Oscar

Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: Template:TOC right

People and fictional and mythical characters

• Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar
• Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi
• Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior
• Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall

Places in the United States

• Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
• Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
• Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township
• Lake Oscar (disambiguation)

Animals

• Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws
• Oscar (bull) (died 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull
• Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
• Oscar (therapy cat), a cat purported to predict the deaths of hospice patients
• Oscar, a nickname for Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle
• Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat that survived three ships sinking

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Oscar, another name for an Academy Award
• The Oscar (film), starring Stephen Boyd
• Oscar (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès
• Oscar (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Oscar (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison
• Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
• Oscar (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial
• OSC OSCar, a music synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company

Military

• Oscar, the letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet)
• Oscar, Allied codename for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft
• Oscar-class submarine, a Soviet/Russian Navy submarine class
• Oscar (paradummy), American nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy
• OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), an escape pod project for the Vought F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft

Science and technology

• OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system
• OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger
• Open Source Cluster Application Resources, a Linux-based software installation
• OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor
• Ocean Surface Current Analysis – Real time, a website that provides data on ocean currents
• OSCAR (Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), a designation for amateur radio satellites

Transport

• OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
• OScar (Danish automobile), a Danish sports car
• MSC Oscar, container ship
• Oscar, a a whaling ship sunk off Aberdeen in 1813
• Outer Suburban CAR, a name for the NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia

Other uses

• List of storms named Oscar, storms bearing this name
• Oscar Health, a U.S. health insurance company
• Out of School Care and Recreation
• OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England

See also

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• Student Oscars (Student Academy Awards), the Student Film Awards
• King Oscar (disambiguation)
• Veal Oscar, a culinary creation
• Oskar (disambiguation)
• Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)