Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Michelle O'neill
Irish politician
Michelle O'Neillis an Irish politician who served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland between 2020 and 2022. She has been serving as Vice President of Sinn Féin since 2018 and is the Member o...

Teresa O'neill
British Conservative Party politician
Teresa Ann Jude O'Neillis a British Conservative Party politician, Leader of the Council in the London Borough of Bexley; Co President, London Councils; and Deputy Chair of the Local Government Associ...

Matthew O'riley
professional footballer
Matthew Sean O'Rileyis a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in England, he plays for the Denmark national team. Club career Fulham O'R...

Colleen O'shaughnessey
American voice actress
Colleen Ann O'Shaughnesseyis an American voice actress. She is best known as the voice of Sora Takenouchi in the Digimon anime, Jazz Fenton in Danny Phantom, Wasp in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest He...

Thaddeus O'sullivan
Irish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
Thaddeus O'Sullivanis an Irish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Early career In the early eighties O'Sullivan was among a group of filmmakers who co-founded 'Spectre' a collective that inc...

Aisling (Aisling Bea) O'sullivan
Irish comedian
Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan, known professionally asAisling Bea, is an Irish comedian, actress and screenwriter. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This Way Up on Channel 4. As a st...

Ronald O'sullivan
English professional snooker player
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivanis an English professional snooker player, and current world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, he has ...

Kevin O'sullivan
Irish journalist
Kevin O'Sullivan(born c. 1960) is an Irish journalist. He was the editor of The Irish Times from 2011 to 2017. He was the thirteenth editor of the paper, succeeding Geraldine Kennedy on 23 June 2011, ...

Matthew O'toole
Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician
Matthew John O'Tooleis an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, former civil servant, and journalist who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Belfast ...

David Oakes
English actor
Rowan David Oakesis an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the series The Pillars of the Earth, The Borgias, The White Queen, Victoria, Vikings: Valhalla, and for his discursive Natural H...

Isabel Oakeshott
British political journalist
Isabel Oakeshottis a British political journalist. Oakeshott was the political editor of The Sunday Times and is the co-author, with Michael Ashcroft, of an unauthorised biography of former British pr...

Lauren May Oakley
English professional dancer and choreographer
Lauren May Oakleyis an English professional dancer and choreographer, best known for appearing as a professional on the BBC One television series Strictly Come Dancing. Career Oakley became Juvenile C...

Barack II Obama
American politician
Barack Hussein Obama IIis an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States. A member of ...

Benito Ocasio
Puerto Rican rapper and singer
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known professionally asBad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. Known as the "King of Latin Trap", he is credited with helping Spanish-language music achieve mai...

Martin Odegaard
Norwegian professional footballer
Martin Ødegaardis a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains both Premier League club Arsenal and the Norway national team. Ødegaard began his senior club career at...

Melvin Odoom
British radio DJ and television presenter
Melvin Kuuku Odoomis a British radio DJ and television presenter. His work on radio has been recognised at the Sony Radio Awards for the Kiss 100 radio breakfast show (2009–2018), and he has presented...

Onatejiro (AJ) Odudu
British television presenter
Onatejiro "AJ" Oduduis a British television presenter from Blackburn, England. She is best known for co-presenting the 2013 Channel 5 reality show spin-off Big Brother's Bit on the Side, alongside Emm...

Martin Offiah
former professional rugby player
Martin Nwokocha Offiahis an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.[8] Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2...

Benedict Ofoedu
British singer-songwriter
Benedict Spencer Ofoedu(/oʊfeɪduː/) is a British singer-songwriter. He is best known for being the former fiancé of Vanessa Feltz and for his media appearances thereby, though he had some success as a...

Damini (Burna Boy) Ogulu
Nigerian singer
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally asBurna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.He rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debu...