OB or Ob may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* Sam "O.B." O'Brien, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * ''

Orphan Black ''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian Science fiction on television, science-fiction Thriller (genre), thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett (director), John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. Th ...

'', a Canadian science fiction television show * Ob, a fictional currency in ''

The Great Explosion ''The Great Explosion'' is a satirical science fiction novel by English writer Eric Frank Russell, first published in 1962. The story is divided into three sections. The final section is based on Russell's 1951 short story "...And Then There We ...

Businesses and organizations

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

, a Danish football club *

Oriental Brewery Oriental Brewery or OB (Hangul: 오비맥주) is a South Korean brewery currently owned by AB InBev, and initially founded by Doosan Group. History Established by the Doosan Group in 1952, it was purchased by InBev in 1998. In July 2009, it ...

, a South Korean brewery, which produces the OB lagers *

Outward Bound Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organizations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt and Kurt Hahn in 1941. Today there are organizations, called schools, in over 35 countries which are att ...

, an international outdoor education organization * Astrakhan Airlines (IATA code) (defunct) *

Boliviana de Aviación Boliviana de Aviación, legally incorporated as ''Empresa Pública Nacional Estratégica Boliviana de Aviación'' ("Bolivian National Strategic Aviation Public Company") and commonly known as BoA, is the flag carrier airline of Bolivia and is wh ...

(IATA code)

People

Ed O'Bradovich Edward O'Bradovich (born May 21, 1940 in Melrose Park, Illinois) is a former American football defensive end in the NFL that was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round (91st pick) of the 1962 NFL Draft; he spent his entire ten-year ...

, a former Chicago Bears defensive lineman and current Bears postgame host on 670 the Score * Old Badmintonians, former pupils of Badminton School, Bristol, England * Old Bedfordians, former pupils of Bedford School, England * Old Bristolians, former pupils of Bristol Grammar School, England * Obsolete Black, also known as Serena Williams. * Oğuz Bağran, a maths teacher in Edirne Süleyman Demirel Science High School, Turkey.

Places

Ob (river) } The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins in ...

, a river in West Siberia, Russia * Ob Sea, an artificial lake on the river Ob *

Ob, Russia Ob (russian: Обь) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located west of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Originally known as the settlement of Tolmachyovo (), it was renamed Ob in 1934 and grante ...

, a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia * Ob, Germany, in

Bidingen Bidingen is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...

, Bavaria, Germany *

Gulf of Ob The Gulf of Ob ( (russian: Обская губа, Obskaya guba; also known as ''Bay of Ob'', russian: Обский залив, Obsky zaliv, link=no) is a bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in Northern Russia at the mouth of the Ob River.

, a bay of the Arctic Ocean in Northern Russia *

Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Oak Bluffs is a town located on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,341 at the 2020 United States Census. It is one of the island's principal points of arrival for summer tourists ...

Ocean Beach, San Diego Ocean Beach (also known as O.B.) is a beachfront neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geography Ocean Beach lies on the Pacific Ocean at the estuary of the San Diego River, at the western terminus of Interstate 8. Located about northwest of D ...

, a neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States

Science and technology

OB star OB stars are hot, massive stars of spectral types O or early-type B that form in loosely organized groups called OB associations. They are short lived, and thus do not move very far from where they formed within their life. During their lifeti ...

, in astronomy, a hot, massive star of spectral types O or B *

Object Manager (Windows) Object Manager (internally called Ob) is a subsystem implemented as part of the Windows Executive which manages Windows ''resources''. Resources, which are surfaced as logical ''objects'', each reside in a namespace for categorization. Resources ...

, a Windows NT subsystem *

Obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

, a medical specialty dealing with childbirth, often used in "obstetrics and gynaecology" (abbreviated OB/GYN) * Oligonucleotide/Oligosaccharide DNA-Binding-fold domain *

Organizational behavior Organizational behavior (OB) or organisational behaviour is the: "study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself".Moorhead, G., & Griffin, R. W. (1995) ...

, an academic field *

Outside broadcasting Outside broadcasting (OB) is the electronic field production (EFP) of television or radio programmes (typically to cover television news and sports television events) from a mobile remote broadcast television studio. Professional video camera ...

, a television broadcasting from a mobile television studio, such as a van *

Obliterative bronchiolitis Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive bronchiolitis and popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation. Symptoms include ...

, a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs due to inflammation

Other uses

* '' ob.'', died, from Latin ''obitus''. Also ''ob. inf.'' (died in infancy), ''ob. inf. Set.'' (died as minor), ''ob. inn.'' (died a spinster), ''ob. juv.'' (died in childhood) *

o.b. (brand) o.b. is a brand of tampon, originally developed in Germany in 1950 and manufactured by Carl Hahn GmbH. It is now owned by Edgewell Personal Care. The product was named by the gynecologist Judith Esser-Mittag who also developed it. The initials " ...

, a brand of feminine hygiene products *

Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) The British pre-decimal halfpenny, (pronounced ), historically also known as the obol and once abbreviated ''ob.'' (from the Latin 'obulus'), was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, of one shilling, or of one penny. Or ...

, from "ob", archaic abbreviation (see, e.g., Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One, II.iv.539) *

Order of Burma The Order of Burma was founded by Royal Warrant on 10 May 1940, and conferred in a single class. It was awarded by the Governor of British Burma for long, faithful and honourable service by Governor's Commissioned (i.e. native Burmese) Officers i ...

* "

Over-the-counter bulletin board The OTC (Over-The-Counter) Bulletin Board or OTCBB was a United States quotation medium operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for its subscribing members. FINRA closed the OTCBB on November 8, 2021. The board was used for ...

", in stock listings *

Order of battle In modern use, the order of battle of an armed force participating in a military operation or campaign shows the hierarchical organization, command structure, strength, disposition of personnel, and equipment of units and formations of the armed ...

* "Out of bounds", an area outside the course play area, in