Famous People with Name Oscar

Oscar Joshua Boone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oscar Joshua Boone: is an American professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. He was a forward/center for the Connecticut Huskies where he played for three years. He declared for the 2006 NBA Draft after his junior season foregoing his final year of college.

Oscar B Ossie Schectman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oscar B Ossie Schectman: is a retired American professional basketball player.After graduating LIU, Schectman joined Eddie Gottlieb's Philadelphia Sphas in the American Basketball League. The Sphas had started as a barnstorming team (their nickname stood for the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association), but they joined the ABL in 1933 and thereafter, dominated the league. The Sphas won the league championship in his second season (1942-43), and the following year, he finished second in the league in scoring with 199 points (10.5 average).

Oscar Brodney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oscar Brodney: was an American lawyer-turned-screenwriter. Entering the film industry in 1935, Brodney worked on various projects, including Abbott and Costello's Mexican Hayride and the adapted screenplay for Harvey. The playwright Lawrence Riley and two other screenwriters adapted one of Brodney's story for the screen under the title You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (Universal, 1943). He was nominated for an Oscar for The Glenn Miller Story screenplay which he wrote with Valentine Davies in 1954. In the late 1950's he began to produce movies, his first one being When Hell Broke Loose in 1958, where he was co-producer. The movie starred Charles Bronson. Brodney died on February 12, 2008, six days short of his 101st birthday.

Oscar Levant            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oscar Levant: was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania into a musical and Orthodox Jewish Russian family, Levant moved to New York with his mother, Annie, in 1922, after the death of his father, Max. He began studying under Zygmunt Stojowski, a well-established piano pedagogue. In 1924, Levant appeared with Ben Bernie in a short film Ben Bernie and All the Lads made in New York City in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system.

Oscar Palmer Robertson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oscar Palmer Robertson: nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the guard position, and was a twelve-time All-Star, eleven-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in fourteen professional seasons. He is the only player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season, and he is regarded as one of the best and most versatile NBA players of all time. He was a key player on the team which brought the Bucks their only NBA championship in the 1970-71 NBA season. However, his playing career, especially during high school and college, was plagued by racism.

Thomas William Oscar Judd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas William Oscar Judd: (February 14, 1908 - December 27, 1995) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1941-1945) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945-1948).

Fernando Ezequiel Oscaris            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Fernando Ezequiel Oscaris: a field hockey defender from Argentina, who was a member of the national squad that competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He was on the side that won the golden medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo,

Markus Oscarsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Markus Oscarsson: is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000.

Peter Mattias Oscarsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Peter Mattias Oscarsson: is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.