Osmund (Latin ''Osmundus'') is a Germanic name composed of the word ''Os'' meaning "god" and ''mund'' meaning "protection." Osmund or Osmond may refer to:

Pre-modern era

:''Ordered chronologically'' * Osmund of Sussex (), a king of Sussex * Osmund (bishop of London), (died c. 808) *

Osmond Drengot Osmond Drengot (c. 985 – 1 October 1018) was one of the first Norman adventurers in the Mezzogiorno. He was the son of a petty, but rich, lord of Carreaux, at Bosc-Hyons in the region of Rouen. Carreaux gives his family the alternate name o ...

(c. 985–1018), Norman adventurer who fought with and against the Byzantines *

Osmund (missionary bishop) Osmund or Asmund ( la, Osmundus, ''Aesmundus''; Old Swedish: ''Asmuðær'') was a missionary bishop in Sweden in the mid-11th century. Born at an unknown date c. 1000, probably in England; educated at the schools of Bremen (shortly?) after 1014 ...

(), first Swedish bishop *

Saint Osmund Osmund (died 3 December 1099), Count of Sées, was a Norman noble and clergyman. Following the Norman conquest of England, he served as Lord Chancellor (–1078) and as the second bishop of Salisbury, or Old Sarum. Life Osmund, a native o ...

(died 1099), Norman count, bishop of Salisbury and Catholic and Anglican saint

Modern era

:''Ordered alphabetically'' *

Osmond Ardagh Osmond Charles Ardagh (1 November 1900 – 1 February 1954) was an English first-class cricketer who played a single match for Oxford University in 1922. He was born at Haslemere, Surrey and was found drowned in the river Thames at Wallingford ...

(1900–1954), English cricketer *

Osmond Barnes Colonel Osmond Barnes (23 December 1834 – 20 May 1930) was a British officer of the Indian Army and Chief Herald of India. Early life The son of John Barnes, of Portland Place, London, and Chorleywood House, Hertfordshire, Barnes was born in ...

(1834–1930), British colonel in the Indian Army *

Osmond Borradaile Osmond Hudson Borradaile (17 July 1898 – 23 March 1999) was a Canadian cameraman, cinematographer, and veteran of World War I and World War II. Biography Born in 1898 in Winnipeg, Osmond Borradaile grew up in Alberta, moving often during h ...

(1898–1999), Canadian cameraman and cinematographer *

Osmond Brock Admiral of the Fleet Sir Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, (5 January 1869 – 15 October 1947) was a Royal Navy officer. Brock served as assistant director of naval intelligence and then as assistant director of naval mobilisation at the Admiralty in t ...

(1869–1947), British Royal Navy admiral of the fleet and commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet * Osmund de Silva (1901–1980), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1955 to 1959 *

Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Baronet (4 April 1896 – 22 July 1936) was an Irish diplomat and Cumann na nGaedheal (and later Fine Gael) politician. He was born in Ballynastragh, Gorey, County Wexford in 1896, the eldest son of Sir ...

(1896–1936), Irish politician *

Osmond Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Davidson Ezinwa he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. He i ...

(born 1971), Nigerian sprinter *

Osmond Fisher Reverend Osmond Fisher (17 November 1817 – 12 July 1914) was an English clergyman, geologist and geophysicist. He was one of the early geologists who proposed the idea that the earth consisted of a solid crust floating above a fluid core. ...

(1817–1914), English geologist and geophysicist * Osmond Ingram (1887–1917), United States Navy sailor and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor * Osmond Kendall, developer in 1953 of the Composer-Tron for the Canadian Marconi Company * Osmund Jayaratne (1924–2006), Sri Lankan politician and academic *

Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Osmond Wynn Williams JP DL (17 March 1849 – 28 January 1927) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician. Early life He was born at Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, Merionethshire, Wales on 17 March 1849. He was the eldest surviving son of ...

(1849–1927), Welsh politician * Osmond Wright ), Jamaican-born and London-based singer, songwriter, and producer, stage name Mozez

Pre-modern era

Modern era

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