Osborne

Osborne, along with Osbourne and Osborn, is an English name influenced by the Old Norse Asbjørn. The name means "God Bear". The English Os (see Ós) and the Norse As (see Aesir) mean God.

People

Surname

• Adam Osborne (1939–2003), computer pioneer
• Barrie M. Osborne, (born 1944), American film producer
• Bertín Osborne (born 1953), Spannish singer
• Bertrand Osborne (born 1935), former Chief Minister of Monseratt
• Betty Osborne (1952–1971), Canadian murder victim
• Bobby Osborne (born 1931), American musician, of the Osborne Brothers
• Buzz Osborne (born 1964), American musician
• Charles Osborne (disambiguation)
• Uncle Charlie Osborne (1890–1992), American musician
• Colin Osborne (born 1975), English darts player
• Daphne Osborne (1930–2006), British plant scientist
• Darren Osborne a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Super Dave Osborne (born 1942), American comedian
• Dorothy Osborne, (1627–1695), English writer
• Duffield Osborne, (1858-1917), American author and ornithologist
• Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751–1799), British politician
• Fred Osborne, 19C Canadian baseball player
• Gary Osborne
• George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (1775–1831), British nobility
• George Osborne, (born 1971), British politician
• George W. Osborne, (1927–1998), American musician
• Helen Betty Osborne, (1952-1971), murder victim
• Holmes Osborne, (born 1947), American actor
• James Osborne (VC), (1857-1928), English First Boer War hero
• Jeffrey Osborne (born 1948), singer
• Jeremy Osborne
• Jim Osborne (American football)
• Jim Osborne (tennis)
• John Walter Osborne (1828–1902), Irish/Australian inventor
• Joan Osborne (born 1963), American musician
• John Osborne (1929–1994), English playwright
• John Osborne (politician), (born 1936), Montserrat politician
• John Eugene Osborne, (1858–1943), American politician
• Mary Pope Osborne, American author
• Matt Osborne (born 1957), American professional wrestler
• Milton Osborne, Australian historian
• Nigel Osborne(born 1948), British composer
• Paul Osborne, Australian rugby league footballer and politician
• Phillip Osborne (1904–1936), explorer
• Ralph Bernal Osborne
• Richard Osborne, Australian rules football player
• Robert Osborne
• Robin Osborne (born 1957), historian of antiquity
• Sandra Osborne (born 1956), Scottish politician
• Stephen Osborne (writer) (born 1947), Canadian writer
• Steve Osborne, music producer
• Steven Osborne (pianist), (born 1971), Scottish pianist
• Ted Osborne, comic artist
• Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (1631–1712), English statesman
• Thomas Mott Osborne (1859–1926), American prison reformer
• Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), American soldier and politician
• Tom Osborne (born 1937), American politician and football coach
• R. Travis Osborne (born 1913), American psychologist
• Weedon Osborne (1892–1918), American military officer
• William Osborne, multiple people
• Willson Osborne (1906–1979), American composer
• Osborne Brothers, Bobby and Sonny - bluegrass singers, "Rocky Top"

Given name

• Osborne Theomun Olsen, founder of Osborne Art Studios in Chicago

Places

Australia

• Osborne, South Australia, an industrial suburb of Adelaide in South Australia
• Osborne, New South Wales, a rural community in the Riverina region

Canada

• Osborne (Manitoba riding), an electoral district

United Kingdom

• Osborne, Ripley

United States

• Osborne, Kansas, a city, notable for the Cady family.
• Osborne County, Kansas
• Osborne, Pennsylvania, a borough, renamed Glen Osborne

Things

• Osborne bull, the unofficial national emblem of Spain
• Osborne Computer Corporation, computer company created by Adam Osborne
  • The Osborne 1 portable computer
• Osborne Group, Spanish producer of spirits and meats
• Osborne (computer retailer), an Australian computer retailer
• Osborne effect, a marketing myth
• Osborne House, a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight

See also

• Osborn (disambiguation)
• Osbourne