Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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O'Brien, Edna (Irish novelist)
O'Casey, Sean (Irish dramatist)
O'Connell, Daniel (Irish politician)
O'Day, Anita (Vocal Music Artist)
O'Faolain, Sean (Celtic Artist)
O'Flaherty, Liam (Irish novelist)
O'Hara, Frank (American poet)
O'Hara, John Henry (American novelist)
O'Higgins, Bernardo (South American-Chilean military leader & statesman)
O'Kelly, Seán Thomas (Irish political leader)
O'Neill, Thomas Philip, Jr. (American politician)
Oakley, Annie (sharpshooter)
Oates, Joyce Carol (American writer & novelist)
Oates, Titus (English criminal)
Obadiah (persons in the Bible)
Obregón, Álvaro (Mexican military leader & president)
Ochoa, Severo (American biologist, chemist & educator)
Ochs, Adolph Simon (American journalist & publisher)
Ockham, William of (Philosopher)
Odets, Clifford (American dramatist)
Odoacer (German military leader)
Oe, Kenzaburo (Japanese writer)
Oerter, Alfred A. (American athlete)
Offa (king)
Offenbach, Jacques (French composer)
Oglethorpe, James Edward (English military leader, financier & explorer)
Ohm, Georg Simon (German physicist)
Oistrakh, David Fyodorovich (Russian musician)
Olaf II (Norwegian king)
Oldcastle, Sir John (English statesman)
Oldenburg, Claes Thure (Swedish-American artist)
Olds, Ransom Eli (American automobile inventor and manufacturer)
Oliver, Joseph (American jazz musician)
Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr (English actor, dramatist & filmmaker)
Olmsted, Frederick Law (Architect / Landscape Designer)
Omar Khayyám (Poet / Astronomer)