Olga () is a Russian feminine given name of
Scandinavian origin.
It is the equivalent of
Helga
Helga (derived from Old Norse ''heilagr'' - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, German-speaking countries and the Low Countries (''Hege'', ''Helle'', ''Helge'', ''Helga'', ''Helka'' or ''Oili''). The name was in use ...
, and derived from the
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
adjective ''heilagr'' ().
The name was brought to Russia in the 9th century, by the Scandinavian settlers who founded
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.
* was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...
.
It is also used in Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated ''
Olha''), Belarus (Вольга, transliterated ''
Vol'ha''), Bulgaria (Олга transliterated ''Olga''), the Czech Republic, Greece and Cyprus (Όλγα, ''Ólgha''), Georgia (ოლგა (Olga) or more archaic ოლღა (Olgha)), Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Balkans (Serbian Олга or Оља), Western Europe and Latin America (Olga). It is also much in use in
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...
.
Name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...
s (St.
Olga of Kiev
Olga (; ; – 11 July 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor. E ...
): Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and France – July 11, Slovakia – July 23, Ukraine, Russia – July 24, Hungary – July 27.
The masculine form is
Oleg
Oleg (), Oleh (), or Aleh () is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine, and Belаrus.
Origins
''Oleg'' derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equival ...
(Олeг).
People
Kievan Rus'
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Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), a Varangian noblewoman, regent of Kievan Rus' and wife of
Igor of Kiev
Igor (; ; – 945) was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. According to the '' Primary Chronicle'', Rurik was succ ...
Russian imperial family
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Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892), second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia, wife to Charles I, King of Württemberg
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Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (1839–1891), wife of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
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Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), Queen consort to George I, King of Greece; reigned as Queen regent of Greece in 1920
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Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (; – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II.
Olga was raised at the Gatchina Palace outside Saint Petersburg. Olga's ...
(1882–1960), sister of Nicholas II of Russia
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918), eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia
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Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff (born 1950), grandniece of Tsar Nicholas II
Other royalty and nobility
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Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (; 11 June 1903 – 16 October 1997) was a Greek princess who married Prince Paul, Regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After her marriage, she was known as Princess Paul of Yugoslavia.
Princess Olga was a d ...
(1903–1997), granddaughter of King George I of Greece and wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
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Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia (born 1971), Princess of Greece and great-grandchild of Olga, Queen of Greece
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Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian noblewoman, singer, and stage actress
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Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1871–1891), Russian noblewoman and sister of
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...
Other people
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Olga Abramova (born 1988), Ukrainian biathlete
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Olga Abramova (politician) (born 1953), Belarusian politician
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Olga Adellach Coma (born 1966), Andorran politician
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Olga Adzhiderskaya (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player
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Olga Agnew (1899–1987), Australian child actress
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Olga Ahtinen (born 1997), Finnish footballer
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Olga Aikala (1883–1962), Finnish horologist
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Olga Akimova (born 1983), Uzbekistani ice dancer
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Olga Akopyan (born 1985), Russian handball player
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Olga Álava (born 1988), Ecuadorian model, social, lifestyle entrepreneur, environmentalist and beauty queen
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Olga Albizu (1924–2005), American painter
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Olga Aleinikova
Olga Aleinikova (born 10 November 1951 in Leningrad) — is a pediatric-oncohematologist, PhD, Doctor of Medical Science (1999), Professor (2003), Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Director of State Institution ...
(born 1951), Russian physician
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Olga Alexandrova (born 1978), Ukrainian-born Spanish chess player
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Olga Alkalaj (1907–1942), Yugoslav communist leader
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Olga Alimova (born 1953), Russian politician
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Olga de Amaral (born 1932), Colombian textile and visual artist
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Olga Amelchenkova, Russian politician
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Olga Andersson (1876–1943), Swedish actress
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Olga Andrianova (born 1949), Soviet discus thrower
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Olga Andrianova (curler) (1952–2022), Russian female curler and curling coach
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Olga Andrino, Spanish painter and sculptor
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Olga de Angulo (1955–2011), Colombian swimmer
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Olga Anisimova (born 1972), Russian biathlete
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Olga Aniskovtseva (born 1982), Belarusian footballer
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Olga Anstei (1912–1985), Jewish-Ukrainian émigré poet
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Olga Antonetti (1944–1968), Venezuelan beauty queen
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Olga Antonova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Anufriyeva, Russian politician
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Olga Appell
Olga Appell Avalos (born August 2, 1963, in Durango) is an American long-distance runner from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She ran at the 1992 Summer Olympi ...
