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Oliver

''Oliver''
- Words and music by Lionel Bart; title song of the Broadway musical (see list of Names in Song titles)

Oliver Cromwell (born 1599, died 1658)
British military, religious and political leader. Led the puritan forces to victory in the English Civil War, 1642-51. Executed King Charles I, but refused the crown, instead taking the title of Lord Protector.
- Ruler of England, 1653-58 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
Oliver Ellsworth (born 1745, died 1807)
American legislator and jurist.
- Chief Justice of the United States, 1796-1800 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
Oliver Wendell Holmes (born 1841, died 1935)
American jurist. Served with the Union army at the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1902-32 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
Oliver G. Richard III
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Columbia Gas System (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
Oliver Hazard Perry (born 1785, died 1819)
American naval commander.
- Led the American fleet to victory over the British in the battle of Lake Erie, 1813 (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
Oliver Wolcott (born 1726, died 1797)
- Signer, Declaration of Independence, Connecticut (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)

Oliver Hardy (born 1892, died 1957)
American actor and comedian; one half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team.
- On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')
Oliver Loving
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)

Oliver S. Campbell
- 1890-92 U.S. Open tennis champion (see list of U.S. Open Tennis Champions)
Oliver Lewis
Jockey.
- 1875 Kentucky Derby winner (see list of Jockeys Who Have Won the Kentucky Derby)

Oliver Wendell Clutch
Fictional character.
- From ''''Calvin and the Colonel'''' (see list of Cartoon characters)
Oliver Hardy (born 1892, died 1957)
American actor and comedian; one half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
Oliver Stone (born 1946)
American actor, writer, director and producer.
- Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director: 1986, for Platoon; 1989, for Born on the Fourth of July (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)

Oliver Goldsmith (born 1728, died 1774)
Irish playwright and novelist.
- Wrote She Stoops to Conquer (see list of Writers of the Restoration and 18th Century)
Oliver Wendell Holmes (born 1809, died 1894)
American novelist, essayist and poet.
- Wrote The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)
Oliver LaFarge (born 1901, died 1963)
American novelist and archaeologist.
- 1930 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for Laughing Boy (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Oliver W. Larkin
- 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for Art and Life in America (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
Oliver
- He begins as a villain and ends as a lover in As You Like It (see list of Shakespearean Characters)
Oliver Wood
Fictional character
- A student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and captain of the Gryffindor team (see list of Selected characters from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling)