Oswald (given name)
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Oswald is an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "divine ruler", from "os" (god) and "weald" (rule). Oswald of Northumbria (604–642) of Northumbria is famous king name of England. Also, Oswald is a popular given name of many Europeans.
In other languages
- Armenian: Օսվալդ (Osvald)
- Croatian: Osvald
- Czech: Osvald
- Danish: Osvald
- Dutch: Oswald
- Georgian: ოსვალდ (Osvald)
- German: Oswald
- Greek: Οσβάλδος (Osváldos)
- Hungarian:Oszvald
- Italian: Osvaldo
- Polish: Oswald
- Portuguese: Osvaldo
- Russian: Освальд (Osvald)
- Serbian: Освалд (Osvald)
- Spanish: Osvaldo
- Swedish: Osvald
Oswald as given name
- Oswald Avery (1877–1955), Canadian American physician, medical researcher and molecular biologist
- Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905), German landscape painter
- Oswald Balzer (1858–1933), Polish historian
- Oswald Boelcke (1891–1916), German flying ace of the First World War
- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917), Scottish Protestant Christian minister and teacher
- Oswald Garrison Villard (1872–1949), American journalist
- Oswald Heer (1809–1883), Swiss geologist and naturalist
- Oswald Karch (1917-2009), German Formula One driver
- Oswald Lohse (1845–1915), German astronomer
- Oswald Chettle Mazengarb (1890–1963), New Zealand magistrate
- Oswald Mosley (1896–1980), British politician, founder of the British Union of Fascists
- Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), Swiss theologian and follower of Huldrych Zwingli
- Oswald of Worcester (died 992), Archbishop of York
- Oswald Pohl (1892–1951), Nazi officer and member of the SS
- Oswald Sanders (1902–1992), Christian Missionary, Leader, Teacher and Author
- Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German historian and philosopher
- Oswald Stoll (1866–1942), an Australian British theater manager
- Oswald Szemerényi (1913–1996), Hungarian linguist
- Oswald Teichmüller (1913–1943), German mathematician
- Oswald Tschirtner (1920–2007), Austrian artist
- Oswald Veblen (1880–1960), American mathematician
- Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/7–1445), a composer
- Oswald West (1873–1960), American politician, 14th Governor of Oregon
- Charles Oswald Miles (1850–1898), English Anglican cergyman, also Canon and Chancellor of Bloemfontein.
See also
- Oswald (surname)
- Oswald (disambiguation)
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