(born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner
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Olga Arefieva (born 1966), Russian singer-songwriter
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Olga Arendt
Olga Arendt, ( Olga Morgenstern, pseudonym Rosa Morgan; 19 November 1859 – 29 May 1902) was a German writer and stage actress.
Life
Arendt was born in Berlin as the daughter of the merchant Theodor Morgenstern and the feminist and writer Lin ...
(1859–1902), German writer and actress
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Olga Arkhangelskaya (born 1981), Russian badminton player
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Olga Arlauskas (born 1981), Russian—Spanish filmmaker and film director
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Olga Arntgolts (born 1982), Russian theater and film actress
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Olga Aroseva (1925–2013), Soviet and Russian actress
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Olga Artamonova (born 1977), Kazakhstani Olympic judoka
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Olga Arteshina (born 1982), Russian basketball player
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Olga Asato (born 1949), Peruvian volleyball player
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Olga Athaide Craen, Indian pianist
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Olga Averino (1895–1989), Russian opera singer
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Olga Avilova (1918–2009), Ukrainian surgeon
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Olga Babiy (born 1989), Ukrainian chess player
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Olga Baclanova (1896–1974), Russian-American actress, radio host and singer
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Olga Badelka (born 2002), Belarusian chess player
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Olga Balema, Ukrainian visual artist
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Olga Ban, Yugoslav partisan
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Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish Romanian communist activist
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Olga Barabanschikova
Olga Barabanschikova (; ; born 2 November 1979) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player.
Barabanschikova's highest WTA singles ranking is 49th, which she reached on 2 March 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 81 set at 19 October ...
(born 1979), Belarusian tennis player
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Olga Barbušová, Slovak para table tennis player
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Olga Barnet (1951–2021), Russian actress
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Olga Barysheva (born 1954), Russian basketball player
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Olga Bas (born 1964), Russian politician
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Olga Batalina (born 1975), Russian politician
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Olga Beaver (1942–2012), Czech-American politician
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Olga Beggrow-Hartmann (1862–1922), German-Russian painter
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Olga Beliaeva (born 1985), Russian water polo player
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Olga Bell (born Olga Balashova, 1983), American musician
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Olga Belova (rhythmic gymnast), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga Belyakova (born 1988), Russian short track speed skater
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Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), German-Brazilian communist militant
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Olga Bennett, Irish politician
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Olga Beresnyeva (born 1985), Ukrainian swimmer
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Olga Bergholz
Olga Fyodorovna Bergholz ( rus, Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц, p=ˈolʲɡə ˈfʲɵdərəvnə bʲɪrˈɡolʲts, a=Ol'ga Fyodorovna Byerghol'cz.ru.vorb.oga; – November 13, 1975) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian Soviet F ...
(1910–1975), Soviet poet
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Olga Bezsmertna (born 1983), Ukrainian operatic soprano
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Olga Bianchi, Latin American pacifist and human rights activist
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Olga Bicherova (born 1967), Soviet gymnast
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Olga Bielkova (born 1975), Ukrainian politician
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Olga Bisera
Bisera Vukotić ( sr-Cyrl, Бисера Вукотић; born 26 May 1944), known professionally as Olga Bisera, is a Yugoslav-born Italian film actress and producer.
She was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She entered the Drama Arts Ac ...
