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Oliveira da Figueira Oliveira de Figueira is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. Native of Lisbon, Portugal, he is a friendly salesperson who has the ability to sell even the most trivial of items from umbrellas to roller skates to patrons throughout the Middle Eastern region, though he eventually set up shop in Khemed.
Oliver Oliver is a given name, also a surname, usually male, believed to derive from the Old French given name Olivier, though this may be a false etymology; -- it may be a corruption of a Germanic personal name, cognate with the Scandinavian name "Olaf" or "Ă“lafur," which carries the meaning of "ancestor," "forbear," or "talisman."name's popularity during the Middle Ages] was augmented by the fact that [[Olivier (The Song of Roland)|Olivier was the name of one of Charlemagne's paladins and a friend of the great warrior Roland.
Oliver & Company Oliver & Company is a 1988 animated feature film that was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It is the twenty-seventh animated feature released in the Disney animated features canon, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on November 18, 1988.
Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (born in 1952 in Highfield, Harare) is a Zimbabwean musician, one of the longest-lasting popular performers from that country. He began performing in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band which featured Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo.
Oliver (paladin) In the Matter of France, especially the French epic The Song of Roland, Olivier was the title character's closest friend, advisor, and confidant. He has also been seen as Roland's lover: a reading of the text through Sedgwick's idea of homosociality bears this out.
Oliver (William Oliver Swofford) William Oliver Swofford (February 22, 1945–February 12, 2000), known as Oliver, was an American pop singer. Born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, he began singing as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1960s.
Oliver Ames High School The Oliver Ames High School is the public high school for Easton, Massachusetts located at 100 Lothrop St in Easton, Massachusetts. The school currently enrolls approximately 700-800 students in grades 10 through 12, but will be adding 9th grade after the construction on the school addition is completed in 2007.
Oliver Babish Oliver Babish is a fictional character in the NBC television series The West Wing. Played by Oliver Platt, he has been White House Counsel in President Josiah Bartlet's White House for the majority of his two term Presidency.
Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (March 1, 1899–August 10, 1958) was a British politician who had a quixotic career at political odds to his father, three-time Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Oliver Barnes Oliver Barnes is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The character, portrayed by actor David Hoflin, will debut on-screen on January 30th, 2007 and is the brother of the recently-departed Will Griggs (Christian Clark).
Oliver Bierhoff Oliver Bierhoff (born May 1, 1968 in Karlsruhe) is a former German football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final. Since 2001 he is married to Klara.
Oliver Brooks Oliver Brooks (31 May 1889-25 October 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Oliver Bulleid Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid (19 September 1882 - 25 April 1970) was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.
Oliver C. Comstock Oliver Cromwell Comstock (March 1, 1780 - January 11, 1860) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, he moved with his parents to Schenectady, New York when he was a child.
Oliver C. Hartley Oliver Cromwell Hartley (1823-1859) was an American lawyer from Galveston, Texas. He served as the reporter for the state’s Supreme Court from 1846 to 1859, and published the first codification of state laws in "A Digest of the Laws of Texas" in 1850.
Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (April 25 1599–September 3 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. He was a middling gentry farmer for the first forty years of his life; a religious conversion experience made religion the central fact of his life and actions.
Oliver Cromwell (song) Oliver Cromwell is a song released by Monty Python in 1989, and featured in their 1991 album Monty Python Sings. It is sung to Frédéric Chopin's Polonaise in A-flat major, and documents the career of British statesman Oliver Cromwell, from his service as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon to his installation as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England.
Oliver Cyriax Oliver Cyriax is a Cambridge University law graduate who became an author of successful books in subjects as diverse as medicine and crime. Following his own experiences in the family courts he became an active campaigner to reform the Court Welfare Officer system.
Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson (VC, DSO) (7 September 1876-28 March 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Oliver D. North Oliver North was the designer for Scammell Lorries Ltd from 1922. He was responsible, most notably, for the Scammell Pioneer and the three-wheel Scammell 'Mechanical Horse', which subsequently evolved into the Scammell Scarab, a familiar sight on railway platforms and postal sorting offices.
Oliver Ellsworth Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807), an American lawyer and politician, was a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, and third Chief Justice of the United States. He is also widely recognized for having first coined the phrase 'United States of America.
Oliver Elmes Oliver Elmes is a British graphic designer. He designed a number of logos for the BBC, but is probably best known for devising the Doctor Who title sequence and logo used from Time and the Rani (1987) until Survival (1989).
Oliver Elton Oliver Elton (3 June 1861 - 4 June 1945) was an English literary scholar whose extensive publications include A Survey of English Literature (1730 - 1880) in six volumes, criticism and biography of a very wide range of authors, and translations from various languages including Icelandic and Russian. He was King Alfred Professor of English at Liverpool University.
Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke Sir Oliver Goonetilleke (20 October 1892— 17 December 1978) was an important figure in the gradual independence of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Britain, and became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954-1962). He was the first Ceylonese individual to hold the vice-regal post.
Oliver Ford Davies Oliver Ford Davies (born August 12 1939) is a British actor. From the King's School, Canterbury, he won a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, where he read History and became President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS).
Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1728 – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). (He is also thought to have written the classic children's tale, The History of Little Goody Two Shoes, giving the world that familiar phrase.
Oliver H. Dockery Oliver Hart Dockery (1830 - 1906) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Rockingham, North Carolina, August 12, 1830. Son of Alfred Dockery; attended the public schools and Wake Forest College; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1848; studied law, but never practiced; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1858 and 1859; served for a short time in the Confederate service, but withdrew and advocated sustaining the Federal Government; upon the readmission of North Carolina to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from July 13, 1868, to March 3, 1871; chairman, Committee on the Freedmen’s Bureau (Forty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; again engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State constitutional convention in 1875; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of No
Oliver H. Smith Oliver Hampton Smith (October 23, 1794 - March 19, 1859) was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born on Smith's Island, near Trenton, New Jersey, attended the common schools and moved west, eventually settling in Lawrenceburg, Indiana in 1818.
Oliver Haiste Reuters Business Profiles Haiste (Reuters] Business Profiles) is non executive director of the engineering company Haiste International (Formely Haiste Ltd) famed for the major contract case Birse Construction v Haiste Ltd which went to the [[Court of Appeal (Queen's Bench Division).
Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy January 18, 1892–August 7, 1957) was an American actor, most remembered for his role in one of the world's most famous double acts, Laurel and Hardy, with his friend Stan Laurel. He did not adopt the name "Oliver" until 1914.
Oliver Hartmann Oliver Hartmann (born 1970, RĂĽsselsheim) is a German metal vocalist, songwriter, and producer who performed in various acts, either as part of a choir, or solo. He is best known for his role as founder of the band At Vance (together with Olaf Lenk) and his guest appearances on albums of several prominent metal bands, including Freedom Call and Edguy.
Oliver Hazard Perry Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the War of 1812 against Britain and earned the nickname "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Oliver Heald Oliver Heald (born December 15, 1954), British politician and barrister, is Conservative Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire. He is both the Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Oliver Heaviside Oliver Heaviside (May 18, 1850 – February 3, 1925) was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, developed techniques for applying Laplace transforms to the solution of differential equations, reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of mathematics and science for years to come.
Oliver Herford Oliver Herford (1863 - 1935) was a British born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde". As a frequent contributor to The Mentor and Ladies' Home Journal, he sometimes signed his artwork as "O Herford".
Oliver Christianson Oliver Christianson, also known as Revilo, is a cartoonist who has worked with Hallmark Cards among others. Some of his illustrations have been collected into the books Talk to the Tail, Women of Substance, and Funny Business.
Oliver Joseph Lodge Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (June 12,1851 - August 22, 1940), born at Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent and educated at Adams' Grammar School, was a physicist and writer involved in the development of the wireless telegraph. Lodge, in his Royal Institution lectures ("The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors") coined the term "coherer" and gained the "syntonic" (or tuning) patent from the United States Patent Office.
Oliver Kamm Oliver Kamm (born 1963) is a British blogger, journalist and author. He writes opinion pieces for The Times and has recently published the book Anti-Totalitarianism: The Left-wing Case for a Neoconservative Foreign Policy for the Social Affairs Unit.
Oliver Kovačević Oliver Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Ковачевић; born October 10 1974 in Split, Croatia, by then part of SFR Yugoslavia), a goalkeeper, is a Serbian football player currently playing for CSKA Sofia. He has been named as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Oliver Kurtz Oliver Kurtz (born October 23, 1971) is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was suspended for two years from international hockey for returning a positive test to cocaine at a pre-Olympic tournament in Atlanta in early 1996.
Oliver La Farge Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge (19 December 1901 - 2 August 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist, perhaps best known for his 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Laughing Boy. He is the adoptive father of the folk singer and painter Peter La Farge.
Oliver Lang Oliver Lang is a professional paintballer. He started playing paintball as a teenager, forming team Ironkids with some of his friends while getting trained by Houston Area Pearland All-Star paintballers Eddy Lee, Phan Do, Matt Garcaa, Kyle Tecson, and Vinh Tran, and Shawn Teel .
