour de Suisse and he won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2001. His career came to an abrupt end when he retired from pro cy..
Oscar Castillo
Oscar Aníbal Castillo (b. 18 January 1954) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, currently a Senator for the Civic and Social Front of Catamarca and a former governor of that province. He is the son of Arnoldo Castillo, a leading figure in the UCR. Castillo was born in San Fernando..
Oscar Chajes
Oscar Chajes (pronounced "HA-yes") was an Austrian chess player. He was the last person to defeat Jose Capablanca prior to Capablanca's eight-year defeatless period (1916 to 1924). External links [] at ChessGames.com ..
Oscar Charleston
Oscar McKinley Charleston (October 14 1896 - October 5 1954) was an American center fielder and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues from 1915 to 1945. Baseball historian Bill James has ranked him as the fourth best player in the sport's history. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Charleston joined the ..
Oscar Chisini
Oscar Chisini (March 4, 1889 - April 10, 1967) was an Italian mathematician. He introduced the Chisini mean in 1929. Biography Chisini was born in Bergamo. In 1929 he founded the Institute of Mathematics (Istituto di Matematica) at the University of Milan, along with Gian Antonio Maggi and Giulio..
Oscar Christian Gundersen
Oscar Christian Gundersen (1908-1991) was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1945-1951 and 1951-1952, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1962-1963, and Minister of Justice again 1963-1965. ..
Oscar Chu
Oscar Chu (朱仲豪 in Chinese) is the chairman of U1 Technology, He is the son of the richman Chu Siu Yuan. He has written the story of Little Fighter Online. ..
Oscar class submarine
Oscar class submarine The Soviet Union’s Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) submarines are known in the West by their NATO reporting names: the Oscar-I and Oscar-II classes respectively. Oscars are the largest attack subs by now, being slightly larger than Ohio-class submarines o..
Oscar Collazo
Oscar Collazo (1914 – February 21, 1994) born in Florida, Puerto Rico, was one of two Puerto Ricans who attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. Oscar Collazo with his wife Rosa In 1920, Collazo's father died and his mother sent him to live with his brother in Jayuya. His ..
Oscar Comery
Oscar Comery was executed in Concord, New Hampshire at 12:31 a.m. at the New Hampshire State Prison. According to the Concord Evening Monitor, February 18, 1916, Oscar J. Comery was convicted of murdering his wife. He confessed to killing his wife by poisoning her with strychnine by replacing the qu..
Oscar Cox
Oscar Alfredo Cox was responsible for the introduction of football in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1901. A sport he learned a few years earlier while in Switzerland studying "Humanities" in the "La Villa" college of Lausanne. Born January 20 1880 in Rio, Oscar was the son of British diplomat George E..
Oscar Cullmann
Oscar Cullmann (25 February, 1902, Strasbourg - 16 January, 1999, Chamonix) was a Christian theologian in the Lutheran tradition. He is best known for his work in the ecumenical movement, being in part responsible for the establishment of dialogue between the Lutheran and Roman Catholic traditions...
Oscar D'León
Oscar D'León (b. July 111943) is a Venezuelan musician who became internationally famous for his salsa music. In Spanish, he is known as El Sonero del Mundo ("the Salsa Singer of the World") or as El Sonero Mayor ("the Great Salsa Singer"). His most famous song is perhaps "Llorarás," which he..
Oscar Danilo Blandon
Oscar Danilo Blandón Reyes headed Nicaragua's agricultural imports under Anastasio Somoza. He had a Master's Degree in marketing. When the Somoza government was overthrown in 1979, Blandón fled to the United States, and then raised money for the FDN (an early Contra group). According to many sourc..
Oscar da Costa
Oscar da Costa is a Spitting Image caricaturist. ..
Oscar Da Costa
Oscar Da CostaWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests First-class Matches 5 39 '''Runs scored 153 1563 Batting average 19.12 29.49 100s/50s -/- 1/9 Top score 39 105* Balls bowled 372 4128 Wickets 3 4..
Oscar Deutsch
Oscar Deutsch (1893-1941) was the founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain in the United Kingdom. Deutsch was born in Birmingham, England, the son of a successful Hungarian scrap metal merchant. He opened his first cinema in the city's Perry Barr district in 1930. By 1933 he had 26 Odeons and "Odeon" ha..
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya (born February 4, 1973 in Montebello, CA) — nicknamed the Golden Boy — is a Mexican-American boxer who won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Oscar de la Hoya became Ring Magazine's "fighter of the year" in 1995 and between 1997 and 1999 was described as the b..
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta Logo Oscar de la Renta (born July 22, 1932) is a fashion designer who is considered by fashion critics to be one of the most influential fashion creators of the 20th century. Oscar de la Renta, left his native Dominican Republic at age 18 to study painting at the Academy of..
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Oscar Douglas Skelton
Oscar Douglas Skelton (July 13, 1878 - January 1941) was a professor and author. He was the author of two books in the Chronicles of Canada series: [[The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Times]] and [[The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways]]. He later became under..
Oscar Dronjak
Oscar Dronjak (born january 201972) is the current lead guitarist of the power-metal band Hammerfall. He is the only current member who was among the original line-up. --> Oscar Dronjak was born in the Swedish town of Mölndal. Like many other Swedes, his first instrument was the accordion; he th..
Oscar Dunn
Oscar James Dunn (1820?-1871) was an American soldier and politician. He was born in Louisiana. He was probably a slave, who later escaped from his owners. Later he became the first elected African American lieutenant governor of a U.S. State, becaming lieutenant governor of Louisiana. ..
Oscar E. Berninghaus
Oscar Edmund Berninghaus 1874-1952 was an artist who was one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists and part of the Taos art colony in Taos, New Mexico. External links [AskART Oscar Edmund Berninghaus information] ..
Oscar Eckenstein
Oscar Eckenstein (9 September 1859 – 1921) was an Anglo-German rock-climber and mountaineer. He was one of the few people who readily climbed with Aleister Crowley, with whom he made an early expedition to K2. Crowley, in his Confessions of Aleister Crowley praises Eckenstein in several passages, ..
Oscar Elías Biscet
Oscar Elías Biscet (born July 20, 1961) is a prominent Christian activist living within Cuba. He is the founder of the Lawton Foundation, an illegal group within Cuba which seeks to promote human rights. On August 1999, Biscet, along with two dozen other dissidents, was detained by Cuban police fo..
Oscar Espinosa Chepe
Oscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe (born November 29, 1940) is a Cuban independent economist and dissident. He was one of approximately 75 dissidents arrested, tried and convicted as part of what has been widely described as a massive crackdown by the Cuban government. During his incarceration, Mr. Espinos..
Oscar F. Holcombe
Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (December 31, 1888–June 18, 1968) served as the mayor of Houston, Texas for 22 years, in 11 non-consecutive terms. Holcombe was born in Mobile, Alabama and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He moved to Houston when he was 18, and founded his own construction business, the..
Oscar F. Smith High School
Oscar F. Smith High School NameMotto Oscar F. Smith High School "We make the name uncommon." Address 1994 Tiger Drive Town Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 Established 1954 Type Public secondary Religion Secular Students Coeducational Grades 9 to 12 Accreditation Virginia State Dep..
Oscar Farenholt
Rear Admiral Oscar Walter Farenholt (2 May 1843 – 30 June 1920) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Farenholt entered the Navy as a seaman 24 April 1861, after 3 years in the merchant service. Disting..
Oscar Florianus Bluemner
Oscar Florianus Bluemner (June 21, 1867 – January 12, 1938) was a German-born American Modernist painter. He was born in Hanover, Germany. He moved to Chicago in 1893 where he freelanced as a draftsman. He relocated to New York in 1901. In 1910 he met Alfred Stieglitz, who introduced him to the a..
Oscar Forman
Oscar Forman born 16 January 1982 in Adelaide, Australia is a basketball player who currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian National Basketball League. Forman played for the Adelaide 36ers from 2001 until 2006, winning a championship in 2002, before moving to the Breakers a..
Oscar Fredrik Church
Oscar Fredrik Church is a church in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was drawn by Helgo Zetterwall and erected in the 1890´s. The style is Neo Gothic, but the influence is not the Nordic gothic style but rather the style one can find in the large cathedrals down in continental Europe. The church and the p..
Oscar Fulton
Oscar Fulton (March 22 1843 – November 22 1907) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Stormont in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1878 to 1882. He was born in Cornwall Township in Canada West in 1843. He operated a store, sawmill a..
Oscar Galíndez
Óscar Galíndez (born May 6, 1971 in Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina) is a triathlete. He competed at the first Olympic Triathlon, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, obtaining the twenty-eighth place with a total time of 1:50:59.48. Galíndez, began in triathlon when his was 16 year old. With physical..
Oscar Gamble
Oscar Charles Gamble (born December 20 1949 in Ramer, Alabama) is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for 17 seasons, from 1969 to 1985, on 7 different teams: the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees on two separate occasions, as well as the Chicago Cubs, ..
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey
The Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey chronicles the history of American whiskey from Colonial days through the 1960s. Rare documents, advertising posters, whiskey bottles, and other artifacts, including several moonshine stills, are all on display. The museum, located in Bardstown, Kentucky, is owned b..
Oscar Gjøslund
Oscar Gjøslund was a Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed Cross-country skiing in the 1930's. He won a bronze medal at the 1939 Nordic skiing World Championships in 50km. In 1935, Gjøslund won the 50km Cross-country skiing event at the Holmenkollen ski festival. Because of his successes, Gj..
Oscar Goldman
Oscar Goldman is a fictional character portrayed by Richard Anderson in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series. Goldman was the government superior of Steve Austin, and apparently part of the group responsible for having Steve implanted with bionics. A man with a..
Oscar Gonzáles
Oscar Gonzales is an Argentine table tennis player who played in the 2004 Summer Olympics with Pablo Tabachnik. See also Table Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics ..
Oscar González
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Oscar González Guerrero
Oscar González Guerrero, born January 17th, 1926 in Mexico City; is a comic book artist mostly known for his co-creations Hermelinda Linda and Zor y Los Invencibles. He founded along with his son and daughter-in-law, Susana Romero, ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio in 1994. He is the father of Oscar González..
Oscar González Loyo
Oscar González Loyo, born April 11th, 1959 in Mexico City; is a comic book artist mostly known for his creation Karmatrón y Los Transformables and founder along with his father and wife, Susana Romero, of ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio in 1994. He is the son of Oscar González Guerrero, legendary Mexican ..
Oscar Goodman
Portrait of Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Oscar B. Goodman. Oscar Baylin Goodman (born on July 26, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an attorney and the Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayor Goodman is a member of the Democratic Party. Contents 1 Biography2 Significant Events3 200..
Oscar Grimes
Oscar Ray Grimes, Jr. (April 13, 1915 - May 19, 1993) was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians (1938-1942), New York Yankees (1943-1946[start]) and Philadelphia Athletics (1946[end]). Grimes batted and threw right-handed. He was born in ..
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Sweden 1813 – Clapham, London on 18 January, 1875) was a pioneering Victorian art photographer. His exact date of birth is uncertain, but was probably 1813. He was the son of Carl Gustaf Rejlander, a stonemason and Swedish Army Officer. He studied art in Rome where h..
Oscar Gutierrez
Rey Mysterio redirects here. For his uncle, the original Rey Misterio, see Rey Misterio, Sr. Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, (born December 11, 1974 in San Diego, California) better known by his ring names Rey Misterio, Jr., Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Rey Mysterio is a Mexican-American professional wrestler c..
Oscar Guttormsen
Oscar Guttormsen (March 27, 1884 - January 15, 1964) was a Norwegian athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Guttormsen ran in the second heat of the 100 metres, taking second place to John George to be eliminated. His time was 12.0 seconds. References () ..
Oscar H. Gandy Jr.
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., is the Herbert Schiller Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. Gandy is a world-renowned scholar of the political economy of information. His work spans many subjects, including privacy, race, information technology, med..
Oscar H. Lipscomb
Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb is the 8th bishop of Mobile, Alabama ordained as bishop in 1980. ..
Oscar Hahn
Oscar Hahn was born on 6 July 1938 in the city of Iquique, Chile. Known in Chile as one of the writers of the Generation of the 70s (also known as the "Dispersed" or "Decimated Generation"), Hahn studied at the Pedagogical Institute of Santiago during his youth. His first steps in poetry can be tr..
Oscar Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein may refer to Oscar Hammerstein I (1847–1919), cigar manufacturer, opera impresario and theatre builderOscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), Broadway lyricist, songwriting partner of Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers ..
Oscar Hammerstein I
Oscar Hammerstein I (8 May 1847-1 August 1919) was a theater impresario in New York City. His private passion was for opera, and he rekindled its popularity in America. He was the grandfather of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Oscar Hammerstein I was born in Stettin in Pomerania to a German speaking..
Oscar Hammerstein II
For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. His father, William, was from a non-practicing Jewish family; his mot..
Oscar Harrison
Oscar Harrison (born April 15 1965) is the drummer, pianist, and occasional vocalist in Ocean Colour Scene (OCS). Harrison started out in the 11-piece reggae collective Echo Base who were signed to the same label as UB40 with whom they toured and despite releasing an album the band felt they were g..
Oscar Hartzell
Oscar Hartzell (1876–1943) was an American con man who convinced many people in North America to join him in a fraudulent lawsuit against the British government. The original idea did not originate with him, but rather was a continuation of a previous scam. Hartzell was a farmer's son from Ma..
Oscar Haza
--> Oscar Haza is a journalist born in Dominican Republic, at the age of 22 moved to Miami to pursue his carrer in journalism . He is host of popular Channel 41 news talk show in miami , A Mano Limpia. A show that airs on America teve. [America Teve] ..
Oscar Heisserer
Oscar Heisserer (died October 7, 2004) was a French footballer. He played for RC Strasbourg, and appeared for France in the 1938 World Cup, where he scored a goal. ..
Oscar Henríquez
Oscar Eduardo Henríquez [en-RE-kayz] (born January 28, 1974 in La Guaira, Vargas State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the Houston Astros (1997), Florida Marlins (1998) and Detroit Tigers (2002). In 49-game career, Henríquez compi..
Oscar Hernandez
Oscar Hernandez (born March 22, 1954 in Manhattan, New York City) is a renowned musician, musical arranger and producer who composed the musical theme for the popular HBO T.V. series "Sex and the City". Hernandez's family moved to the United States from Puerto Rico in the 1940s, in search of a bet..
Oscar Hernandez (tennis player)
Oscar Hernandez (born April 10, 1978 in Barcelona, Spain) is a professional male tennis player from Spain. He turned pro in 1998. On September 19, 2005, Hernandez achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 72. ..
Oscar Herrero
Oscar Herrero is a Flamenco guitarist from Spain. Oscar Herrero has authored several flamenco guitar teaching DVDs. He was awarded the first prize at the Bordón Minero (Festival de La Union, Murcia) and the Premio Nacional de Guitarra Flamenca in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz. Discography Year ..
Oscar Hijuelos
Oscar Hijuelos (born 1951) is an American novelist. He is the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Hijuelos was born in Morningside Heights in West Harlem, New York to Cuban immigrant parents. He studied writing at City College of New York, and practiced various professions before t..
Oscar Homolka
Oscar Homolka (born August 12, 1898 in Vienna; died January 27, 1978 in Sussex, England) was an Austrian-born actor. Holmoka's heavy European accent, stocky appearance, bushy eyebrows and vaguely Slavic-sounding name caused many to think of him as being Eastern European or Russian. Homolka began ..
Oscar Howe
Oscar Howe (May 13, 1915 - October 7, 1983) was an American artist who became well-known for his watercolor paintings. He was one of the first Native American modern artists. His early paintings are similar to other work produced at the Santa Fe Indian School, but he later developed a distinctive ..
Oscar Hugh Lipscomb
Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, D.D., Ph.D., born September 21, 1931, in Mobile, Alabama, is the present Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mobile, USA. He is the first Archbishop of Mobile and its eighth bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham on July..
Oscar II
Oscar II may refer to: Oscar II of Sweden (1829-1907), who ruled Sweden and Norway.Oscar class submarine, used by the Russian Navy.redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Oscar II of Sweden
King Oscar II Reign September 18 1872 - December 8 1907 Predecessor Charles XV Successor Gustaf V Spouse Sofia of Nassau Issue Crown Prince GustafPrince Oscar, Duke of GotlandPrince Carl, Duke of VästergötlandPrince Eugén, Duke of Närke Royal House Bernadotte Father ..
Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac (born c.1979 in Guatemala) is an American actor. A 2005 graduate of the Juilliard School, Isaac is to take the role of Joseph opposite Keisha Castle-Hughes in the upcoming film Nativity. He also has a small part in the Che Guevara biopic Guerrilla. External links [Oscar Isaac Q&A&..
Oscar I of Sweden
Oscar IKing of Sweden and Norway House of Bernadotte ..