, Yugoslav-born Italian film actress and producer
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Olga Bjoner (1887–1969), Norwegian politician and journalist
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Olga Björkegren (1857–1950), Swedish opera singer
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Olga de Blanck (1916–1998), Cuban musical artist
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Olga Blinova (1930–2020), Russian linguist
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Olga Bloom (1919–2011), American violinist and violist
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Olga Bodnar
Olha Bodnar is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 5th and 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, 6th convocations of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, member of the faction Yulia Tymos ...
(born 1965), Ukrainian politician
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Olga Bogaevskaya
Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya (, 25 October 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire – 30 November 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian Soviet painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad. She ...
(1915–2000), Russian painter
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Olga Bogdanova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Bogoslovskaya (born 1964), Russian sprinter
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Olga Bołądź (born 1984), Polish actress
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Olga Bondareva
Olga Nikolaevna Bondareva (April 27, 1937 – December 9, 1991) was a distinguished USSR, Soviet mathematician and economist. She contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, especially game theory.
Bondareva is best known as one of t ...
(1937–1991), Soviet mathematician and economist
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Olga Bordashevskaya (1919–2002), soldier in the Red Army during World War II
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Olga Borodina (born 1963), Russian opera singer
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Olga Borys (born 1974), Polish actress
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Olga Boudker, American scientist and academic
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Olga Boznańska
Olga Boznańska (15 April 1865 – 26 October 1940) was a Polish painter of the turn of the 20th century. She was a notable painter in Poland and Europe, and was stylistically associated with the French impressionism, though she rejected this lab ...
(1865–1940), Polish painter
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Olga Breeskin (born 1951), Mexican violinist, dancer and actress
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Olga Briscorn, Russian serial killer
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Olga Broumas
Olga Broumas (born 6 May 1949, Hermoupolis) is a Greek poet, resident in the United States. She has been Poet-in-Residence and Director of Creative Writing at Brandeis University since 1995.
Biography
Born and raised on the island of Syros, Broum ...
(born 1949), Greek poet
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Olga Brózda (born 1986), Polish tennis player
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Olga Brusnikina (born 1978), Russian synchronized swimmer
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Olga Bucătaru
Olga Bucătaru (March 27, 1942, Suceava – April 10, 2020, Bucharest) was a Romanian film and stage actress.
She graduated in 1965 from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
The I. L. Caragiale National University of Theatre a ...
(1942–2020), Romanian actress
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Olga Budina
Olga Alexandrovna Budina (, born 22 February 1975) is a Russian theater and film actress.
Biography
Olga Budina was born in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She studied history and literature at the Lyceum college. She was ...
(born 1975), Russian theater and film actress
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Olga Bulbenkova (1835–1918), Russian fashion designer
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Olga Bumbić (born 1946), Yugoslav gymnast
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Olga Buryakina (born 1958), Russian basketball player
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Olga Busuioc, Moldovan soprano
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Olga Butkevych (born 1986), Ukrainian-British wrestler
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Olga Buyanova (born 1954), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga Buzova (born 1986), Russian media personality and singer
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Olga Cantacuzène-Altieri (1843–1929), Russian-Italian aristocrat and novelist
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Olga Capri (1883–1961), Italian actress
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Olga Andreyeva Carlisle (born 1930), American novelist
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Olga Carmona (born 2000), Spanish footballer
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Olga Cebotari, Moldovan politician and diplomat
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Olga Celeste (1888–1969), American animal trainer
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Olga Cepero (born 1975), Cuban triple jumper
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Olga Charvátová
Olga Charvátová (, born 11 June 1962 in Gottwaldov, now Zlín), also known Olga Křížová, is a retired Czech alpine skier who represented Czechoslovakia. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of Europ ...