Oliver Leaman Oliver Leaman is a Professor of Philosophy and Zantker Professor of Judaic Studies. He has been teaching at the University of Kentucky since August 2000, and is particularly interested in Islamic, Jewish and Eastern philosophy.
Oliver Lee Oliver Lee (born 14 February 1986 in Manchester]) is an [[England|English actor, who played the role of gay teenager 'Josh' in the television series Hollyoaks: In the City, a spin-off of the Channel 4 television series Hollyoaks. It is set in the city of Liverpool, not the usual Hollyoaks setting of Chester.
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is located in Otero County, in southern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. It is situated at the scenic base of Dog Canyon in the Sacramento Mountains, and provides opportunities for camping, hiking, picnicing, wildlife viewing, a nature trail, and a guided tour of Oliver Lee's historic 19th-century ranch house.
Oliver Lieb Oliver Lieb (born 1969) is a Frankfurt, Germany based producer who has produced more than 200 tracks on more than 100 sound carriers. He has done remixes for the likes of Sven Väth, Yello, Sparks, Human League, Marc Oh, Mory Kante.
Oliver Loving Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812-September 25, 1867) was a cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive who with Charles Goodnight developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive.
Oliver Luck Oliver Luck (born April 5, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio) was a quarterback for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League. He is the current team president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.
Oliver M. Lee Oliver Milton Lee, known simply as Oliver Lee (October 1865 - 15 December 1941) was a sometimes Deputy US Marshal, rancher, rustler, land grabber, gunman, and murderer. Oliver Milton Lee was born in Buffalo Gap, Texas and died in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where, ironically, a State Park is named in his honor.
Oliver Mace Oliver Mace is a character in the BBC television spy drama Spooks. In it, he is chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, until being forced to resign in the 5th episode of the 5th series, over the covert transfer of seven terror suspects from a prison in England to a location in Egypt where they could be illegally tortured.
Oliver Marcelle Oliver Hazzard Marcelle (June 21 1895 - June 12 1949), nicknamed "Ghost", was an American third baseman in the Negro Leagues for a number of teams around the league from 1918-1931. He also played shortstop.
Oliver McCall Oliver "The Atomic Bull" McCall, born 21 April, 1965 is a professional Heavyweight boxer known for his outstanding ability to take a punch and winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship in 1994 as a result of knocking out Lennox Lewis in Lennox's home town of London, England.
Oliver Michael Griffiths Newman Dr Oliver Michael Griffiths Newman (1941- ) is an Australian metallurgist, admnistrator and amateur ornithologist who worked for many years with Pasminco EZ Ltd in Tasmania and Newcastle, New South Wales. In Tasmania he was involved with studies on waders, especially the breeding biology of Pied Oystercatchers.
Oliver Napier Sir Oliver Napier (born July 11 1935) was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. In 1974 he served as Legal Minister and head of the Office of Legal Reform in the power-sharing executive set up by the Sunningdale Agreement.
Oliver Newby Oliver James Newby (Blackburn, August 26 1984-) is an English cricketer who played for Lancashire, whom he joined in 2003, with a one year contract being given to him in 2005, and Nottinghamshire, to whom he was loaned in 2005. In 2003 he played the India A cricket team at Blackpool, and took two wickets in his first two overs.
Oliver North Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943) is an American conservative political commentator, host of "War Stories with Oliver North" on Fox News Channel. He is a 1968 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and was a career officer in the United States Marine Corps, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after twenty years service.
Oliver O'Connor Barrett Oliver O'Connor Barrett (born January 17 1908 in Eltham, London, England; died July 1989 in Cwm Prysor, Trawsfynydd, Wales) was a British sculptor, painter, graphic artist, educator, poet and composer. Most of his adult career and recognition was in the United States.
Oliver O'Grady Oliver O'Grady is a former Irish Roman Catholic priest who molested a number of children in California from 1976 onwards. In 1993 he was convicted on four counts of "lewd and lascivious acts on minors" and sentenced to fourteen years but only served seven years in prison from a plea agreement.
Oliver Ocasek Oliver Ocasek was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as President of the Ohio State Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. After the Democrats lost their majority in the Senate, Ocasek was replaced as party leader by Harry Meshel.
Oliver Onions George Oliver Onions, pronounced oh-NY-ons (born 13 November 1873; died 9 April 1961) was a significant English novelist who published over forty novels and story collections. Originally trained as a commercial artist, he worked as a designer of posters and books, and as a magazine illustrator, before starting his career in writing.
Oliver P. Bolton Oliver Payne Bolton was an American politician of the Republican party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1953-1957 and from 1963-1965. He was the son of long-serving Representative Frances P.
