Osborne (name)

Osborne /ˈɒzbɔːrn/, along with Osbourne, Osbern, Osborn and Ausburn, is an English name influenced by the Old Norse Ásbjørn. The name means "God Bear". The English Os (see Ós) and the Norse Ás (see Aesir) mean God.^[1]

People with the surname Osborne

• Aaron Osborne (1947-1995), American modern dancer and teacher
• Adam Osborne (1939–2003), computer pioneer
• Barrie M. Osborne, (born 1944), American film producer
• Bertín Osborne (born 1953), Spanish singer
• Bertrand Osborne (born 1935), former Chief Minister of Monseratt
• Betty Osborne (1952–1971), Canadian murder victim
• Bobby Osborne (born 1931), American musician, half of the Osborne Brothers, along with his brother Sonny
• Buzz Osborne (born 1964), American musician
• Lady Camilla Osborne (born 1950), English heiress
• Charles Osborne (disambiguation), several people
• Uncle Charlie Osborne (1890–1992), American musician
• Chuck Osborne (American football) (1973–2012), American football player
• Colin Osborne (born 1975), English darts player
• Daphne Osborne (1930–2006), British plant scientist
• Deirdre Osborne, Australian-born academic
• Dorothy Osborne (1627–1695), English writer
• Duffield Osborne (1858–1917), American author and ornithologist
• Ernest Osborne (1873–1926), Australian cricketer
• Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751–1799), British politician
• F. Edward Osborne, American politician
• Fred Osborne, 19C Canadian baseball player
• Gary Osborne, British singer and songwriter
• George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (1775–1831), British nobility
• George Osborne (born 1971), British politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Helen Betty Osborne (1952–1971), murder victim
• Hewett Osborne (1567-1599), English soldier
• Holmes Osborne, (born 1947), American actor
• James Osborne (VC) (1857–1928), English First Boer War hero
• Jeffrey Osborne (born 1948), singer
• Jim Osborne (American football), American football player
• Jim Osborne (tennis), tennis player
• Joan Osborne (born 1962), American musician
• John Osborne (1929–1994), English playwright
• John Osborne (Montserrat politician), (1936–2011), Montserrat politician
• John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943), American politician
• John Walter Osborne (1828–1902), Irish photolithography pioneer
• Mary Pope Osborne, American author
• Matt Osborne (born 1957), American professional wrestler
• Milton Osborne, Australian historian
• Nigel Osborne (born 1948), British composer
• Paul Osborne, Australian rugby league footballer and politician
• Paul E. Osborne (born ca. 1939), mayor of Campbellsville, Kentucky
• Phillip Osborne (1904–1936), explorer
• Ralph Bernal Osborne (1808–1882), British politician
• Richard Osborne (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
• Robert Osborne (1932-2017), American actor and film historian
• Robert M. Osborne (1852–1931), newspaper proprietor and editor in South Australia, Tasmanian mayor, brother of Samuel
• Robin Osborne (born 1957), historian of antiquity
• Samuel W. Osborne (1868–1952), newspaper proprietor and editor in South Australia, brother of Robert
• Sandra Osborne (born 1956), Scottish politician
• Sonny Osborne (born 1937), American bluegrass singer and banjo player, half of the Osborne Brothers duo, with his brother Bobby
• Stephen Osborne (writer) (born 1947), Canadian writer
• Steve Osborne, music producer
• Steven Osborne (pianist), (born 1971), Scottish pianist
• Ted Osborne (1900 or 1901–1968), comic artist
• Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (1631–1712), English statesman
• Thomas Mott Osborne (1859–1926), American prison reformer
• Thomas W. Osborn (1833–1898), American soldier and politician
• Tom Osborne (born 1937), American politician and football coach
• R. Travis Osborne (born 1913), American psychologist
• Walter Osborne (1859–1903), Irish impressionist landscape and portrait painter
• Weedon Osborne (1892–1918), American military officer
• William Osborne (disambiguation), several people
• Willson Osborne (1906–1979), American composer

People with the given name Osborne

• Osborne Reynolds, innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics
• Osborne Theomun Olsen, founder of Osborne Art Studios in Chicago
• Osbern the Steward, steward to two Dukes of Normandy
• Osborne Wrigley-Pimley-McKerr III, politician
• Osbern FitzOsbern, Anglo-Norman Bishop of Exeter
• Osborne Smith (born 1954), better known as Ozzie Smith, American baseball player

Fictional characters

• Darren Osborne, from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Jeremy Osborne, from the British sitcom Peep Show
• Super Dave Osborne, a character created by American comedian Bob Einstein

See also

• Ausburn, a surname and given name
• Osborn (disambiguation)
• Osborn (surname)
• Osborne (disambiguation)
• Osbourne (disambiguation)

References