(born 1962), Czech alpine skier
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Olga Chatzinikolaou (born 1981), Greek basketball player
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Olga Chekhova (1897–1980), Russian-German actress
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Olga Chernova (born 1997), Russian footballer
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Olga Chernyavskaya (born 1963), Russian discus thrower
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Olga de Chica (1921–2016), Colombian artist
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Olga Chorens (1924–2023), Cuban singer and actress
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Olga Chupris (born 1969), Belarusian law professor and administrator
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Olga Chyumina (1863–1909), Russian poet and translator
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Olga Clark (1898–1994), Russian socialite
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Olga Conte, Argentine sprinter
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Olga Cossettini (1898–1987), Argentine teacher, educator and pedagogue
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Olga Costa (1913–1993), Mexican artist
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Olga Cristea (born 1987), Moldovan runner
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Olga Cușinova (born 1985), Moldovan footballer
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Olga E. Custodio, U.S. Air Force officer
* (born 1985), Ukrainian singer
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Olga Dahl (1917–2009), Swedish genealogist
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Olga Danilov (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skater
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Olga Danilova (born 1970), Russian cross-country skier
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Olga Danilović
Olga Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Олга Даниловић, ; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 5 May 2025, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 33. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA double ...
(born 2001), Serbian professional tennis player
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Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya (1875–1952), Russian artist
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Olga Dergunova (born 1965), Russian businessperson
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Olga Desmond (1891–1964), German actress and dancer
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Olga Desyatskaya (born 1987), Russian sport shooter
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Olga Detenyuk (born 1993), Russian swimmer
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Olga Dibrova (born 1977), Ukrainian diplomat
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Olga Dickie (1900–1992), British Australian actress
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Olga Dihovichnaya (born 1980), Belarusian actress
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Olga Dmitrieva (born 1981), Russian triathlete
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Olga Dolzhykova, Norwegian-Ukrainian chess player
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Olga Doménech (born 1988), Spanish water polo player
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Olga Dondé (1937–2004), Mexican artist
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Olga ('Olly') Donner (1881–1956), Finnish writer
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Olga Dontsova (born 1959), Russian scientist
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Olga Dor-Dogadko (born 1976), Israeli track and field athlete
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Olga Dorfner (1898–1983), American swimmer
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Olga Dormandi (1900–1971), Hungarian painter and children’s book illustrator
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Olga Doroshina (born 1994), Russian tennis player
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Olga Dovgun (born 1970), Kazakhstani sports shooter
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Olga Drobysheva (born 1984), Uzbekistani cyclist
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Olga Druce, American producer, public speaker and actress
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Olga Dubeneckienė (1891–1967), Lithuanian and Soviet painter
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Olga Dudko, Ukrainian physicist and academic
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Olga Duque de Ospina
Olga Duque de Ospina (née Duque Palma; July 14, 1930 - September 19, 2019) was a Colombian lawyer and politician, a member of the Colombian Conservative Party, Conservative party, having served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives of ...
(died 2019), Colombian politician
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Olga Dvirna (born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner
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Olga Edwardes (1915–2008), British actress
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Olga Efimova (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
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Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler (1879–1933), Austrian physicist
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Olga Engl
Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films.
Biography
Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague C ...
(1871–1946), Austrian actress
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Olga Erofeeva, Russian triathlete
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Olga Erteszek (1916–1989), Polish-American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner
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Olga Ertlová (born 1986), Czech squash player
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Olga Escalante (born 1962), Colombian sprinter
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Olga Esina, Russian ballet dancer
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Olga Luz Espinosa (born 1976), Mexican politician
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Olga Evdokimov, Russian physicist
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Olga Fadeeva (born 1972), Belarusian actor
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Olga Færseth (born 1975), Icelandic multi-sport athlete
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Olga Fassatiová (1924–2011), Czech mycologist
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Olga Fateeva (born 1984), Russian volleyball player
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Olga Fatkulina (born 1990), Russian speed skater
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Olga Fedchenko (1845–1921), Russian botanist, explorer and artist
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Olga Fedori
Olga Victorivna Fedorishcheva (; born 17 March 1984), known as simply Olga Fedori, is a Ukrainian actress who works in English language films and programmes. She is best known for portraying Frieda Petrenko in the BBC medical drama ''Holby City ...
