Otis (given name)
Encyclopedia
- Otis ArmstrongOtis ArmstrongOtis Armstrong was a running back in the NFL. He played for the Denver Broncos for his entire career from 1973-1980. Before his NFL career, Armstrong played for Purdue University becoming the school's all-time leading rusher...
, a former NFL running back for the Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Otis R. BowenOtis R. BowenOtis Ray Bowen, M.D. is a retired U.S. politician and physician. He served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1985 to 1989.-Early life:...
, the former governor of Indiana and former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services - Otis ChandlerOtis ChandlerOtis Chandler was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980, leading a large expansion of the newspaper and its ambitions...
, publisher of the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
between 1960 and 1980 - Otis GibsonOtis GibsonRev. Dr. Otis Gibson was a Methodist pastor, best known for his missionary work to the Chinese.-Early life:Born on a farm in Moira, New York, Otis Gibson had five brothers and one sister. He was converted at the age of 13 after the sudden death of his brother. When he was 19, he joined the...
, Methodist missionary - Otis GrantOtis GrantOtis Grant is a Canadian retired boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal for Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Cuba's Angel Espinosa in the final.-Professional career:...
, a professional boxer - Otis KingOtis KingOtis Carter Formby King was a grocer and engineer in London who invented and produced a cylindrical slide rule with helical scales, primarily for business uses initially. The product was named Otis King's Patent Calculator, and was manufactured and sold by Carbic Ltd...
, inventor - Otis NixonOtis NixonOtis Junior Nixon, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a center fielder and switch-hitter who played from 1983 to 1999...
, former Major League Baseball player - Otis ReddingOtis ReddingOtis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
, musician - Otis RushOtis RushOtis Rush is a blues musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound and long bent notes...
, bluesman - Otis A. SingletaryOtis A. SingletaryOtis Arnold Singletary was a historian and served as the 8th president of the University of Kentucky.- Early life :...
, historian and university administrator - Otis SkinnerOtis SkinnerOtis Skinner was an American actor.He was the son of a Universalist minister; his brother, Charles Montgomery Skinner, was a noted journalist and critic in New York. Skinner was educated in Hartford, Connecticut, with an eye towards a career in commerce. A visit to the theater left him stage-struck...
, American actor - Otis Smith (basketball)Otis Smith (basketball)Otis Fitzgerald Smith is a retired American professional basketball player and current general manager of the NBA's Orlando Magic...
, American basketball player - Otis Smith (American football), American football player
- Otis M. SmithOtis M. SmithOtis M. Smith was the first African American justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and the General Counsel for General Motors.Smith graduated from law school at The Catholic University of America in 1950, where he was a member of the first volume of the school's Law Review.He then went to Flint,...
, justice on the Michigan Supreme Court - Otis SpannOtis SpannOtis Spann was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.-Career:Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style....
, an American blues pianist - Otis Taylor (musician)Otis Taylor (musician)Otis Taylor is an American blues musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose talents include the guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and vocals. In 2001, he was awarded a fellowship to the Sundance Film Composers Laboratory.-Music:Taylor moved at a young age to Denver, Colorado where he grew up...
, an American blues musician - Otis Taylor (American football)Otis Taylor (American football)Otis Taylor was an American college and professional American football player, for Prairie View A&M University and the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs...
, a former American football player - Otis WilliamsOtis WilliamsOtis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform...
, singer and co-founder of The TemptationsThe TemptationsThe Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
Fictional characters
- Otis, a puppy in The Adventures of Milo and OtisThe Adventures of Milo and OtisThe Adventures of Milo and Otis is a live action Japanese film about an orange tabby cat named Milo and a fawn pug named Otis.The original Japanese version was released on June 27, 1986, and the reworked English language version was released on August 25, 1989.Initially filmed as Koneko Monogatari...
- Otis the AardvarkOtis the AardvarkOtis the Aardvark was a puppet presenter on Children's BBC. Otis mainly presented the afternoon links on BBC One alongside the main CBBC presenters....
, a BBC puppet character - Otis "Bad" Blake,the main character in Scott Cooper's 2009 film, Crazy HeartCrazy HeartCrazy Heart is a 2009 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young...
- Otis CampbellOtis CampbellOtis Campbell is the fictional "town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967,...
, the town drunk on the Andy Griffith Show - Otis the Cow, the main character in Nickelodeon's 2006 film, Barnyard, and its TV spin-off series, Back at the Barnyard
- Otis B. Driftwood, a fictional character that has appeared in the Rob Zombie horror films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects taken from the character of the same name popularized by Groucho Marx
- Otis, a fictional character in the movie Good BurgerGood BurgerGood Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...
- Otis (Superman), an associate of Lex Luthor, in the films Superman and Superman II
- Otis Heuverling, the first Dutch astronaut to land on the moon
- Otis Otis, a vampire in Heather Brewer's teen book series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod