Ossie is a nickname usually used in place of a given name such as Osama, Osman, Oswald (given name), Oswald, Oscar (given name), Oscar, Ossian (given name), Ossian, Osmond (disambiguation), Osmond, Osbourne (disambiguation), Osbourne and Osvaldo. In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, it is used as a diminutive for Joseph and Yousif. It may refer to:

People

Given name

* Ossie Abeygunasekera (1950–1994), assassinated Sri Lankan politician * Osvaldo Ardiles (born 1952), Argentinian football manager, pundit and former player * Ossie Asmundson (1908–1964), Canadian National Hockey League player * Ossie Bertram (1909–1983), Australian rules footballer * Ossie Blanco, 1970s baseball player * Ossie Bluege (1900–1985), American Major League Baseball player * Ossie Byrne (1926–1983), Australian record producer best known for his work with the early Bee Gees * Ossie Clark (1942–1996), British fashion designer * Ossie Davis (1917–2005), African-American actor and activist * Ossie Dawson (1919–2008), South African cricketer * Ossie Fraser (1923–1982), Canadian politician * Ossie Green (1906–1991), Australian rules footballer * Ossie Lovelock (1911–1981), Australian sportsman * Ossie Male (1893–1975), Welsh rugby union player * Ossie Moore (born 1958), Australian golfer * Oswald Morris (1915–2014), British cinematographer * Ossie Nicholson (1906–1965), Australian cyclist * Ossie Nortjé (born 1990), South African rugby union player * Ossie Ocasio (born 1955), Puerto Rican retired boxer and former world cruiserweight champion * Ossie Pickworth (1918–1969), Australian golfer * Ossie Schectman (1919–2013), American basketball player who scored the first basket in National Basketball Association history * Ossie Solem (1891–1970), American college football and basketball head coach * Ossie Vitt (1890–1963), American Major League baseball player and manager * Peter Osgood (1947–2006), English footballer nicknamed 'Ossie'

Surname

* Manuel Ossie (born 1968), Liberian boxer

Fictional characters

* Ossie Ostrich, on the Australian TV programs ''Tarax Show'', ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' and ''The Ossie Ostrich Video Show'' * Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for funny animal films in the 1920s and '30s

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