(born 1984), Ukrainian actress
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Olga Fedorovich (born 1992), Belarusian droughts player
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Oľga Feldeková (born 1943), Slovak writer
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Olga Feliú (1932–2017), Chilean politician and lawyer
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Olga Fialka (1848–1930), Austro-Hungarian artist
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Olga Fierz (1900–1990), Swiss teacher and translator
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Olga Fikotová (1932–2024), Czechoslovak and American discus thrower
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Olga Fiorini (1927–2022), Italian businesswoman and educator
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Olga Firsova (born 1976), American basketball player
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Olga Fischer (born 1951), Dutch linguist
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Olga FitzGeorge (1877–1928), English socialite, businesswoman and granddaughter of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
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Olga FitzRoy, British sound engineer and campaigner
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Olga Flor (born 1968), Austrian writer
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Olga Foma (born 1989), Moldovan footballer
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Olga Fomina (born 1989), Russian handball player
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Olga Fonda (born 1982), Russian actress and model
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Olga Fonseca, Venezuelan diplomat
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Olga Freidenberg (1890–1955), Russian philosopher
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Olga Fricker (1902–1997), Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer
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Olga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player
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Olga Frolkina (born 1997), Russian basketball player
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Olga Frycz (born 1986), Polish actress
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Olga García (born 1992), Spanish footballer
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Olga García Mancheño, Spanish organic chemistry professor
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Olga Gavrilova (1957–2022), Soviet javelin thrower
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Olga Generalova (born 1972), Russian triathlete
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Olga Vittoria Gentilli (1888–1957), Italian actress
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Olga Germanova (born 1961), Russian politician
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Olga Georges-Picot (1940–1997), French actress
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Olga Gere (born 1942), Yugoslav high jumper
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Olga Gerovasili
Olga Gerovasili (; born 16 January 1961) is a Greek politician who has been serving as a member of the Hellenic Parliament for Arta since 17 May 2012. Born in Arta, she studied radiology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She ...
(born 1961), Greek politician
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Olga Gil Medrano (born 1956), Spanish mathematician
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Olga Girya
Olga Alexandrovna Girya (; born 4 June 1991) is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster (GM), which FIDE awarded her in 2021. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team in the 2014 Women's Chess Olympiad and in ...
(born 1991), Russian chess grandmaster
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Olga Givernet
Olga Givernet (born 17 October 1981) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Ain.
From September to December 2024, ...
(born 1981), French politician
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Olga Glatskikh (born 1989), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga Glazova (born 1993), Russian singer
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Olga Glok (born 1982), Russian long-distance runner
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Oľga Glosíková (1953–2024), Slovak politician
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Olga Glouschenko (born 1978), Belarusian tennis player
* Olga Gnedovskaya (born 1989), Uzbekistani swimmer
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Olga Göllner (1930–2017), Romanian gymnast
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Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician
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Olga Golovanova (snowboarder) (born 1983), Russian snowboarder
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Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete
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Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), Portuguese poet and novelist
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Olga Gontar (born 1979), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga D. González-Sanabria, Puerto Rican scientist
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Olga Gorbunova (born 1993), Russian water polo player
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Olga Gorelik, Belarusian-born American pianist
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Olga Gorshenina (born 1990), Russian handball player
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Olga May Goss, Australian plant pathologist
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Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 2 ...
(born 1988), Belarusian tennis player
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Olga Graf (born 1983), Russian speed skater
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Olga Grant, Canadian baseball player
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Olga Grau
Olga Ida Magdalena Grau Duhart (born September 21, 1945) is a contemporary Chilean writer, professor, full professor, and philosopher, a specialist in gender, human sexuality, sexuality, philosophy, education, and literature.
Early life and educ ...
(born 1945), Chilean writer, professor, philosopher
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Olga Gray (1906–1990), British secretary, typist and MI5 infiltration agent
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Olga di Grésy (1900–1994), Italian fashion designer
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Olga Grey (1896–1973), American actress
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Olga Grishenkova, Russian ballet dancer
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Olga Grjasnowa (born 1984), German writer
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Olga Grushin (born 1971), Russian-American novelist
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Olga Grushko (born 1976), Kazakhstani volleyball player
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Olga Guillot
Olga Guillot (October 9, 1923 – July 12, 2010) was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba.