Oscar J. Brittingham, Jr.
Oscar J. "Jerry" Brittingham, Jr was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from July 1, 1958 to June 30, 1962. Brittingham served as the first mayor of the city following its consolidation with the city of Warwick. The official consolidation took place on the day Brittingham became mayor. In May of 19..
Oscar Jacobsen
Oscar Jacobsen (1850-1902) was the Norwegian Minister of Labour 1888-1889, as well as head of the Ministry of the Interior in 1888. ..
Oscar Jacobsson
Oscar Jacobsson (1889-1945) was a Swedish comic creator and cartoonist who started his career in 1918, when his first newspaper illustration was published. In 1920, he created the comic strip Adamson for the publication Söndags-Nisse. Adamson himself was a (usually) silent little cigar-smoking man..
Oscar James
Oscar James is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Carpenter in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders. James was one of the original cast members, appearing in the series from its debut in 1985 until 1987. Other TV credits include: Gangsters, The Professionals, Minder, Shoe..
Oscar Janiger
Oscar Janiger Dr. Oscar Janiger was a University of California Irvine Psychiatrist who was best known for his LSD research, which lasted from 1954 to 1962. Nine hundred people took small doses (2 micrograms per kilogram of bodyweight) of LSD and recorded their experiences. The participants in..
Oscar Jay
Oscar Jay was a French archer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Jay entered the men's Continental style event in 1908, taking 17th (and last) place with 134 points. References ..
Oscar Jimenez
Oscar Jimenez is a comic book artist, penciller and inker. He is best known in the American comic industry for his work on titles such as The Flash, JLA and Contest of Champions II. ..
Oscar K. Allen
Oscar Kelly 'OK' Allen (1882 - 1936) was the Democratic Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936, and was the successor to Alvin Olin King. Allen was a key cog in the political machine of Huey Long that dominated Louisiana during the first half of the 1930s. Allen was born in Winn Parish, Louisiana ..
Oscar Kightley
Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley is a Samoan-born actor, television presenter and writer who has been a resident and citizen of New Zealand for most of his life. He acted in and co-wrote the successful 2006 film Sione's Wedding. He is also known for his involvement in Bro'Town, Naked Samoans Talk About ..
Oscar Kiss Maerth
Oscar Kiss Maerth is the author of The Beginning Was the End (1969), a pseudo-scientific book that claimed modern man devolved from a species of brain-eating apes. According to Maerth, this diet increased the apes' brain size, sex drive, aggression, psychic ability, and eventually caused insanity. ..
Oscar Kjellberg
Oscar Kjellberg was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. Founder of ESAB, in 1904. He invented the coated electrode used in manual metal arc welding (Swedish Patent: 27152, June 29 1907), by dipping a bare iron wire in a thick mixture of carbonates and silicates. The purpose of the coating is to p..
Oscar Koch
Oscar W. Koch was a US Army Officer. Koch served as a Brigadier General in 1950s. Koch was an intelligence aide to General Patton during World War II. General Koch is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame. ..
Oscar Korschelt
Oscar Korschelt (some sources give him the name Otto Korschelt) was a German engineer who introduced the Asian strategy board game of Go to Europe, especially to Germany and Austria. He learned about the game from Honinbo Shuho while working in Japan from 1878 to 1886. After his return he lived in L..
Oscar Kreuzer
Oscar Kreuzer (June 14, 1887 - May 3, 1968) was a male tennis player from Germany. He played at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden and won a bronze medal in the men's singles tournament. ..
Oscar L. Chapman
Oscar L. Chapman Oscar Littleton Chapman (October 22, 1896 – February 8, 1978) was the United States Secretary of the Interior during the last three years of the Truman administration. Chapman was born in Omega, Virginia. He served in the United States Navy Medical Corps from 1918 to 1..
Oscar Larrauri
Oscar Rubén Larrauri (born August 19, 1954) is a former Formula One driver from Argentina. He participated in 21 grand prix (all with the EuroBrun team), debuting on April 3, 1988. He scored 0 championship points. Complete Formula One results Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13..
Oscar Lathlin
Oscar Lathlin is a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and is a current cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer. Lathlin was born and raised at the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in The Pas, in northern Manitoba. He attended high school at Frontier Collegiate in Cranberry Portage,..
Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 - August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and an actor, better known for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than his music. Contents 1 Life2 Filmography3 ..
Oscar Levertin
Oscar Levertin painted by Carl Larsson 1906 Oscar Ivar Levertin (July 17, 1862 – September 22, 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian. Levertin was a dominant voice of the Swedish cultural scene from 1897, when he started writing influential high-profile essays and revi..
Oscar Levy
Oscar Levy (1867 – August 13, 1946) was a German-Jewish physician and writer, now known as a scholar of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose works he first saw translated systematically into the English language. His was a paradoxical life, of self-exile and exile, and of writing on and (as often taken) aga..
Oscar Lewis
Oscar Lewis (born Lefkowitz, 1914, New York City- died 1970) was an American anthropologist. He introduced the concept of Culture of poverty. Books Five Families; Mexican Case Studies In The Culture Of Poverty, 1959Tepoztlán, Village In Mexico, 1960The Children Of Sánchez, Autobiography Of A Mexi..
Oscar Linkson
Oscar Linkson (b. April, 1888 in Barnet - d. August, 1916 in France) was an English football player. Oscar started his career with Barnet F.C. in 1907. He was spotted playing for amateur team Pirates FC on a continental tour by scouts from Manchester United who were also touring in the same area. ..
Oscar Loew
Oscar Loew (April 2, 1844, Marktredwitz - January 26, 1941, Berlin) was a German agricultural chemist. He is a founder of the Pyocyanese, "Kalkfaktor". Literary works Der Kalkbedarf des Menschen, 1916 ([link])Das Calcium im Leben der Haustiere, 1939 External links [] ..
Oscar Lopez
Oscar Lopez (born 1954 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean-Canadian folk guitarist. Lopez moved to Canada in 1979 and settled in Calgary, Alberta. He began pursuing music as a career, becoming a popular draw on the Canadian folk festival circuit, and released his debut album, Hola, in 1989. Several of..
Oscar Lovelace
Oscar Fred Lovelace (born September 23, 1959) is a physician in Prosperity, South Carolina. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of South Carolina. In the primary, scheduled for June 13, 2006, he sought to unseat the incumbent Republican governor, Mark Sanford. However, San..
Oscar Lovette
Oscar Lovette (December 20, 1871 – July 6, 1934) was a United States Represenatative from Tennessee. Lovette was born in Greeneville, Tennessee and was graduated from Parrottsville High School, and, in 1893, from Tusculum College. In 1894 he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representati..
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Baron Oscar Luigi Scalfaro ['skalfaro] (born in Novara, September 9, 1918) is an Italian politician and magistrate, member of the Catholic Democratic Party and President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999, and senator for life. Biography Scalfaro was born in Novara, Piedmont. He g..
Oscar Madison
Oscar Madison is a character in The Odd Couple, which began as a Broadway play, then was a movie, then a very successful television series, and then returned to Broadway. In The Odd Couple, Oscar Madison (played by Jack Klugman in the TV series, Walter Matthau in the play and film) is the everyman..
Oscar Mathisen
Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen (October 4, 1888 – April 10, 1954) was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation (Norway became independent in 1905). Born in Kristiania (now Oslo), he grew up as the youngest of seven. He w..
Oscar Mathisen Award
Since 1959, the Oscar Mathisen Award (also known as the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Award, the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy, and sometimes the Skating Oscar) is awarded annually for outstanding speed skating performance of the season. The award was introduced by Oslo Skøiteklub (Oslo Skating Club, OS..
Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut production company, now owned by Kraft Foods, that is famous for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon and Lunchables products. German immigrant Oscar Ferdinand Mayer began working at a meat market in Detroit, Michigan and then later in Chicago, Illinois. In 1..
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux (January 2, 1884 - March 25,1951) was a pioneer African American author and filmmaker, and without a doubt the most famous producer of race films. thumb Micheaux was born near Metropolis, Illinois and grew up in Great Bend, Kansas, one of eleven children of former slaves. As ..
Oscar Milani
Oscar Milani was born in Rosario, Argentina, where he studied medicine and music. A Bariloche Foundation scholarship holder, he went to Buenos Aires to specialize; harpsichord, chamber music, and interpretation on early keyboard instruments. His activities as a soloist and chamber musician with the ..
Oscar Millard
English writer Oscar Millard (1908 - 1990) found success in Hollywood when he collaborated on the screenplay to the 1949 hit Come to the Stable, a comedy about nuns. He fared better the following year when he picked up an Academy Award nomination for the gritty war movie The Frogmen. Millard's out..