Oliver P. Smith Oliver Prince Smith (October 26, 1893- December 25, 1977) was a General in the United States Marine Corps and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He is most noted for commanding the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
Oliver Palotai Oliver Palotai, born 17 March 1974 in Germany, is a heavy metal musician. He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle before joining Blaze as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004.
Oliver Perry Hay Oliver Perry Hay (22 May, 1846 – 2 November, 1930) was an American professor and paleontologist. In 1912, Hay was appointed as a research associate at the Carnegie Institute, and was given office space at the United States National Museum.
Oliver Pollock Oliver Pollock (1737, Coleraine, Ireland – December 17, 1823, Pinckneyville, Mississippi) was a merchant and financier of the American Revolutionary War, of which he has long been considered a historically undervalued figure.
Oliver Raymond Harms Oliver Raymond Harms (born December 11 1901 in Cole Camp, Missouri - died June 3 1980 in Houston, Texas) was President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1962 to 1969.Marvin Huggins and Jason Todd, "Oliver Raymond Harms," Presidents of the Missouri Synod: Past & Present, (St.
Oliver Sacks Oliver Wolf Sacks (born July 9, 1933, London) is a neurologist who has written popular books about his patients. He considers it following the tradition of 19th-century "clinical anecdotes", a literary-style that included informal case histories.
Oliver Selfridge Oliver Selfridge, grandson of the founder of Selfridges' department stores, has been called the "Father of Machine Perception." He wrote important early papers on neural networks and pattern recognition and machine learning, and his "Pandemonium" paper (1959) is generally recognized as a classic in artificial intelligence.
Oliver Smithies Oliver Smithies invented Gel electrophoresis in 1950. He later discovered, simultaneously with Mario Capecchi, the technique of homologous combination of transgenic DNA with genomic DNA, a much more reliable method of altering animal genomes than previously used, and the technique behind Knock-out mice.
Oliver St. John Gogarty Oliver Joseph St John Gogarty (August 17, 1878 - September 22, 1957) was an Irish physician and ear surgeon, who was also a poet and writer, one of the most prominent Dublin wits, and for some time a political figure of the Irish Free State. He is perhaps now best known as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Oliver Stanley Oliver Frederick George Stanley (4 May 1896 – 10 December 1950) was a prominent British Conservative politician who held many ministerial posts before his early death when it was assumed he would soon assume higher office.
Oliver Sundberg Oliver Sundberg (born 16 February 1982) is a Danish speedskater. Along with Cathrine Grage, Sundberg is the first Danish speedskater to reach international competition level since Kurt Stille ended his career in 1964.
Oliver Tambo Oliver Reginald Tambo (27 October 1917 - 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and a central figure in the African National Congress (ANC). He was born in Mbizana in eastern Mpondoland in what is now Eastern Cape.
Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to develop computer games professionally while they were still at school. In 1991, at the age of 22, they started their own computer games company, Interactive Studios (now Blitz Games).
Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens' second novel. The book was originally published in Bentley's Miscellany as a serial, in monthly installments that began appearing in February 1837 and continued through April 1839.
Oliver Wakeman Oliver Wakeman is a keyboardist and first son of Rick Wakeman. He has worked with Clive Nolan (of Arena) and Tracy Hitchings on two progressive rock concept albums, Jabberwocky (released 1999) and Hound of the Baskervilles.
Oliver Wardrop Sir John Oliver Wardrop (1864-1948) was a British diplomat, traveller and translator, primarily known as the United Kingdom's first Chief Commissioner of Transcaucasus in Georgia, 1919-21, and also as the founder and benefactor of Kartvelian studies at Oxford University.
Oliver Weindling Oliver Weindling (born 14 September 1955) is a jazz promoter and founder of the Babel jazz record label. He came from a family which encouraged his interest in music, being taken to the opera and concerts regularly.
Oliver Wendell Jones Oliver Wendell Jones was the most recurring African American character in Bloom County and Outland, two comic strips by cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. The genius of the bunch, he was always hacking into forbidden files with his Banana Jr.
Oliver's Twist Oliver's Twist is a television series featuring chef Jamie Oliver (who became famous for his TV series The Naked Chef). It is produced by Oliver's own production company - Freshone - in association with Food Network USA, and is currently in its second series (52 episodes).
Oliver-Sven Buder Oliver-Sven Buder (born June 23, 1966 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990's belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal.
Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtić (Оливера Јевтић, born July 24, 1977 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, now Užice in Serbia) is a Serbian distance runner and is the most succesful in the country. She is based in Užice, Serbia.
