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

Liliana Orzac
Fashion designer
Liliana Orzacis the wife of the late presenter Dave Myers who is also known as the co-founder of The Hairy Bikers. She owns a fashion company and also works as a fashion designer. Meanwhile, her husba...

Kate Osamor
Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton
Ofunne Kate Osamoris a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Shadow Secretary of State for In...

George Osborne
British former politician
George Gideon Oliver Osborneis a British former politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cam...

Jacqueline Osborne
English actress
Jacqueline Mary Osborneis an English actress. She is known for portraying Lauren Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2019, Jossa won the nineteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of ...

Daniel Osborne
English television personality
Daniel Osborneis an English television personality, known for being a former cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. In 2018, he was a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother, reachi...

Jack Osbourne
English-American media personality
Jack Joseph Osbourneis an English-American media personality whose career began in one of reality TV’s most influential households. He rose to fame in the early 2000s on MTV’s hit series The Osbournes...

John (Ozzy) Osbourne
English musician and media personality
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourneis an English musician and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop...

Sharon Osbourne
English television personality
Sharon Rachel Osbourneis an English television personality, music manager, and author. She is married to heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing on The Osbournes (2002–...

Aimee Osbourne
English actress and singer
Aimee Rachel Osbourneis an English actress and singer. She is the eldest of three children of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, and has three older half-siblings from her father's first marriage. Career Osbou...

Guy Oseary
Israeli-American talent manager and writer
Guy Harley Osearyis an Israeli-American talent manager and writer. His clients include Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Career Oseary began as an independent A&R rep in 1989 at the age of 17, he...

Alice Oseman
English author
Alice May Osemanis an English author and illustrator of young adult fiction. She secured her first publishing deal at 17 and published her first novel Solitaire in 2014. In addition to Solitaire her n...

Richard Osman
English television presenter
Richard Thomas Osmanis an English television presenter, producer, novelist, and comedian. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He has presented the ...

James (Iggy Pop) Osterberg
American singer
James Newell Osterberg Jr., known professionally asIggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges,...

Patton Oswalt
American stand-up comedian and actor
Patton Peter Oswaltis an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–2023) as...

Chris Oti
English former rugby union player
Chris Otiis an English former rugby union player. He was a rugby winger of prodigious pace who represented England thirteen times between 1988 and 1991. He was a member of the England squad that appea...

Denise Van Outen
English actress
Denise van Outenis an English actress, singer, dancer and presenter. She presented The Big Breakfast, played Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago both in the West End and on Broadway and finished as runn...

Mark Owen
English singer and songwriter
Mark Owenis an English singer and songwriter best known for being a member of pop group and band Take That. Early life Owen lived in a small council house with his mother Mary, his father Keith, broth...

Mikel Oyarzabal
Spanish professional footballer
Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarteis a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for La Liga club Real Sociedad, which he captains, and the Spain national team. He has spent his entire...