Oscar Milosz
Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz (Lithuanian: Oskaras Milašius) (1877-1939) was a French-Lithuanian writer and Lithuanian diplomat. Oskaras Milašius is a paradoxical and interesting phenomenon in Lithuanian culture. He never lived in Lithuania but was born and spent his childhood in Cereja (near..
Oscar Miñambres
Oscar Miñambres Pascual (born January 1, 1981 in Madrid) is a Spanish football right-sided fullback, who currently plays for Real Madrid. ..
Oscar Montelius
Oscar Montelius (9 September, 1843–4 November, 1921) was a Swedish archaeologist who refined the concept of seriation, a relative chronological dating method. Seriation is the procedure of working out a chronology by arranging material remains of a cultural tradition in the order that produc..
Oscar Moore
Oscar Moore (1916-1981) was an American jazz musician and guitarist. A superb and influential guitarist, Moore was himself influenced by Charlie Christian. Oscar Moore was an integral part of the Nat King Cole Trio during 1937-1947, appearing on virtually all of Cole's records during the period. Ba..
Oscar Morelli
Oscar Morelli, born Oscar Bonfiglio Mouet (February 4, 1936 in Guaymas, Sonora † June 6, 2005 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal), was a Mexican actor. The son of Oscar Bonfiglio (military and goalkeeper of the national football team) and Mercedes Mouet, Oscar Morelli studied in the Military Schoo..
Oscar Moro
Oscar Moro (Rosario, 24 January 1948 - Buenos Aires, 11 July 2006) was an Argentine musician. In the late 1960s, Moro was the drummer of pioneer Argentine rock and roll band Los Gatos, who sang in Spanish (quite unusual at the time for rock bands) and achieved wide renown, transcending their native..
Oscar Murton
(Henry) Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne (born 8 May 1914) is a British Conservative Party politician. Murton was educated at Uppingham School and joined the Territorial Army with a commission in 1934. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the General Staff 1942-46. He became a managing director ..
Oscar Neebe
Oscar William Neebe I (July 12, 1850 – April 22, 1916) was a defendant in the Haymarket Square trial. Born in New York City to German immigrants, Oscar relocated to his parent's home country for his education. Upon his return to the United States in 1866, he began taking on odd jobs, arriv..
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. He was a pioneer in the exploration of the constructive possibilities of reinforced concrete. Although he was a..
Oscar Nunez
Oscar Nuñez(born November 18) is an American actor who had small feature film roles in The Italian Job and Glory Road. Nunez founded and performed over 300 shows with The Shock of the Funny Theatre Company in New York City. Following a West Coast relocation, he joined Groundling’s Sunday company ..
Oscar Orenstein
Oscar Orenstein (25 February 1911 – 22 April 1978) was a Canadian artist. He studied art at the Ontario College of Art,The American Artists' School, NYC and elsewhere. During World War II he designed sets for the Canadian Army. Orenstein has exhibited his work in New York City, Montreal and T..
Oscar Ortiz
Oscar Ortiz (born May 9, 1973 in Mexico City) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1991. The lefthander represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round. Ortiz reached his highest singles ATP-rankin..
Oscar Ortiz (El Salvador)
Oscar Ortiz is the mayor of the Salvadoran city of Santa Tecla. He has served in that position since 2000, and was reelected in 2003 and 2006. Ortiz is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a revolutionary and socialist political party. During El Salvador's civil war f..
Oscar P. Austin
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Oscar Palavecino
Oscar Esperanza Palavecino (born in the ranch El Ñato, Departamento Rivadavia, Salta, 1959-12-18) is an Argentine folklore singer, also known as El Chaqueño Palavechino. Discography Pa' mis abuelos esta zambaPa'l tío PalaEl Alma de FilipitoSalteño ViejoApenas CantorPor culpa de ser CantorLa est..
Oscar Panno
Oscar R. Panno (born 1935) was an Argentine chess grandmaster. Panno won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, and also won the championship of Argentina the same year. He became a grandmaster at the age of twenty. He had an Elo rating of around 2580 Elo in his prime, and of 2515 in 1986. He..
Oscar party
An Oscar party is any of the various parties, usually held by entertainment-media corporations, immediately following the broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony. Some sponsors, such as Vanity Fair magazine, are known for holding such a party year after year, and the influence of the sponsor can be..
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald (1829-1911) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1890. He was born 24 August 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina, near Ruffin, the son of Richard and Martha Jones Hooper Fitzgerald. Bishop Fitzgerald was of an old Virginia family, of ..
Oscar Perdomo Gamboa
Oscar Perdomo Gamboa is a writer born in Ibagué, Colombia. Studied Journalism and literature. Won the Jorge Isaacs award with the novel Hacia La Aurora in 1998, a story about a student who can control other people's dreams. The book is been published in 1999 and 2005. He's worked as languages teach..
Oscar Pérez
Óscar Pérez Bovela born August 27, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain is a Spanish football (soccer) player who most recently played in England for Bolton Wanderers. Signed by the club after he was released from his contract by Spanish Third Division side Cordoba CF in January 2005 he can play both in the cent..
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was born on August 15, 1925 in Montreal, Quebec. Oscar Peterson is considered by some critics as one of the greatest piano players of all time (Scott Yanow, 2004) [link]. Contents 1 Biography2&nb..
Oscar Peterson (disambiguation)
People named Oscar Peterson: Oscar Verner Peterson (1899–1942) was a seaman in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor in World War II. Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, (1925– ) is a Canadian jazz pianist. ..
Oscar Peterson discography
This article contains a partial listing of the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's original LP albums from his career. Albums 1945 I Got Rhythm1947 Rockin' in Rhythm1950 Oscar Petrson At Carnegie Hall1951 Oscar Petrson Plays Cole Porter1952 Lester Young - The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio1..
Oscar Peterson Trio + One
Oscar Peterson Trio + One is a 1964 (see 1964 in music) album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and Clark Terry. Track listing "Brotherhood of Man" (Frank Loesser) 3:32"Jim" (Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) 3:01"Blues for Smedley" (Oscar Peters..
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall is a 1962 (see 1962 in music) album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and also featuring the jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson. Track listing "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) 7:32"Hear..
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford (b. Okmulgee, Oklahoma, September 30, 1922; d. Copenhagen, Denmark, September 8, 1960) was an American jazz bassist, cellist and composer known particularly for his pioneering work in bebop. Born on an Indian reservation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on September 30, 1922, Pettiford's mothe..
Oscar Phelps Austin
Oscar Phelps Austin ( ? - ? ) was an American statistician, born in Newark, Ill., and educated in the public schools. The earlier years of his life were spent in journalism, and he served as reporter, editor, and Washington correspondent for metropolitan dailies. He studied statistics, and in 18..
Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius (born November 221986 in Pretoria, Gauteng Province) is a South African Paralympic athlete. Known as "The Fastest Thing On No Legs", Pistorius is the double amputee world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events. He runs with the aid of carbon fibre transtibial artificia..
Oscar Polk
Portrait of Oscar Polk by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Jan. 24 Oscar Polk (Marianna, Arkansas, December 25, 1899 National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U.S. Census, April 1, 1930. State of New York, County of New York, ..
OSCAR protocol
OSCAR is AOL's instant messaging and presence information protocol standing for Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime. Currently OSCAR is in use for AOL's two main instant messenging systems: ICQ and AIM. Despite its name, the specifications for the protocol are proprietary. AOL has gone to gre..
Oscar Quitak
Oscar Quitak (born 10 March 1926) is a British actor. His television credits include: Z Cars, Man in a Suitcase, Doomwatch, Ace of Wands, Colditz, The Changes, The New Avengers, Open All Hours, Kessler, Chessgame, Howards' Way, Yes, Prime Minister and Lovejoy. External link ..
Oscar Ramírez
''For the Shining Path leader, please see Óscar Ramírez Oscar Ramírez, nicknamed "El Machillo" (The Blondie), was a Costa Rican international soccer player, whose great career is often considered as epical in his native country. Oscar played for the two most important teams in his country, LD Al..
Oscar Redding
Oscar Redding is an Australian actor who played conman Jonathan Verne on the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2003 and 2005. External links Neighbours Girls and Boys [Oscar Redding as Jonathon Verne] ..
Oscar Rennebohm
Oscar Rennebohm (May 25 1889–October 15 1968) was a Governor of Wisconsin. He was born near Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Oscar Rennebohm was a druggist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. In 1947, on..
