1
Oscar Wilde
(One of the Greatest Playwrights of the 'Victorian Era')
169
61
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 16, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900
2
O. Henry
(Short Story Writer)
113
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1862
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina
Died: June 5, 1910
3
Omar Khayyam
(Mathematician)
112
19
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 18, 1048
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nishapur, Khorasan, Iran
Died: December 4, 1131
4
Olaudah Equiano
(Anti Slavery Activist)
32
7
5
Osamu Dazai
(Author)
57
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)
6
Ossie Davis
(Former actor who appeared in films with wife Ruby Dee)
18
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 18, 1917
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cogdell, Georgia, United States
Died: February 4, 2005
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
7
Ovid
(Poet)
15
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 0043
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sulmo, Italy, Roman Republic
Died: 0017 AD
8
Octavia Butler
(American Author Known for Her Science Fiction Novels)
17
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)
9
Osamu Tezuka
(Film director, Film producer, Mangaka, Animator, Physician, Writer, Designer, Screenwriter)
7
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toyonaka
Died: February 9, 1989
10
Octavio Paz
(Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate)
45
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: April 19, 1998
11
Omarosa Manigault
(Writers)
14
12
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 15, 1974
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
12
Orhan Pamuk
(Turkish Novelist and Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature)
14
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 7, 1952
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
13
Ogden Nash
(Poet)
38
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 19, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: March 19, 1971
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
Olivia Olson
(Actress)
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7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 21, 1992
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
17
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
18
Oscar Micheaux
(Author)
15
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 2, 1884
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Metropolis, Illinois, United States
Died: March 25, 1951
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
Olivera Ćirković
(Writer)
7
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 3, 1969
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
21
Otto Strasser
(Journalist, Politician, Writer)
3
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 10, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bad Windsheim
Died: August 27, 1974
22
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
23
Otto Weininger
(Philosopher, Writer, Psychologist)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 3, 1880
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: October 4, 1903
24
Orison Swett Marden
(Inspirational Author)
6
1
25
Owen Barfield
(Philosopher, Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: December 14, 1997
26
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)
27
Olive Schreiner
(Writer)
2
0
28
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
29
Ödön von Horváth
(Writer)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 9, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
Died: June 1, 1938
30
Ōkawa Shūmei
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 6, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yamagata, Japan
Died: December 24, 1957
31
Olga Tokarczuk
(Polish Writer Best Known for Her Novel 'Flights' and Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature)
6
6
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 29, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sulechów, Poland
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
32
Og Mandino
(Author)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 12, 1923
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 3, 1996
33
Olivia Manning
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 2, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died: July 23, 1980
34
Oliver Onions
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 13, 1873
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died: April 9, 1961
35
Octave Mirbeau
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 16, 1848
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Trévières, France
Died: February 16, 1917
36
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
37
Ouida
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 1, 1839
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bury Saint Edmunds, England
Died: January 25, 1908
38
Odo of Cluny
(Abbot)
2
0
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Omar Suleiman
(He is the Founder and President of Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research)
0
0
40
Okakura Kakuzō
(Art critic)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 14, 1862
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Died: September 2, 1913
41
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
42
Ousmane Sembène
(Senegalese film director)
1
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 1, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal
Died: June 9, 2007
43
Owen Wister
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 14, 1860
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 21, 1938
44
Orderic Vitalis
(English Chronicler and Benedictine Monk Who Wrote One of the Great Contemporary Chronicles of 11th and 12th-Century)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 16, 1075
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Died: 1142 AD
45
Ola Rotimi
(One of the Most Important Playwrights of Nigeria)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 13, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ilesa, Nigeria
Died: August 18, 2000
46
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
47
Olaus Magnus
(Writer)
0
0
48
Owen Lattimore
(Author)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 29, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: May 31, 1989
49
Orestes Brownson
(Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 16, 1803
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stockbridge, Vermont, United States
Died: April 17, 1876
50
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
