1
Oscar Wilde
(One of the Greatest Playwrights of the 'Victorian Era')
186
66
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 16, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900
2
O. Henry
(Short Story Writer)
117
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1862
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
Died: June 5, 1910
3
Omar Khayyam
(Mathematician)
121
21
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 18, 1048
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nishapur, Khorasan, Iran
Died: December 4, 1131
4
Osamu Dazai
(Author)
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7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 19, 1909
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kanagi, Aomori, Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Died: June 13, 1948
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
5
Olaudah Equiano
(Anti Slavery Activist)
37
9
6
Octavia Butler
(American Author Known for Her Science Fiction Novels)
20
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 22, 1947
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States
Died: February 24, 2006
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
7
Ossie Davis
(Former actor who appeared in films with wife Ruby Dee)
23
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 18, 1917
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cogdell, Georgia, United States
Died: February 4, 2005
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
8
Ovid
(Poet)
18
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 0043
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sulmo, Italy, Roman Republic
Died: 0017 AD
9
Octavio Paz
(Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate)
46
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: April 19, 1998
10
Orhan Pamuk
(Turkish Novelist and Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature)
15
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 7, 1952
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
11
Osamu Tezuka
(Film director, Film producer, Mangaka, Animator, Physician, Writer, Designer, Screenwriter)
7
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toyonaka
Died: February 9, 1989
12
Ogden Nash
(Poet)
38
10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 19, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: March 19, 1971
13
Olivia Olson
(Actress)
10
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 21, 1992
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
14
Oliver Goldsmith
(Anglo-Irish Novelist, Playwright, Dramatist and Poet)
27
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 10, 1728
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: County Longford, Ireland
Died: April 4, 1774
15
Olympe de Gouges
(French Playwright, Political Activist, and Advocate for Women's Rights)
7
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 7, 1748
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montauban, France
Died: November 3, 1793
16
Olga Tokarczuk
(Polish Writer Best Known for Her Novel 'Flights' and Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature)
10
6
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 29, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sulechów, Poland
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
17
Oscar Micheaux
(Author)
15
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 2, 1884
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Metropolis, Illinois, United States
Died: March 25, 1951
18
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
(Physician & Poet)
12
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 29, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 7, 1894
19
Oscar Acosta
(Attorney, Author)
4
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 8, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, United States
Died: 1974 AD
20
Omarosa Manigault
(Writers)
16
15
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 15, 1974
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
21
Olivera Ćirković
(Writer)
7
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 3, 1969
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
22
Otto Weininger
(Philosopher, Writer, Psychologist)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 3, 1880
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: October 4, 1903
23
Oskar Kokoschka
(Artist, Poet and Playwright)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 1, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pöchlarn, Austria
Died: February 22, 1980
24
Owen Barfield
(Philosopher, Writer)
4
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: December 14, 1997
25
Orison Swett Marden
(Inspirational Author)
6
2
26
Olivia Harrison
(Author and Film Producer and the Widow of Musician George Harrison of 'The Beatles')
5
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 18, 1948
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
27
Olwen Fouere
(Actress)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthplace: Ireland
28
Oliver Parker
(Director, screenwriter known for writing and directing the film adaptations of Shakespeare's Othello (1995) and Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (2002))
1
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 6, 1960
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
29
Olive Schreiner
(Writer)
2
0
30
Ödön von Horváth
(Writer)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 9, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
Died: June 1, 1938
31
Okakura Kakuzō
(Art critic)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 14, 1862
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Died: September 2, 1913
32
Octave Mirbeau
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 16, 1848
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Trévières, France
Died: February 16, 1917
33
Oliver Onions
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 13, 1873
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died: April 9, 1961
34
Olivia Goldsmith
(Author)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 1, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dumont, New Jersey, United States
Died: January 15, 2004
35
Oscar Hijuelos
(Novelist known for his second novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1951
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: October 12, 2013
36
Olaus Magnus
(Swedish Writer and Archbishop of Uppsala)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1490
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Skänninge, Sweden
Died: August 1, 1557
37
Oliver St. John Gogarty
(Poet)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 17, 1878
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Parnell Square West, Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 22, 1957
38
Otto Strasser
(German Politician)
3
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 10, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bad Windsheim
Died: August 27, 1974
39
Olga Ivinskaya
(Poet)
0
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 16, 1912
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tambov, Russia
Died: September 8, 1995
40
Orhan Veli Kanık
(Turkish Poet Who Co-Founded the Innovative Garip Movement)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 13, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beykoz, Turkey
Died: November 14, 1950
41
Oakley Hall
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 1, 1920
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
Died: May 12, 2008
42
Oswald von Wolkenstein
(Poet)
0
0
43
Otto von Guericke
(Scientist and politician who established the physics of vacuums and discovered an experimental method for clearly demonstrating electrostatic repulsion.)
1
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: November 30, 1602
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Magdeburg, Germany
Died: May 21, 1686
44
Octavian Goga
(37th Prime Minister of Romania (1937 - 1938))
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rășinari, Sibiu County, Romania
Died: May 7, 1938
45
Óengus of Tallaght
(Saint)
2
0
46
Orson Scott Card
(American Writer Best Known for His Science Fiction Novel 'Ender’s Game')
3
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1951
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Richland, Washington, United States
48
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
(Political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights)
0
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 3, 1920
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: North Stradbroke Island, Australia
Died: September 16, 1993
49
Otto F. Kernberg
(Psychiatrist, Psychanalyst, University teacher, Non-fiction writer, Psychologist)
0
0
50
Olaf Stapledon
(British Philosopher and Author of Science Fiction)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 10, 1886
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
Died: September 6, 1950