Oscar Reutersvärd
The Penrose triangle. Oscar Reutersvärd (1915 Stockholm–2002) was an artist "the father of the impossible figure", pioneered the art of impossible objects. These are objects such as what was later renamed the Penrose triangle, which appear solid on the page, but cannot be built. This tr..
Oscar Rivadeneira
Oscar Rivadeneira was a Peruvian boxer, who fought with Michael Spinks in 1983 for the Light Heavyweight championship. He was beaten in a tenth round knockout. ..
Oscar Rivera
Oscar Lopez Rivera was a leader in the Armed Forces of National Liberation, and was sentenced to 55 years for seditious conspiracy, which included the bombing of 28 targets in the Chicago area. Oscar López-Rivera was born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico on January 6, 1943. At the age of 12, he move..
Oscar Robertson
--> Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee) is a former NBA player and is considered by many to be one of the greatest basketball players in history. Coaching legend Red Auerbach described Robertson as the most versatile player he had ever seen play. Wilt Chamberlain..
Oscar Robertson Trophy
The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to outstanding men's college basketball players by the United States Basketball Writers Association. The trophy is considered to be the oldest of its kind and has been given out since 1959. It was renamed after the college and professional legend Osc..
Oscar Robles
Oscar M. Robles (b. April 9, 1976, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is an Major League Baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He graduated from Montgomery High School in San Diego, where he set a then-record for San Diego Section career hits (143). He was originally signed by Ho..
Oscar Rojas
Oscar Emilio Rojas Ruíz (born April 27, 1979 in San José) is a Costa Rican football midfielder, who currently plays for CD Veracruz of the Primera División de México. Rojas made his debut in the Primera División with La Piedad in the 2001 Invierno, and played last season for Dorados de Sinaloa..
Oscar Rudolph Neumann
Oscar Rudolph Neumann (1867 - May 17, 1946) was a German ornithologist. Neumann travelled to Africa on several occasions, in particular between 1892 and 1894, and described many new African species. He spent two years in Somaliland with the German ornithologist Baron Carlo von Erlanger. ..
Oscar Ruggeri
Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born January 26, 1962 in Corral de Bustos, Argentina) is a former football player. Nicknamed "El Cabezon" ("The Big-Headed One"), Ruggeri is one of the most successful defenders ever to come out of Argentina. Ruggeri started his career at Boca Juniors, playing with Diego Mara..
Oscar Ruiz
Oscar Ruiz is a Colombian football referee. He has been a referee since January 1, 1995, and his international debut was on July 12, 1995 (Paraguay vs. Venezuela). He has officiated in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. He caused controversy with his decisions in the Netherlands vs. Côte d'Ivoire..
Oscar S. Gifford
Oscar Sherman Gifford (October 20, 1842 - January 16, 1913) was an American lawyer of Canton, South Dakota. He served six years in the United States House of Representatives, first as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory, then as a full member of the House from South Dakota. Oscar was ..
Oscar Saint-Just
Oscar Saint-Just is a fictional character in David Weber´s Honorverse series of novels. His name is most likely a reference to Louis de Saint-Just, an important figure in the French Revolution. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. As First Undersecretary..
Oscar Sala
--> Oscar Sala (b. March 26, 1922 in Milan, Italy), Italian-Brazilian nuclear physicist and important scientific leader, Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo. Sala graduated in physics in 1943, at the then recently created University of São Paulo, in São Paul..
Oscar Salazar
The name Oscar Salazar might refer to: Oscar Salazar, Major League baseball playerOscar Salazar, practitioner of taekwondo This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link t..
Oscar Salazar (baseball)
Oscar Enrique Salazar (born June 27, 1978 in Aragua State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball infielder who has played with the Detroit Tigers (2002). Signed by Oakland as an amateur free agent in 1994, Salazar was selected off waivers by Detroit in 2002, making his debut in that season. In..
Oscar Scherer State Park
Oscar Scherer State Park is a Florida State Park located between Sarasota and Venice, near Osprey, amidst the heavily-developed southwest Florida coast. The address is 1843 South Tamiami Trail (US 41). There are more than 130,000 visitors a year. Contents 1 History2 Biology2.1 Flor..
Oscar Schlömilch
Oscar (Oskar) Xavier Schlömilch (1823–1901) was a German mathematician, born in Weimar, working in mathematical analysis. He took a doctorate at the University of Jena in 1842, and became a professor at Dresden Polytechnic in 1849. He is now known as the eponym of the Schlömilch function, a..
Oscar Schmidt
Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball great Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958 in Natal, Brazil), known as Oscar Schmidt, Oscar Schmidt Becerra in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, and simply Oscar or Mão Santa (Holy Hand) in Bra..
Oscar Scully
Oscar Scully is a character in the soap opera Neighbours. He was born in 2003 and is the son of Lyn and Joe Scully. He is played by Ingo Dammer-Smith. Oscar is Lyn's son. His mother had post-natal depression when he was born, but once diagnosed, she was able to recover. His godparents are Lyn's mo..
Oscar Sevilla
Oscar Sevilla Ribera (born 29 September 1976, in Ossa de Montiel, Spain), nicknamed el niño, is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He is a climber with a pedigree in stage races, having finished in the top ten of the Tour de France and Vuelta a España several times. Contents 1 Bi..
Oscar Shaw
Oscar Shaw (born “Oscar Schwartz” October 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, PA, died March 6, 1967, in Little Neck, NY), was a stage and screen actor and singer. Here is a brief chronology of some of his shows and movies: In 1915, he appeared as Dick Rivers in the Princess Theatre Show, “Very Good..
Oscar Shumsky
Oscar Shumsky (March 23, 1917 – July 24, 2000) was an American violinist born in Philadelphia. He was a pupil of Leopold Auer. He was well known in his field as a conductor, a teacher and a violinist. He taught at Curtis Insitute and Yale University, after serving in the NBC Symphony Orchestra..
Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad
Oscar Sigvald Julius Strugstad (1851-1919) was the Norwegian Minister of Defense from 1903 to 1905. ..
Oscar Smuff
Oscar Smuff is a fictional character in the Hardy Boys books. He is a detective trying to get work with the Bayport police force, and always happens to be working on the same case as the Hardy Boys. In the books he is described as a plump, short man. The Hardy Boys always solve a case before he does..
Oscar Stanage
Oscar Harland Stanage (March 17, 1883 – November 11, 1964) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Born in Tulare, California, Stanage played fourteen seasons in the major leagues, primarily with the Detroit Tigers. He had one at bat with the Cincinnati Reds before playing with the Tigers for thirtee..
Oscar Stanton De Priest
Oscar Stanton De Priest (born 1871 in Florence, Alabama - 1951) was a lawmaker and civil rights advocate. Oscar Stanton De Priest was the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1928 as a Republican. During his three terms (1928-1935), ..
Oscar Straus
There has been more than one well-known person named Oscar Straus: Oscar Straus (composer)Oscar Straus (politician) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point..
Oscar Straus (composer)
Oscar Straus (6 March 1870 - 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas. An anecdote states that his original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's', since he wished not to be associated with the illustrious Strauss family of Vienna...
Oscar Straus (politician)
Oscar Solomon Straus Oscar Solomon Straus (December 23 1850 – May 3 1926) was United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909. Straus was the first Jew to serve as a Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was born in Germany and first se..
Oscar Straus Memorial
The Oscar S. (Solomon) Straus Memorial in Washington, DC commemorates the accomplishments of the first Jew to serve in the Cabinet of a U.S. President. Oscar Straus served as Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909. The memorial is a marble fountain loca..
Oscar Swahn
Oscar Swahn at the 1912 Summer Olympics Oscar Gomer Swahn (October 20, 1847 - May 1, 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three olympic games, and won several medals. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, Oscar Swahn won two gold medals in the running deer, single shot events (individual and te..
Oscar Tang
Oscar L. Tang, a New York financier and philanthropist, is a graduate of Phillips Academy '56 and received his engineering B.S. from Yale University and his business administration M.B.S. from Harvard University. A native of Shanghai, China, he fled from the Communist revolution in his home country..
Oscar Temaru
Oscar Temaru or Oscar Manutahi Temaru (born November 1, 1944, at Faa'a on the island of Tahiti) is the current president (Le président de la Polynésie française) of French Polynesia (a French dependency with broad powers of self-rule). He was the president of French Polynesia (Le président de l..
Oscar the Grouch
An Oscar the Grouch puppet, at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Oscar the Grouch, peering out of his can The original orange version of Oscar Oscar the Grouch is a Muppet character on the television program Sesame Street. Oscar has a green ..
