Celebrities Starting with O.

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22 celebrities starting with O, including Oscar Isaac, Orson Welles and Omar Sharif. Browse profiles by profession, country and birth year.

22 celebrities on Famousy have a name that starts with O. Ranked by popularity, the best known are Oscar Isaac, Orson Welles, Omar Sharif, Orson Bean, Oliver Reed and Osamu Tezuka. The most common professions are actors (15), writers (8), directors (7) and screenwriters (7). The best-represented countries are United States (8), United Kingdom (4) and Austria (1). Birth years run from 1815 to 1979, and the most common birth decade is the 1920s (5 people). The earliest-born is Otto von Bismarck (1815) and the most recently born is Oscar Isaac (1979). 2 of them are living, and 20 have passed away. Among those still living, Oscar Isaac is the best known. The group includes 4 women and 18 men. Browse every profile below, or jump to another letter from the A to Z index.

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Oprah Winfrey

United States

Oprah Winfrey was born Orpah Gail Winfrey in 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and rose from poverty to become America's first black woman billionaire. Her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ran for 25 years from 1986 to 2011 and was the highest-rated program of its kind. She is also a producer, actress, and philanthropist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.

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