Oscar
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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), a 2013 American film directed by 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 Martinez, a character on the US version of "The Office"
- Oscar the Grouch, a Sesame Street character
- Oscar (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial
- Oskar Kokoshka, from Hey Arnold!
- Oscar from Fish Hooks
- Oscar, an Indian television program presented by Murali Menon
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
Opera
- Oscar (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison
People
- Saint Ansgar (801–865)
- Oscar N. Onyema CEO, The Nigerian Stock Exchange
- Oscar Bernardi, Brazilian footballer
- Oscar (footballer born 1991), Brazilian footballer
- Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer
- Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer
- Oscar I of Sweden (1799–1859)
- Oscar II of Sweden (1829–1907)
- Oscar Pistorius, amputated South African sprint runner
- Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
- Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
- 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
Stage
- The Importance of Being Oscar, a 1960 one man show devised by the soi-disant ("self-styled") Irish actor Micheál MacLiammóir and based on the writings of Oscar Wilde
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, Kentucky
- Oscar, Louisiana, U.S.A
- Oscar, Oklahoma, U.S.A
- Oscar, West Virginia, U.S.A
- Out of School Care and Recreation
- OSCR - Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
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