Oscar Tietz
Oscar Tietz (April 18, 1858, Birnbaum/Warthe, Posen - January 17, 1923, Klosters) was a German businessman (Unternehmer) He was one member of the Tietz family, and one of founders of the Hertie, KaDeWe. See also Leonhard TietzHermann Tietz ..
Oscar Torp
Oscar Fredrik Torp (June 8, 1893 - May 1, 1958) was Prime Minister of Norway 1951 to 1955, and chairman of the Labour party (Det Norske Arbeiderparti) from 1923-1945. He was Mayor of Oslo from 1934-35. In 1935 he became chief of staff in the Ministry of Defense, and he became Minister of Defense i..
Oscar Torre
Oscar Torre is a Cuban American actor. He has amassed a collective body of work that encompasses theatre and independent films. He first garnered attention with the lead role in the film Libertad, playing an artist in Cuba who is unjustly sentenced to 15 years in prison and later escapes on a raft. ..
Oscar Township, Minnesota
Oscar Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 218 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.4 km² (36.0 mi²). 89.7 km² (34.6 mi²) of it is land and 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²) of it ..
Oscar Traynor
Oscar Traynor (21st March, 1886 – 15th December, 1963), Fianna Fáil politician and revolutionary. Oscar Traynor was born on March 21, 1886 into a strongly nationalist family in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated by the Christian Brothers in Dublin. In 1899 he was apprenticed to John Long, a ..
Oscar Tschirky
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Oscar Tschirky was maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, United States. He was widely known..
Oscar Underwood
thumb Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6 1862–January 25 1929) was an American politician. He served as a Representative from Alabama in the House of Representatives from 1895 to 1896 and from 1897 to 1915. He was subsequently elected to the Senate and served there from March 4 1915 to March ..
Oscar Unzaga
Oscar Unzaga (de la Vega) (1916 - 1959) was a Bolivian political figure and rebel. He, most significantly, founded the Bolivian Socialist Falange movement in 1937. ..
Oscar Ustari
Oscar Alfredo Ustari (born July 3, 1986 in América, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Club Atlético Independiente of the Argentine first division. Ustari played in children's league with Club Atlético Rivadavia before moving to Indepe..
Oscar V. Cruz
Oscar V. Cruz (born November 17, 1934) is an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, Philippines. The Most Reverend Oscar V. Cruz is a vocal critic of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration for its h..
Oscar V. Peterson
Oscar Verner Peterson (August 27, 1899 – May 13, 1942) was a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor posthumously in World War II for his actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Biography Peterson was born in Prentice, Wisconsin and enlisted in the N..
Oscar van Dillen
Oscar van Dillen (born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in 1958) is a Dutch musician and composer. Van Dillen studied North-Indian classical music (sitar, tabla, vocal) with Jamaluddin Bhartiya at the Tritantri School in Amsterdam and bansuri with Gurbachan Singh Sachdev at the Bansuri School of M..
Oscar Vicente Scavone
Oscar Vicente Scavone, born on July 2 1955 in Asunción, Paraguay, is a successful Paraguayan businessman and, just recently, ended a two-year mandate as president of one of the nation's premier soccer teams, Club Olimpia. Club Olimpia was founded in 1902 by Dutchmen William Paats, and is extremely..
Oscar von Sydow
Oscar Fredrik von Sydow (July 12 1873 – August 19 1936) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from February 23 to October 13 1921. Oscar von Sydow was the son of Henrik August von Sydow, a magistrate's secretary and Euphrosyne Maria Modin. He was born in Kalmar and..
Oscar W. Greenberg
Oscar Wallace Greenberg is an American physicist and professor at University of Maryland, College Park. 1956 Instructor at Brandeis University.1957 Air Force Cambridge Research Center, 1st Lieutenant, USAF.1959 NSF postdoctoral fellow at MIT.1961 Assistant professor at University of Maryland.1963 A..
Oscar Walter Cisek
Oscar Walter Cisek ([tsízek] or [tšisek]) (December 6, 1897, Bucureşti - May 30, 1966, Bucureşti) was a Romanian German-language writer; he was the Transsylvanian Saxon descendant. Literary works External links See also Johannes HonterusStephan Ludwig RothNikolaus LenauHeinr..
Oscar Wegner
Oscar Wegner (born 1939 in Argentina), www.tennisteacher.com, is a former professional tennis player, now notable for his methods of teaching tennis which have influenced not only dozens of professionals who made it to the top, but created tennis booms around the world. Though his resume includes ..
Oscar Wendt
Oscar Wendt (also Ozcar Wendt) (born 24 October, 1985 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish football midfielder. Although born in Gothenburg, his family moved to Skövde when he was very young and he was subsequently raised there. After playing for IFK Skövde, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2003, a club he has..
Oscar Werwath
Oscar Werwath is the founder of the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is buried at Forest Home Cemetery. ..
Oscar Westover
Oscar Westover (July 23 1883 - September 21 1938) was a major general and chief of the United States Army Air Corps when he died. He was born in Bay City, Michigan and enlisted in the Army when he was 18. He began his service as a private beffore being appointed to the United States Military Acade..
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. One of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day, known for his barbed an..
Oscar Wilde (film)
Oscar Wilde is a 1960 movie about Oscar Wilde, starring Robert Morley. The film was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by William Kirby. The film was a mixture of writings from Jo Eisinger, and a play written by Leslie Stokes and Sewell Stokes. Original music by Kenneth Jones. External link..
Oscar Wilde House
The Oscar Wilde House, often referred to as simply Wilde House, is a student housing cooperative in Berkeley, California. It is part of the USCA coop system. Wilde House was the first gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender-themed (LGBT) student housing cooperative in the United States. It is named aft..
Oscar Williams
Oscar Williams (1900-1964) was an American anthologist and poet. Among his influential anthologies are Immortal Poems of the English Language, The Pocket Book Of Modern Verse, and the Little Treasury Poetry Series, which were used in colleges and high schools around the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s...
Oscar Willis Layne
Oscar Willis Layne (1918-) is a Panamanian cyclist born in Panama City, Panama of barbadian parents. He is the winner of three gold medals, from the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1938, 1946 and 1950. On May 30, 2002, Panama City mayor Juan Carlos Navarro presented him with the key to the..
Oscar Wirkkala
Oscar Wirkkala (1880, Kaustinen, Finland; January 25, 1959, Naselle, Washington) was a Finnish-American logger and inventor who spent much of his life in the Pacific Northwest. His father Abraham and brother Andrew arrived in America first, working at a saw mill in Cosmopolis, Washington, to save mo..
Oscar Wisting
Oscar Adolf Wisting (June 6 1871 - December 5 1936) was a Norwegian polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both to the North and South Poles. Wisting was born in Larvik, and he was working as a naval gunner in 1909 when Roald Amundsen asked him to go north ..
Oscar Yeager
Oscar Yeager is a fictional character in Hunter, a novel written by white-separatist Dr. William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald. In Hunter, Oscar Yeager ("Yeager" is German for "hunter" or "rifleman"), a former combat pilot in Vietnam with a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado..
Oscar Zariski
Oscar Zariski was one of the most influential mathematicians working in the field of algebraic geometry in the twentieth century. He was born as Ascher Zaritsky on 24 April 1899, in Kobrin (now in Belarus, then in Poland occupied by Russia) in a Jewish family. He died on 4 July 1986 in Brookline, M..
Oscar Zeta Acosta
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Oscar Zeta Acosta (April 8, 1935 – 1974?) was an American attorney, author, politician, and Chicano..
OSCA (association)
OSCA, or the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, is a 1.78 million dollar non-profit corporation that feeds 630 and houses 175 Oberlin College students. It is located in the town of Oberlin, Ohio, and is independent from but closely tied to Oberlin College. OSCA is the third-largest student co..
Osca (disambiguation)
Osca may refer to several different things, including: Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA, a brand of Italian sports cars.Osca, an ancient city in Spain, now called Huelva.Osca, an ancient city in Spain, now called Huéscar. This is a [disambiguationdisambigu..
OSCC
Olympic Security Command Centre (OSCC) was formed in 1995 to plan for and conduct security of the 2000 Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games. The OSCC was commanded by Assistant Commissioner Paul McKinnon of the NSW Police. The OSCC was formed along functional and Olympic Precinct lines, which suppo..
Osceola
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Osceola Osceola (1804 – January 20, 1838) was a leader of the Seminole Indians in Florida. Osceola led the vastly outnumbered Seminole resistance during the Second Seminole War when the United States tried to remove the Seminoles from their lands..
