Otis

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Otis can refer to:

[edit] People

• Elisha Otis, inventor of a safety device for hoisting machinery, who went on to invent the first passenger elevator
• Elwell Otis, an American general who served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, and Philippine-American War
• Harrison Gray Otis, a publisher of the Los Angeles Times
• James Otis, a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts who was an early advocate of the political views that led to the American Revolution
• Otis R. Bowen, the former governor of Indiana and former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Otis B. Driftwood, a fictional character that has appeared in the Rob Zombie horror films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects
• Otis the flow Fraser, a Zimbabwean DJ who is internationally renowned for his skills on the ones and twos (turntables)
• Otis Redding, the musician

[edit] Organizations

• OTIS Social Investments: Developing a more social conscious culture among America's youth. It is a nonprofit organization that raises money for other charities.
• The Otis Elevator Company, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, and the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally elevators and escalators
• Otis College of Art and Design, a private four-year art college located in Los Angeles, California

[edit] Fictional Characters

• Otis the Aardvark, a BBC puppet character
• Otis, one of the minor characters in Monkey Island, a computer game series
• Otis, a puppy in The Adventures of Milo and Otis
• Otis Campbell, the town drunk on the Andy Griffith Show
• Otis, the chameleon creature, a minor character from the television cartoon Hercules, who can change his appearance.

[edit] Places

• Saint-Félix-d'Otis, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
• Otis township, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
• Otis, Colorado, USA
• Otis, Kansas, USA
• Otis, Maine, USA
• Otis, Massachusetts, USA
• Otis Orchards-East Farms, Washington, USA
• Otisstraße, an underground metro station in Berlin on the U6 line