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• Oasis, rock group
• Barack Obama, U.S. Senator (D-Illinois)
• Michelle Obama, political relative
• Kate O'Beirne , political commentator
• Merle Oberon, actress
• Conor Oberst, singer, songwriter
• Patrick O'Brian, novelist
• Conan O'Brien, talk show host, writer
• Willis O'Brien, animator
• Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut
• Carroll O'Connor, actor
• Sandra Day O'Connor, jurist
• Sinead O'Connor, singer, songwriter
• Chris O'Donnell, actor
• Rosie O'Donnell, talk show host, actor, comedian
• Michael O'Donoghue, writer, actor
• Odysseus, literary hero
• Sadaharu Oh, baseball player
• Sandra Oh, actress
• Madalyn Murray O'Hair, religious figure, activist
• Catherine O'Hara, actor, writer
• Maureen O'Hara, actress
• Sarah O'Hare, model
• Apolo Anton Ohno, speed skater
• John Okada , novelist
• Okakura Tenshin (Kakuzo), educator, critic
• Scott Oki , computer executive
• Gary Oldman, actor
• Larisa Oleynik, actor
• Lena Olin, actress
• Susan Oliver, actor
• Sir Laurence Olivier, actor
• Edward James Olmos, actor, producer
• Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, twin child stars
• Omarion, singer
• Christina Onassis, shipping executive
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. first Lady
• Ryan O'Neal, actor
• Shaquille O'Neal, basketball player
• Tatum O'Neal, actress
• Paul H. O'Neill, George W. Bush's secretary of the Treasury
• Yoko Ono, artist
• Michael Ontkean, actor
• Opechancanough, Pamunkey Indian chief; later chief of Powhatan Confederacy
• Jerry Orbach, actor
• Roy Orbison, country singer, songwriter, rock musician
• Wild Orchid, pop musicians
• Julie Ordon, model
• Bill O'Reilly, TV personality
• Dolores O'Riordan , lead singer, lyricist
• Ruth Orkin, photographer, filmmaker
• Julia Ormond, actress
• Arthur Orton, fraud
• Joan Osborne
• Ozzy Osbourne, rock musician
• Emily Osment, actor
• Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin
• Peter O'Toole, actor
• R.F. Outcault, cartoonist, illustrator
• Francoise Outelas, early French colonial settler, businesswoman
• Outkast, rappers
• Clive Owen, actor
• Michael Owen, soccer player
• Wilfred Owen, poet, soldier
• Jesse Owens, runner, athlete
• Terrell Owens, football player
• Jenna von Oy, actor
• Olive Oyl, comic strip character
• Frank Oz, puppeteer, filmmaker

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