Osceola, Arkansas
Osceola is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 8,875 at the 2000 census. Geography Osceola is located at [35°42′8″N, 89°58′33″W] (35.702276, -89.975807)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, t..
Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
There is also another town and a village named Osceola in Wisconsin. Osceola is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,802. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 94.2 km² (36.4..
Osceola, Indiana
Osceola, with St. Joe River flowing west to Mishawaka (bottom). Baugo Bay is in the upper right. Elkhart is in the distance. Osceola is a suburb of South Bend, IN in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,859 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Seminole chief..
Osceola, Iowa
Osceola is a city in Clarke County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,659 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clarke County[Geographic references#6GR6]. An Amtrak station is located in Osceola, the closest station to Des Moines. Geography Osceola water tower Mai..
Osceola, Missouri
Osceola is a city in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. The population was 835 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of St. Clair County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Osceola is located at [38°2′47″N, 93°41′58″W] (38.046427, -93.699512)[Geog..
Osceola, Nebraska
Osceola is a city in Polk County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 921 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Polk County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Ryan Hill Country Club4 External links Geography Osceola is lo..
Osceola, New York
Osceola is a town in Lewis County, New York, USA. The population was 265 at the 2000 census. The town is named for the Seminole chief, Osceola. The Town of Osceola is in the southwest part of Lewis County. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Communities and locat..
Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin
There is also another Town of Osceola in Fond du Lac County. Osceola is a town in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,085 at the 2000 census. The Village of Osceola is located mostly within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a to..
Osceola, Wisconsin
There are also two Towns names Osceola in Wisconsin. Osceola is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,421 at the 2000 census. The village is located mostly within the Town of Osceola. Geography Osceola is located at [45°19′20″N, 92°41′54″W] (4..
Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway
The Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway, part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum, is a heritage railway in Osceola, Wisconsin. The Jackson Street Roundhouse is part of the Railway. The Museum has three steam locomotives, ten diesel engines and 72 other pieces of rolling stock. In (2005), the Ra..
Osceola (disambiguation)
Osceola is the name of several places in the United States of America: Osceola, ArkansasOsceola, IndianaOsceola, IowaOsceola, MissouriOsceola, NebraskaOsceola, New YorkOsceola, WisconsinOsceola (town), WisconsinOsceola County, FloridaOsceola County, IowaOsceola County, MichiganOsceola Mills, Pennsy..
Osceola (town), Wisconsin
There are two Towns named Osceola in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: Osceola, Fond du Lac County, WisconsinOsceola, Polk County, Wisconsin There is also the Village of Osceola. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred..
Osceola Co. 521
Osceola County Road 523, which is mostly named Canoe Creek Road, is the primary route between the city of Saint Cloud, Florida, USA, in northern Osceola County, and the ghost town of Kenansville in the county's lower reaches. The county road crosses Florida's Turnpike via two overpasses but offers ..
Osceola County
Osceola County is the name of three counties in the United States: Osceola County, FloridaOsceola County, IowaOsceola County, Michigan This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If ..
Osceola County, Florida
Osceola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 172,493. Its county seat is Kissimmee.6 Contents 1 History2 Government3 Geography4 Demographics5 Municipalities5.1 Incorporated5.2 Unincorporated6 External li..
Osceola County, Iowa
Osceola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is named for Indian Chief Osceola. As of 2000, the population is 7,003. Its county seat is Sibley, Iowa6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns Geography According to the ..
Osceola County, Michigan
Osceola County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 23,197. The county seat is Reed City6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent Counties2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Osceola County elected officials4 Cities, villages, an..
Osceola County Road 523
Osceola County Road 523, also known as Canoe Creek Road, is a county road in Osceola County, Florida. It connects the city of Saint Cloud to the near ghost-town of Kenansville in the lower reaches of the county. Although it crosses Florida's Turnpike twice, it offers no access to the freeway. The n..
Osceola County Stadium
Osceola County Stadium is a baseball field located in Kissimmee, Florida. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 5,130 people. It is the spring training home of the Houston Astros. It used to be the home of a Single A team in the Gulf Coast League until they moved the team. The Osceola County Com..
Osceola High School
Osceola High School may refer to: Osceola High School (Seminole, Florida) in Seminole, FloridaOsceola High School (Largo, Florida) in Largo, FloridaOsceola High School (Kissimmee, Florida) in Kissimmee, FloridaOsceola High School (Nebraska) in Osceola, NebraskaOsceola High School (Wisconsin) in Osc..
Osceola High School (Largo, Florida)
Osceola High School Address 9751 98th Street North Town Seminole, Florida 33777 Established Unknown Type Public secondary Students Coeducational Grades 9 - 12 Accreditation Florida State Department of Education District Pinellas County School Board Mascot Warrior Colors Or..
Osceola Middle School
Osceola Middle School is a middle school in Ocala, Florida. Osceola Middle School Address 526 SE Tuscawilla Ave City Ocala, Florida Type Middle School Principal Julie Shealy Students Coeducational Grades 6-8 Accreditation Florida State Department of Education District Marion C..
Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania
Osceola Mills is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,249 at the 2000 census. Geography Osceola Mills is located at [40°51′10″N, 78°16′14″W] (40.852870, -78.270455)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United State..
Osceola National Forest
Osceola National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Florida. Osceola National Forest was created by President Herbert Hoover's proclamation, on July 10, 1931. It is named in honor of the Native American Seminole warrior, Osceola. The park is made up of approximately 200,000 acres of pine..
Osceola Outlaws
Osceola Outlaws, known officially as The Osceola Team of the National Indoor Football League, is a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the NIFL. They play in Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, FL. History Osceola Outlaws started out as the Kissimmee Kreatures in 2005 finishing th..
Osceola Parkway
The Osceola Parkway, signed as County Road 522 since around 2003 (and originally planned as SR 424), is a 12 mile long toll road extending east-west across the northern boundary of Osceola County, Florida, USA roughly paralleling the border with Orange County. It connects Florida's Turnpike with t..
Osceola Township
Osceola Township may refer to: Osceola Township, Houghton County, MichiganOsceola Township, Osceola County, MichiganOsceola Township, MinnesotaOsceola Township, PennsylvaniaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred yo..
Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan
Osceola Township is a township in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,908 at the 2000 census. Communities Dollar Bay is an unincorporated community located a few miles east of Hancock on Michigan State Highway 26 and at the point where the Portage Lake Canal connec..
Osceola Township, Michigan
Osceola Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Osceola Township, Houghton County, MichiganOsceola Township, Osceola County, Michigan This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this pa..
Osceola Township, Minnesota
Osceola Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota. At the 2000 census, the township population was 219. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 94.0 km² (36.3 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 219 peopl..
Osceola Township, Osceola County, Michigan
Osceola Township is a township in Osceola County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 89.3 km² (34.5 mi²). 88.6 km² (34.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it ..
Osceola Township, Pennsylvania
Osceola Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 700 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 km² (13.9 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 700 p..
OSCE (disambiguation)
OSCE may stand for: Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeObjective Structured Clinical Examination, in medicine, a modern type of examination ..
OSCE Minsk Group
The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE, now Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)) to encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. The Helsinki..
Oschatz
Oschatz is a town in the district Torgau-Oschatz, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden. History 1200: First written mention ..
Oschersleben
Oschersleben is a town, the capital of the Bördekreis (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located on the river Bode, 24 miles by rail south west of Magdeburg, and at the junction of lines to Halberstadt and Thale. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2005 about 18,000. Since 2000, the Mo..
Osci
The Osci, also called Opici, Opsci or Obsci (and Oscans or Opicans in English) were an ancient Italic people, living in what is now Campania in southern Italy. They were subjugated in the 5th century BC by the Samnites, who amalgamated with them and were subsequently incorporated with the Romans. T..
Oscilla
Oscilla, a word applied in Latin usage to small figures, most commonly masks or faces, which were hung up as offerings to various deities, either for propitiation or expiation, and in connection with festivals and other ceremonies. It is usually taken as the plural of oscillum (diminutive of os), a ..
Oscillation
''For other uses, see oscillator (disambiguation) Oscillation is the periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure as seen, for example, in a swinging pendulum. It is also known as periodic force. The term vibration is sometimes used more narrowly to mean a mechanical oscillation but somet..
Oscillation (mathematics)
In mathematics, oscillation is the behaviour of some sequences, or a function, that does not converge, but also does not diverge to +∞ or -∞; that is, oscillation is the failure to have a limit. For example, the sequence 1, −1, 1, −1, 1, −1, ... does not converge to a..