Biography
Daughter of Catalan-Jewish immigrants who moved to Cuba, her father was a tailor and her ...
(1922–2010), Cuban singer
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Olga Guirao, Spanish writer
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Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze (1855–1940), Georgian biologist and educator
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Olga Gurski (1902–1975), Ukrainian artist
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Olga Gutiérrez (1928–2015), Ecuadorian musical artist
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Olga Gutmakher (born 1987), Israeli chess player
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Olga Gyarmati
Olga Gyarmati (; 5 October 1924 – 27 October 2013) was a Hungary, Hungarian all-round track and field athlete who competed at three Olympic Games in four different events. Her greatest success was winning the inaugural Olympic Women's Lon ...
(1924–2013), Hungarian track and field athlete
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Olga Gzovskaya (1883–1962), Russian actress
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Olga Hachatryan (born 1992), Turkmenistani swimmer
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Olga Hadžić (1946–2019), Serbian mathematician
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Olga Hahn-Neurath (1882–1937), Austrian mathematician and philosopher
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Olga Hankin (1852–1942), Belarusian-Israeli midwife and activist
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Olga Hans (born 1971), Polish composer and music educator
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Olga Harmony (1928–2018), Mexican playwright and drama teacher
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Olga Hartman (1900–1974), American invertebrate zoologist
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Olga Havlová
Olga Havlová (nee Šplíchalová; 11 July 1933 – 27 January 1996) was a Czech dissident, activist, and the first wife of Václav Havel, the last President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic. Havlová, the inaugural F ...
(1933–1996), Czechoslovak, Václav Havel's first wife
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Olga Hegedus (1920–2017), English cellist
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Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975), Czechoslovakian mass murder
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Olga Herlin (1875–1965), Swedish, first female engraver
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Olga Herrera-MacBryde (1937–2007), Ecuadorian-American botanist and international conservationist
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Olga Holtz (born 1973), Russian mathematician
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Olga Homeghi (born 1958), Romanian rower
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Olga Horak (1926–2024), Czechoslovakian-born Australian author and Holocaust survivor
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Olga Hostáková (born 1975), Czech tennis player
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Olga Huckins
Olga Van Slyke Owens Huckins (July 24, 1900-July 5, 1968) was a newspaper editor known for being the person who wrote to Rachel Carson alerting her to the harms of the insecticide DDT inspiring the book ''Silent Spring''.
Early life and educat ...
, American writer and editor
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Olga Hudenko (born 1991), Russian cyclist
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Olga Hudlická (1926–2014), Czech-born English physiologist
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Olga Humo (1919–2013), Yugoslav partisan, writer and academic
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Olga Hrycak (born 1947), Canadian basketball player and coach
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Olga Ianchuk
Olga Yuriyivna Ianchuk (, born 29 March 1995) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player.
Career
Ianchuk has career-high WTA rankings of 213 in singles, achieved in August 2017, and 254 in doubles, reached in October 2015. In her career, ...
(born 1995), Ukrainian tennis player
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Olga Ignatieva (1920–1999), Soviet chess player
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Olga Ilich, Canadian politician
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Olga Ilina
Olga Sergeyevna Ilina (; born 3 January 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist, 2013 World Group All-around bronze medalist, 2012 European Group All-around champion, 2013 World Cup F ...
(born 1995), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga Ilyin, Russian-born American poet and novelist
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Olga Imerslund (1907–1987), Norwegian pediatrician
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Olga Ismayilova (born 1985), Belarusian-Azerbaijani cyclist
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Olga van Iterson-Knoepfle, Dutch artist
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Olya Ivanisevic (born 1988), Serbian fashion model
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Olga Ivanova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Ivinskaya
Olga Vsevolodovna Ivinskaya (; June 16, 1912, in Tambov – September 8, 1995, in Moscow) was a Soviet poet and writer. She is best-known as friend and lover of Nobel Prize-winning writer Boris Pasternak during the last 13 years of his life and t ...
