Ollie
Encyclopedia
Ollie, a shortened form of Oliver
(or for tomboys, Olivia
, Olga
) may refer to the following:
Oliver
The surname Oliver is of several different origins.-Etymology:The surname Oliver is derived from the Old French personal name Olivier. The Oliver surname seems to be French Norman in origin. The Olivers were probably part of William the Conqueror's Norman Invasion of Britain in 1066...
(or for tomboys, Olivia
Olivia (given name)
Olivia, , is a popular feminine given name in the English language. It is a Latinate name derived, first coined by William Shakespeare for a character in the Twelfth Night...
, Olga
Olga
-Apparel:*Olga Intimates, a line of intimate apparel produced by Warnaco Group, Inc. aimed at full-figured women.-Places:Australia*Mount Olga , a mountain-like rock formation in central AustraliaRussia...
) may refer to the following:
People
- Ollie CanningOllie CanningOliver 'Ollie' Canning is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Portumna and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1996 to 2010.-Early & private life:...
(born 1977), Irish hurling player - Ollie ClarkeOllie ClarkeOllie Clarke is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in The Football League for Bristol Rovers.-Career:After progressing through the Bristol Rovers youth system, Clarke joined the professional ranks at The Pirates in 2009, alongside fellow youth team graduates Eliot Richards,...
, a British association footballer - Oliver HardyOliver HardyOliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
(1892-1957), American comic actor best known for his partnership with Stan Laurel - Ollie JohnstonOllie JohnstonOliver Martin Johnston, Jr. was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989...
, a Disney animator, one of the famed "Nine Old Men" - Ollie MarquardtOllie MarquardtAlbert Ludwig "Ollie" Marquardt was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1931 season. Listed at 5' 9", 156 lb., Marquardt batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.Marquardt appeared in 17 games for the hapless 1931...
(1902-1968), major league baseball player and minor league manager - Oliver NorthOliver NorthOliver Laurence North is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, political commentator, host of War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News Channel, a military historian, and a New York Times best-selling author....
, military figure and political commentator - Oliver RiedelOliver RiedelOliver "Ollie" Riedel is a German musician, notable for being the bassist for the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.-Early years:...
("Ollie" Riedel), German musician, most notably with the band Rammstein - Ollie WalshOllie WalshPatrick Oliver Walsh , better known as Ollie Walsh, was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1956 until 1972 and subsequently served as manager of the team from 1990 until 1995...
(1937-1996), Irish hurling goalkeeper - Kevin OllieKevin OllieKevin Jermaine Ollie is an American former professional basketball player. He played for eleven National Basketball Association franchises in thirteen seasons...
(born 1972), American former National Basketball Association player and current men's collegiate basketball assistant coach - Nickname of Ian HollowayIan HollowayIan Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...
, association football manager
Fictional characters
- Ollie, on the television show Kukla, Fran and OllieKukla, Fran and OllieKukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed...
- Ollie Williams, a minor character on Family Guy
- Ollie, a minor character on Nick Jr's The Wonder Pets
- Ollie FliptrikOllie FliptrikOllie Fliptrik is a fictional character who has his own comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy. He first appeared in issue # 3138, dated 12 January 2002. The strip catalogues the crazy adventures of Ollie, a spikey-haired skateboarder, and his friends dopey Doug, Smudger and Anna, also enthusiastic...
, the main character in an eponymous comic strip about skateboarders - Ollie, the mascot of one of Singapore television channel OktoOktoMediaCorp okto is a television channel in Bestway Building, Singapore, managed by MediaCorp TV12, which was officially launched on 20 October 2008 hence replacing the SPH MediaWorks Channel i, Kids Central and Arts Central brands as oktoDAY and oktoNITE respectively...
Other uses
- Ollie (skateboarding trick)Ollie (skateboarding trick)The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. Particularly on flat ground, it is not intuitively obvious how the liftoff is achieved, making the trick visually striking....
, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand- Ollie Impossible, a variant of the trick first performed by Rodney Mullen
- Ollie, IowaOllie, IowaOllie is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 224 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ollie is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, a city in the United States - Ollie's Bargain OutletOllie's Bargain OutletOllie's Bargain Outlet is a chain of retail stores founded in 1982 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by the late Morton Bernstein. The first store was opened in Mechanicsburg, just outside Harrisburg. The chain now has 108 locations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio,...
, a chain of retail stores in the United States