As a
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
, Ox or The Ox may refer to:
People nicknamed Ox
* Jacobus
Os du Randt (born 1972), South African rugby union player nicknamed his Afrikaans nickname, which means Ox,
* Oscar
Ox Eckhardt
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Oscar George "Ox" Eckhardt (December 23, 1901 – April 22, 1951) was an outfielder for the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers. Eckhardt holds the known all-time professional baseball record for batting average, counting both major a ...
(1901–1951), American Major League Baseball and National Football League player
* Grover
Ox Emerson (1907–1998), American National Football League player
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Okey Geffin (1921–2004), South African rugby union player nicknamed "Ox" while a World War II prisoner of war
* Fred
Ox McKibbon
Fred Cox "Ox" McKibbon was a college football player and baseball player and baseball coach.
Vanderbilt
McKibbon was a prominent tackle and end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1924 to 1926, selected All-Southern in 19 ...
, 1920s college football player
* John
Ox Miller
John Anthony "Ox" Miller (May 4, 1915 – August 13, 2007) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1943 and 1947, for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators (1943), ...
(1915–2007), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Retshegofaditswe
Ox Nché
Retshegofaditswe 'Tshego' Nché – more commonly referred to as Ox Nché – (born 23 July 1995) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and the South African national team the Springboks. His regular position is prop, an ...
(born 1995), South African rugby union player nicknamed "Ox"
* Owen
Ox Parry (1914–1976), American National Football League player
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James van Hoften (born 1944), American astronaut, US Navy officer and aviator and engineer
People nicknamed The Ox
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Ox Baker
Douglas Albert Baker Sr. (April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known professionally as Ox Baker. He was famous for his distinctive eyebrows and finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes c ...
(1934-2014), ring names of American professional wrestler and actor Douglas Baker
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John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band The Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member ...
(1944–2002), English musician, bassist of the band The Who
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 15 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool.
After rising to prominence with Southampton during the 2010–11 season aged 17, Oxlade-Chambe ...
(born 1993), English footballer
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Tomasso Petto
Tommaso "The Ox" Petto (' 1879–October 21, 1905) was a New York mobster and leading hitman in the Morello crime family during the early 1900s.
Early life
Born around 1879, Petto lived in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. His nickname "Th ...
(1879–1905), New York mobster and hitman
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Charles Reiser Charles "The Ox" Reiser (1878 – October 10, 1921) was a safecracker and mentor to many of the organized crime leaders of the early 20th century including Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, and John Mahoney.
Biography ...
(1878–1921), American safecracker and murderer
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David Schwarz (footballer)
David Schwarz (born 24 July 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer,
who retired in 2002 after playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), for 12 seasons.
Football career
Recruited from Sunbury, S ...
(born 1972), retired Australian rules footballer and radio personality
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Öküz Mehmed Pasha
"Öküz" Mehmed Pasha ("Mehmed Pasha the Ox"; died 23 December 1619), also known as Kara Mehmed Pasha ("the Black") or "Kul Kıran" Mehmed Pasha ("the Slavebreaker"), was an Ottoman statesman, administrator and military figure of the early 17th ...
(Mehmed Pasha the Ox) (died 1619), Ottoman statesman, Grand Vizier and military commander
See also
{{Nickname, Ox or The Ox
Nicknames