Osborne

Osborne, along with Osbourne and Osborn, is an English name influenced by the Old Norse Asbjørn (in English, roughly pronounced AWSS-byurn). 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, American film producer
• Bertín Osborne (born 1953)
• Bertrand Osborne
• Betty Osborne (1952–1971), Canadian murder victim
• Bobby Osborne (born 1931), American musician, of the Osborne Brothers
• Buzz Osborne, musician
• Charles Osborne (disambiguation)
• Uncle Charlie Osborne (1890–1992), American musician
• Colin Osborne, English darts player
• Daphne Osborne (1930–2006), British plant scientist
• Darren Osborne, Canadian radio personality
• Super Dave Osborne (born 1942), American comedian
• Dorothy Osborne, (1627–1695), English writer
• Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751–1799), British politician
• Fred Osborne
• 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
• Holmes Osborne
• James Osborne (VC), English 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
• 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
• 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
• Osbourne