Oscillatoria
Oscillatoria is a genus of filamentous bacteria which is named for the oscillation in its' movement (cyanobacteria). It is commonly found in watering-troughs waters, and is mainly blue-green or brown-green. ..
Oscillatory
Oscillatory means "having periodic vibrations." Oscillatory Universe Oscillatory integral This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intende..
Oscillatory universe
The oscillatory universe is the hypothesis, attributable to Richard Tolman from 1934, that the universe undergoes an infinite series of oscillations, each beginning with a big bang and ending with a big crunch. After the big bang, the universe expands for a while before the gravitational attraction ..
Oscillator (CA)
In a cellular automaton, an oscillator is a pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations. Thus the evolution of such a pattern repeats itself indefinitely. Depending on context, the term may also include spaceships as well. T..
Oscillator (disambiguation)
Oscillator may refer to one of the following. See Oscillation for the most general discussion of the term.Specific oscillators:*Armstrong oscillator*Clapp oscillator*Colpitts oscillator*Crystal oscillator*Electronic oscillator*Harmonic oscillator*Hartley oscillator*Oscillator in cellular automata.*..
Oscillator sync
Oscillator sync is a feature in synthesizers. One oscillator will restart the period of another oscillator, so that they will have the same base frequency. The timbre can be altered on the synced oscillator, by varying its frequency input. A synced oscillator that resets the other oscillator(s) is ..
Oscillococcinum
Oscillococcinum is a homeopathic remedy that is claimed to relieve the symptoms of influenza (flu). It is one of the most popular of all homeopathic remedies, particularly in France. It is unusual in that it is a proprietary preparation; the name Oscillococcinum is owned by a French company, Boiron,..
Oscillograph
An oscillograph is an instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage. There are two instruments that are in common use today: Electromagnetic oscillographCathode-ray oscilloscope ..
Oscillon
In physics, an oscillon is a soliton-like phenomenon that results from vibrating a plate with a large number of small uniform particles placed freely on top. When the sinusoidal vibrations are of the correct amplitude and frequency a small peak, referred to as an oscillon, can be formed by locally d..
Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
Oscillons from the Anti-Sun is a three-CD, 1-DVD box-set collection of Stereolab tracks culled from the group's singles. The group's commercially released singles all feature a lead track (usually taken from an album) as well as three non-album B-sides. For good measure, the box also includes a c..
Oscillopsia
Oscillopsia is a visual disturbance in which objects in the visual field appear to oscillate. The severity of the effect may range from a mild blurring to rapid and periodic jumping. Oscillopsia may be caused by loss of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, involuntary eye movements such as nystagmus, or i..
Oscilloquartz
Oscilloquartz SA, headquartered in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is a company of the Swatch Group. For more than 50 years Oscilloquartz SA (OSA) has been a pioneer in the domain of time and frequency. Today, Oscilloquartz is recognized as one of the most advanced manufacturers of frequency sources, such..
Oscilloscope
A Tektronix model 475A portable analogue oscilloscope, a very typical instrument of the late 1970s. This dual-trace, dual-sweep instrument had a vertical bandwidth of 250 MHz, a maximum vertical sensitivity of 5 mV per division, and maximum (unmagnified) horizontal sweep speed of 10 ns per divisi..
Osco-Umbrian languages
Languages in Iron Age Italy, 6th century BC The Osco-Umbrian languages or Sabellic languages are a group of languages that belong to the Italic language family of the Indo-European languages. They were spoken in central and southern Italy before Latin replaced them as the power of the Romans ..
Oscoda, Michigan
Oscoda is an unincorporated community in Michigan located on the northern side of the Au Sable River where it enters Lake Huron. The community of Au Sable is on the other side of the river. The community of Oscoda is in Iosco County, and not in neighboring Oscoda County. Its 1990 census population w..
Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport
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Oscoda County, Michigan
Oscoda County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 9,418. The county seat is Mio6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent Counties2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Oscoda County elected officials4 Cities, villages, and townshi..
Oscoda Township, Michigan
Oscoda Township is a charter township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,248 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 339.6 km² (131.1 mi²). 315.4 km² (121.8 mi²) of it is land and 24.3 km² (..
OSCOM
OSCOM is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to Open Source Content management. The goal is to bring together as many great brains as possible to build a network and grow the community of open source content management. External link [OSCOM web site] ..
OsCommerce
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. osCommerce (for “Open Source Commerce”) is an e-commerce and online store-management software program. It can be used on any web server that..
Oscott
Oscott is a ward in the north of Birmingham, England, within the formal district of Perry Barr. The Ward is centred on the area known as Old Oscott, and should not be confused with nearby New Oscott. Government of Birmingham Birmingham electoral districts and wards Edgbaston : Bartley Gre..
Osco Drug
Osco Drug is a chain of pharmacy stores acquired by The Jewel Companies, Inc. in 1961 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu. The company at its height operated Osco Drug, Osco Pharmacy, Sav-on Drugs, and Sav-on Pharmacy. As of June 2, 2006, all Osco Drug, Osco..
Osculate
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osculate is a semi-archaic English word with several definitions. Often it means "to kiss", sometimes used in a "tongue-in-cheek" fashion. Its primary definition is "to bring, or come into, close contact of union". In mathemati..
Osculating circle
In differential geometry, the osculating circle of a curve at a point shares a common tangent line and a common radius of curvature with the curve at that point. The osculating circle of a mathematically defined curve shares location, first derivative, and second derivative with the curve, just as ..
Osculating curve
In mathematics and geometry, an osculating curve is an extension of the concept of tangent. A tangent line to a curve is the straight line that shares the location and direction of the curve, while an osculating circle to the same curve shares the location, direction, and curvature. Two curves ..
Osculating orbit
In astronomy, and in particular in astrodynamics, the osculating orbit of an object in space is the gravitational Keplerian orbit about a central body which best approximates the (more complex) motion of the object at a given instant in time. An osculating orbit and the object's position upon it ar..
Osculum
For the kiss called osculum, see Kiss The osculum is a structure in the living sponge, a large opening to the outside through which the current of water exits after passing through the spongocoel. ..
Osculum infame
Osculum infame is the name of a witch’s supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil. The name means The Shameful Kiss, or The Kiss of Shame since it involved kissing the devil's backside, his other mouth. According to folklore, it was this kiss that allowed the Devil to seduce women. The..
Osculum Obscenum
Osculum Obscenum is Hypocrisy's second album, released in 1993. The cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter. Osculum Obscenum was re-released in 1996 as a digipack with bonus tracks, no lyrics, and a photo of the band lineup from that year (Michael Hedlund, Peter Tägtgren, and Lars Szöke). T..
Oscuros
Los Oscuros (the Dark Ones) was a group of university students who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Second Spanish Republic against the forces of Gen. Francisco Franco after the Luftwaffe bombing of Guernica. Their leader was Francisco Talamantez Oscuro. ..
Oscuros Rinocerontes Enjaulados
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Short Film Description Usi..
OSCVI
OSCVI (Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute) is a high school located in Owen Sound, Ontario Canada. It serves grades nine through twelve and offers essential, applied, and academic difficulty levels for grades nine and ten and workplace preparation, college preparation, and university pre..
Oscypek
Oscypki Oscypek (in Polish; also known as oszczypek; plural: oscypki, oszczypki) or oštiepok (in Slovak) is a smoked cheese from Poland and Slovakia. It is an important symbol of the cultural and culinary heritage of Poland's Podhale region in the Tatra mountains (around the town of Zakopane)..
OSC Bremerhaven
OSC Bremerhaven is a German sports club based in Bremen, in the federal state of the same name, and was founded in 1972 as Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven in a merger of various local clubs including ATS Bremerhaven, which has roots going back to 1859, Polizei Sportverein, TuS Bremerhaven 93, a..
Os Cangaceiros
This page concerns the French political movement, for the early 20th Century Brazilian insurgents of the same name, see cangaço. If we sack the banks, it's because we have recognized money as the central cause of all our unhappiness. If we smash the windows it's not because life is dear, but be..
Os Cosmonautas
Os Cosmonautas is a 1960's Brazilian movie. It was filmed on Rio de Janeiro like most of the comedies of the time. Plot Dr. Inácio, the rocket scientist in the film, after having success on the launching of the Nacionalista I (that was tripulated by a monkey) decided to launch another rocket but ..
O scale
British outline O gauge model railway at Kew Pumping Station Australian O gauge model railway O scale (or 0 scale, O gauge or 0 gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and model railroading. Originally introduced by German toy manufacturer Märklin around 1900, by the 1930s three-..

 


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