Oliverbot Oliverbot is a virtual personality that you can hold a basic conversation with online. "Oliver" is in fact a computer that detects key words and phrases and responds with pre-programmed answers, some of which are particularly humorous.
Oliverio Castañeda Oliverio Castañeda de León (October 12, 1955 – October 20, 1978) was a Guatemalan left-wing oriented student leader, who fought for civil rights and was assassinated at the age of 23 in Guatemala City during the regime of General Romeo Lucas García.
Olivers Battery Olivers Battery (sometimes known as Oliver's Battery) is a civil parish in Hampshire, England, of some 700 households located just to the south of the City of Winchester. The parish was founded in 1956 on land that was formerly part of Compton parish.
Olivet cendré Olivet cendré, also called cendré d'Olivet, is a French cheese from Olivet, on the Loire river, in the Centre region of France. The cheese is made from cow's milk collected during the spring, when the cows graze along the banks of the Loire, and when their milk is believed to be the most flavorful.
Olivet discourse The Olivet discourse or Little Apocalypse is a passage found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew (), Mark () and Luke (), occurring just before the narrative of Jesus's passion beginning with the Anointing of Jesus. In the narrative is a discourse or sermon given by Jesus on the Mount of Olives, hence the name.
Olivewood Cemetery Olivewood Cemetery lies near a bend in White Oak Bayou, along the rail line to Chaney Junction, where the First and Sixth wards meet just northwest of downtown Houston. The six-acre cemetery is an historic resting place for many freed slaves and some of Houston’s earliest black residents.
Olivia Barash Olivia Barash (born 11 January 1965 in Miami, Florida USA) is an American actress. She has appeared in many films, including the cult film Repo Man, as well as television series in her career, including Little House on the Prairie, Fame, and St.
Olivia Barclay Olivia Barclay (born December 12, 1919 in Essex – died April 1, 2001 in Kent) was an English astrologer whose enthusiasm for the revival of Classical Astrology in the late Twentieth Century, in particular the work of William Lilly, had considerable influence on her generation. In the last part of her life she lived in the village of Great Mongeham, in Kent, England.
Olivia Byington Olivia Byington started her career as a vocalist with the rock band, Antena Coletiva, with Jacques Morelembaum, at the end of the 70’s. She was immediately considered by the critic Sérgio Cabral as the “best singer of her generation.
Olivia frank A troubled childhood led Olivia Frank to the Middle East. In 1974, she served as a soldier with the Israel Defence Force in the Golani Sayeret and participated in special operations including the rescue of hostages.
Olivia Goldsmith Olivia Goldsmith (1949 - January 15, 2004) was an American author, best known for her first novel The First Wives Club (1992). She was born Randy Goldfield in Dumont, New Jersey, but changed her name to Justine Goldfield and later to Justine Rendal.
Olivia Hallinan Olivia Hallinan (born January 20, 1984) is a British actress, who is best known for her roles as Ellie in Girls In Love and Kim in Sugar Rush. She also appeared in the 1995 series of Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde as Julia Jekyll.
Olivia Chow Olivia Chow (鄒至蕙, pinyin: Zōu Zhìhuì) (born March 24, 1957) is a social democratic Canadian Member of Parliament and former city councillor (1991-2005) in Toronto. Born in Hong Kong, Chow immigrated to Canada when she was thirteen years old and is fluent in two of her constituency's main languages, Cantonese and English.
Olivia Joules and The Overactive Imagination Olivia Joules is Helen Fielding's fifth book, a light-hearted spy thriller published in 2004. It chronicles the adventures of Olivia Joules (real name Rachel Pixley), a freelance journalist with an "overactive imagination".
Olivia Judson Olivia Judson is an evolutionary biologist at Imperial College London. Under the pseudonym "Dr Tatiana" she wrote a light-hearted best-selling guidebook to sex throughout the natural kingdom, entitled Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation.
Olivia Langdon Clemens Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 - June 5, 1904) was the wife of famous American author, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (known as Mark Twain). She was very influential in editing his writing and shaping his public image.
Olivia Lufkin Olivia Lufkin, often known simply as OLIVIA, born December 9, 1979, in Okinawa, is a Japanese singer. The daughter of an American father and a Japanese mother, she sometimes writes about being mixed-race in songs such as "solarhalfbreed.
Olivia Manning Olivia Manning (born March 2, 1908 in Portsmouth – died July 23, 1980 on the Isle of Wight) was a noted British novelist. She studied at the Portsmouth School of Art then escaped Portsmouth to work at Peter Jones (department store), the Medici Society and for MGM.

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