Arts and Music

• Oscar Hammerstein
  • Wrote the lyrics for Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music in collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers (see list of Songwriters)
• Oscar Peterson (born 1925)

  Canadian jazz musician.

  • Pianist, composer and bandleader (see list of Readers' Picks for the Jazz Hall of Fame)

Leadership

• Oscar Hammerstein
  • He and his collaborator Richard Rodgers were two of the most influential showmen in the 20th century (see list of Twenty pioneers of human expression who enlightened and enlivened the people of the 20th century)
• Oscar Arias Sanchez (born 1941)

  President of Costa Rica (1986-90) who developed a Central American peace plan.

  • 1987 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)

Miscellaneous

• Oscar de La Hoya (born 1973)

  Boxer

  • 1999 gross earnings: $43.5 million (see list of Top-paid Stars)
• Oscar
  • Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
• Oscar Peterson (born 1925)

  Canadian jazz musician.

  • Born in Montreal, Quebec (see list of Famous Canadians)
• Oscar de la Renta
  • American fashion designer (see list of Fashion Designers)
• Oscar Wilde (born 1854, died 1900)

  Irish novelist and playwright.

  • On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')

Science and Philosophy

• Oscar Zariski

  American mathematician.

  • 1965 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Oscar Charleston
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Oscar Robertson

  Basketball player.

  • 1963-64 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (see list of NBA Most Valuable Players)
  • 1960-61 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year (see list of NBA Rookies of the Year)
  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)

Stage and Screen

• Oscar Levant (born 1906, died 1972)

  American composer and pianist.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Oscar Micheaus
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Oscar Hammerstein
  • 1944 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for Oklahoma! (see list of Winners of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation)
  • 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for South Pacific (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
• Oscar Handlin
  • 1952 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for The Uprooted (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
• Oscar Hijuelos (born 1952)

  American novelist.

  • 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
• Oscar Griffin, Jr.
  • 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
• Oscar Wilde (born 1854, died 1900)

  Irish novelist and playwright.

  • Wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)