All articles starting with O

Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo: Inca town and archaeological site in Peru's Sacred Valley, 82 km from Cusco, built under Pachacutec, site of the 1536 Inca victory over Hernando Pizarro, a living Inca town and UNWTO Best Tourism Village.

Olle Aberg

Olle Åberg (Olof Viktor Åberg, 1925-2013), Swedish middle-distance runner for Gefle IF; 7th in the 1952 Olympic 1,500 m, personal best 3:45.4, and holder of three world records including the 1,000 m.

Olle Akerlund

Olle Erik Cyrus Åkerlund (1911-1978), Swedish sailor, KSSS club; won 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold in the 6 Metre class as crew of Bissbi, his father Erik's boat; one Games only.

Olle Anderberg

Olle Anderberg (1919–2003), Swedish wrestler, 1948 Olympic silver in Greco-Roman featherweight and 1952 Olympic gold in freestyle lightweight; three world titles, two European titles, UWW Hall of Fame 2009.

Olle Andersson

Olle Andersson (1895-1974), Swedish tennis player from Gävle TK, =9 in men's doubles at Antwerp 1920, Swedish indoor champion 1917; also several Swedish namesakes in hockey, skiing, powerlifting, rallying.

Olle Bjorkman

Olle Björkman (Olof Erik Björkman, 1933–2021) was a Swedish-born plant physiologist who spent his career at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology in Stanford, California, studying how photosynthesis adapts to light, temperature, and aridity.

Olle Björkman

Olle Björkman (Olof Erik Björkman, 1933–2021) was a Swedish-born plant physiologist at the Carnegie Institution in Stanford, known for work on photosynthetic adaptation to light, temperature, and aridity.

Olle Eriksson

Olle Eriksson is a Swedish condensed-matter physicist, professor of materials theory at Uppsala University since 2002, known for first-principles calculations of magnetism and atomistic spin dynamics, including the UppASD code.

Sep 20, 2026

Olle Inganäs

Olle Inganäs is a Swedish physicist and professor emeritus of biomolecular and organic electronics at Linköping University, known for research on conjugated polymers, organic solar cells, and biopolymer energy storage.

Olle Kämpe

Olle Kämpe is a Swedish professor of clinical endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet whose research on Addison's disease and APS-1 produced autoantibody tests in clinical use.

Olle Lanner

Olle Lanner (Olof Gustaf Reinhold Lanner, 1884–1926), Swedish artistic gymnast with Stockholms GF; won gold in the men's team event at the 1908 London Olympics, Sweden first of eight teams with 438 points.

Olle Lindvall

Olle Lindvall is a Swedish neurologist and neuroscientist at Lund University who led its Parkinson's cell transplantation program and showed that stroke triggers new neuron formation.

Olle Ringdén

Olle Ringdén is a Swedish professor of transplantation immunology at Karolinska Institutet who created and led its Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation and reported 27 first-in-world procedures.

Sep 20, 2026

Olli Ikkala

Olli Ikkala, born 1953, is a Finnish physicist known for work on self-assembling functional materials, who was Professor of Polymer Physics at Aalto University from 1999 to 2018 and received the Finnish Science Award in 2023.

Olli Lounasmaa

Olli Lounasmaa (1930–2002) was a Finnish physicist in low-temperature physics and biomagnetism who founded Helsinki University of Technology's Low Temperature Laboratory in 1965 and developed magnetoencephalography for brain research.

Olli T. Raitakari

Olli T. Raitakari (born 1963) is a Finnish professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Turku who leads the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, begun in 1980.

Oct 3, 2026

Ollie and Scoops

Ollie & Scoops is an American indie animated web series created by Nico Colaleo, self-funded on YouTube since June 10, 2019, about a girl who talks to cats; Kimmy Robertson and Eric Bauza voice the leads.

Ollie Bostock

Ollie Bostock (Oliver David Bostock, born 2007) is a Welsh attacking midfielder/forward at West Bromwich Albion, on loan at Boston United; FA Cup winning penalty vs Swansea January 2026, Wales youth captain.

Ollie Dempsey

Ollie Dempsey (Oliver Dempsey, born 2003) is a Geelong AFL winger, 2024 Telstra Rising Star winner, drafted as a rookie from Carey Grammar, with 35 goals in 2025 and a contract to 2029.

Ollie Palmer

Ollie Palmer (Oliver James Palmer, born 1992), English centre-forward; Wrexham club-record £300,000 signing from AFC Wimbledon, 46 goals, three promotions, now at Swindon Town.

Ollie Pearce

Ollie Pearce (born 1995, Brighton) is an English striker and York City captain; ex-Bognor Regis and Worthing (155 goals), National League Golden Boot and Player of the Season 2025/26, England C international.

Ollie Pope

Ollie Pope (Ollie John Douglas Pope), born 1998 in Chelsea, is an English right-handed Test batter for Surrey and London Spirit; England vice-captain, 3,732 Test runs, best 205, famous 196 in Hyderabad.

Ollie Schriver

Ollie Schriver (Ollie Martin Schriver, 1879–1947), American sport shooter and US Marine gunnery sergeant; won three team rifle gold medals at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

Sep 19, 2026

Ollie W. Gates

Ollie W. Gates, born 1932, is a Kansas City restaurateur who joined Gates Bar-B-Q in 1956 and built it into a defining multi-location barbecue chain.

Ollie Watkins

Ollie Watkins (Oliver George Arthur Watkins), born 1995 in Torquay, is an English striker for Al Hilal and England. Exeter City academy product, Brentford and Aston Villa forward, EURO 2024 semi-final match-winner, Villa's record Premier League goalscorer.