Oscar

Oscar, The Oscar, OSCAR or Oskar may refer to:

• Academy Award or Oscar, presented by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for cinematic film achievements
• OSCAR Radio, a radio station run by the pupils of Oundle School
• Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name; the article includes the names Osgar, Oskar, and Oskari
• OSCAR: Near-realtime global ocean surface current data set; see Ocean current

Animals

• Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
• Oscar (therapy cat), cat who can purportedly predict the deaths of hospice patients
• Oscar (bionic cat), a cat which had implants after losing both hind paws
• Unsinkable Sam, World War II ship's cat also known as Oscar
• oskar, a gene required for the development of the Drosophila embryo
• OSCAR (gene)
• Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle named Oscar

Film and television

• The Oscar (film), a 1966 American drama
• Oscar (1967 film), a French comedy
• Oscar (1991 film), an American film adapted from the same source as the French film, starring Sylvester Stallone
• Oscar (2013 film), an American film of 2013 and director is Mike Mitchell
• Oskar (film), a 1962 Danish film
• Oscar, a 1985 British TV drama starring Michael Gambon
• Oscar Madison, character from The Odd Couple
• Oscar the Grouch, a Sesame Street character
• Oscar (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial
• Oskar Kokoshka, from Hey Arnold!
• Oscar from Fish Hooks

Military

• Oscar class submarine, a Soviet/Russian submarine class
• Nakajima Ki-43, a World War II Japanese aircraft, codenamed "Oscar" by the Allies
• Oscar, the letter O in the NATO phonetic alphabet

People

• Saint Ansgar (801–865)
• Oscar (footballer), José Oscar Bernardi, Brazilian footballer
• Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer
• Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
• Oscar I of Sweden (1799–1859)
• Oscar II of Sweden (1829–1907)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer and poet
• Paul Nicholas or Oscar, British actor and performer
• Oscar, manager of the professional wrestling tag team Men on a Mission

Technology and transport

• OSCAR, Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
• OScar (open source car), a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
• CityRail H set or Outer Suburban CARs (OSCARs), a type of train in Australia

Computing

• OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system
• OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger
• Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR), a Linux-based software installation

Other

• Oscar (Irish mythology), the warrior son of Oisín and Niamh
• Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
• OSC OSCar, a synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company
• Oscar, Louisiana, U.S.A
• Oscar, Oklahoma, U.S.A
• Oscar, West Virginia, U.S.A
• Out of School Care and Recreation