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Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium
Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium (大倉山ジャンプ競技場), Sapporo, Japan: large hill K123/HS137, opened 1932 as Okura-Schanze, 1972 Olympic 90 m venue, World Cup site with lift and Olympic Museum.
Okutadami Dam
Okutadami Dam is a 157 m concrete gravity dam on the Tadami River between Niigata and Fukushima, completed in 1960 and operated by J-POWER for hydropower.
Okutataragi hydroelectric plant
The Okutataragi hydroelectric plant, also called Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station (奥多々良木発電所), is a 1,932 MW pumped-storage plant in Asago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and Japan's largest hydropower station.
Okwangwo Biosphere Reserve
The Okwangwo Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve designated in 2020 in Cross River State, Nigeria, occupying the northern part of Cross River National Park between the Cross and Sanga rivers.
OKWave
OKWAVE is a Japanese question-and-answer community website launched in January 2000 by Kaneto Kanemoto, generally credited as Japan's first Q&A site and once among its largest knowledge communities.
Okwui Okpokwasili
Okwui Okpokwasili, born 1972 in the Bronx to Nigerian parents, is an American performer and choreographer known for Bronx Gothic and Poor People's TV Room.
OKZharp & Manthe Ribane
OKZharp & Manthe Ribane are a UK/South African duo of producer Okzharp (Gervase Gordon) and vocalist-dancer Manthe Ribane, signed to Hyperdub and active since 2015.
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Tyrone Jones, 1968–2004), also ODB, Big Baby Jesus, founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan; his solo debut Return to the 36 Chambers (1995) spawned "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".
Ol' Man River
"Ol' Man River" is the signature song of the 1927 musical Show Boat, music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for Paul Robeson, first sung by Jules Bledsoe, and famous for its bass solo, AABA form, and revised racial lyrics.
Ol' Rip the Horned Toad
Ol' Rip (Old Rip), Eastland County, Texas horned lizard allegedly found alive in 1928 after 31 years sealed in the courthouse cornerstone; national celebrity, met Coolidge, died 1929, widely regarded as a hoax.
Ola
Ola is an Indian ride-hailing platform operated by ANI Technologies, founded by Bhavish Aggarwal in 2010 and headquartered in Bengaluru, which exited its international markets in 2024 to focus on India.
Ola Aina
Ola Aina (Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina), Nigerian right-back born 1996, ex-Chelsea and Torino, Nottingham Forest No. 34 since 2023 and AFCON 2023 team-of-the-tournament finalist with Nigeria.
Ola de Calor
Ola de Calor (Heatwave) was a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide event, August 30, 2026, Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, Texas, run with NXT Heatwave as a same-day doubleheader before Triplemanía 2026.
Ola Electric Mobility
Ola Electric Mobility, also known as Ola Electric, is an Indian electric two-wheeler manufacturer incorporated at Bengaluru in 2017 as a spin-out from the ride-hailing firm Ola.
Ola Hudson
Ola Hudson (Ola J. Oliver, 1946-2009), American fashion and costume designer for David Bowie, Diana Ross, John Lennon, and the Pointer Sisters; created Bowie's Man Who Fell to Earth and Thin White Duke looks, and was the mother of Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash.
Ola Jordan
Ola Jordan (nee Grabowska), born 1982 in Poland, is a professional Latin and ballroom dancer, Strictly Come Dancing pro 2006-2015 and 2009 champion with Chris Hollins, later a TV personality and fitness-plan creator.
Ola Landgren
C. Ola Landgren is a Swedish-trained hematologist-oncologist specializing in multiple myeloma who has led myeloma programs at the NCI, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and the University of Miami.
Ola Rapace
Ola Rapace (Pär Ola Norell, born 1971), Swedish actor and musician; Patrice in Skyfall (2012), Hoffa in Tusenbröder, Together (2000); ex-husband of Noomi Rapace; guitarist of Sissy Prozac.
Ola Toivonen
Ola Toivonen (Nils Ola Toivonen, born 1986), Swedish forward, Malmö FF and PSV Eindhoven star, 64 caps and 14 goals for Sweden, 2018 World Cup quarterfinalist, now Malmö FF executive.
Ola Vigen Hattestad
Ola Vigen Hattestad (born 1982, Askim) is a Norwegian former cross-country sprint skier, Ørje IL: 2014 Sochi Olympic sprint gold, 2009 Liberec world sprint and team sprint champion, three sprint World Cup globes, retired 2018, later national coach.
Olacaceae
Olacaceae (R.Br. 1818, nom. cons.) is a pantropical family of Santalales with trees, shrubs, and climbers, about 25-29 genera and roughly 250 species; traditionally circumscribed Olacaceae is paraphyletic and has been split into narrower families including Erythropalaceae and Strombosiaceae.
Olaf (Frozen)
Olaf is the talking snowman of Disney's Frozen franchise, created by Elsa's magic and voiced by Josh Gad since the 2013 film. He leads several shorts, appears on Broadway and in parks, and exists as a free-roaming Disney robot.
Olaf A. Hougen
Olaf A. Hougen (1893–1986) was an American chemical engineer and longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose Langmuir–Hinshelwood–Hougen–Watson method remains standard for deriving catalytic rate expressions.
Olaf Blanke
Olaf Blanke (born 1969 in Minden, Germany) is a Swiss-based cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist known for experimentally inducing out-of-body experiences by brain stimulation and virtual reality.
Olaf Bull
Olaf Bull (1883–1933) was a Norwegian poet, regarded in Denmark and Sweden as the leading Nordic lyricist of his time, debuting with Digte in 1909.
Olaf der Flipper
Olaf der Flipper is the stage name of German Schlager singer Olaf Malolepski, who sang with Die Flippers from 1969 until 2011 and has performed solo since.
Olaf Forster
Olaf Förster, sometimes listed in English databases as Olaf Forster, is a retired East German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxless four at Seoul 1988.
Olaf Gorter
Olaf Gorter (Olaf Gooitzen Paul Gorter, born 2005, Amsterdam) is a Dutch defensive midfielder for US Lecce in Serie A; raised in Singapore and Australia, ex-Ajax youth, first Dutch scorer of the 2026/27 Serie A season.
Olaf Hampel
Olaf Hampel, born 1965 in Bielefeld, is a German former bobsledder who won Olympic gold in the four-man bob at Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998.
Olaf Heukrodt
Olaf Heukrodt, born in Magdeburg in 1962, is a German flatwater canoeist who won five Olympic medals, including gold in the C1 500 meters at the 1988 Seoul Games.