(1912–1995), Russian poet and writer, Soviet gulag detainee
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Olga Jackowska (1951–2018), Polish vocalist and songwriter
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Olga Jakušina (born 1997), Latvian ice dancer
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Olga James (1929–2025), American singer and actress
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Olga Jančić
Olga Jančić (Олга Јанчић; 1 February 1929, in Bitola, Yugoslavia (modern North Macedonia)– 25 October 2012, in Belgrade, Serbia) was a Serbian sculptor
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimen ...
(1929–2012), Serbian sculptor
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Olga Jarkova (born 1979), Russian curler
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Olga Jegunova (born 1984), Latvian classical pianist
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Olga Jekyll (1918–2014), New Zealand fencer
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Olga Jensch-Jordan (1913–2000), German diver
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Olga Jevrić (1922–2014), Serbian sculptor
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Olga Jonasson (1934–2006), American transplant surgeon
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Olga Juha (born 1962), Hungarian high jumper
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Olga Kabo (born 1968), Soviet and Russian actress
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Olga Kachura (1970–2022), Ukrainian separatist military officer
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Olga Kaidantzi (born 1979), Greek sprinter
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Olga Kalyuzhnaya (born 1982), Russian tennis player
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Olga Kameneva
Olga Davidovna Kameneva (, ; – 11 September 1941) (née Bronstein — Бронште́йн) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. She was the sister of Leon Trotsky and the wife of Lev Kamenev.
Childhood and revolutio ...
(1883–1941), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary
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Olga Kaniskina (born 1985), Russian racewalker
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Olga Kapeliuk (born 1932), Israeli linguist
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Olga Kapranova (born 1987), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga Karasyova (born 1949), Soviet artistic gymnast
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Olga Kardopoltseva (born 1966), Belarusian racewalker
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Olga Karlatos (born 1945), Greek actress
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Olga Kay (born 1982), Russian-American comedian and actress
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Olga Kazakova (born 1968), Russian politician
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Olga Kazi (born 1941), Hungarian middle distance runner
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Olga Kefalogianni (born 1975), Greek politician
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Olga Kennard (1924–2023), Hungarian-born British crystallographer
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Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian pianist
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Olga Kevelos (1923–2009), British motorcycle racer
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Olga Kharitonova (born 1990), Russian sprinter
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Olga Kharlampovich (born 1960), Canadian mathematician
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Olga Kharlan
Olha Hennadiivna Kharlan (; born 4 September 1990), also known as Olga Kharlan, is a Ukrainian Sabre (fencing), sabre Fencing, fencer. She is a four-time individual women’s world sabre champion, six-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated ...
(born 1990), Ukrainian fencer
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Olga Khodataeva (1894–1968), Soviet artist and animator
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Olga Khokhlova
Olga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; ; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a Russian ballet dancer in the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and based in Paris. There she met and married the artist Pablo Picasso, serve ...
(1891–1955), Russian-Ukrainian model and dancer
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Olga Khokhlova (politician) (born 1957), Russian politician
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Olga Kholodnaya
Olga Kholodnaya (Russian: Ольга Холодная) is a Russian violinist, composer, arranger and producer, born in Cheboksary, in the Soviet Union and based in Berlin, Germany.
Biography
Born in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia ex-So ...
, Russian violinist, composer, arranger and producer
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Olga Khoroshavtseva (born 1994), Russian freestyle wrestler
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Olga Khristoforova (born 1980), Russian diver
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Olga Khrzhanovskaya (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
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Olga Kirichenko (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer
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Olga Kisseleva (born 1965), French artist
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Olga Knipper
Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (; – 22 March 1959) was a Russian Empire, Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov.
Knipper was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it ...
(1868–1959), Russian and Soviet stage actress
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Olga Knorring (1887–1978), Russian botanist
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Olga Knudsen (1865–1947), Danish politician and women’s rights activist
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Olga Knyazeva (1954–2015), Soviet fencer
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Olga Koch (born 1992), Russian born British stand-up comedian
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Olga Kocharovskaya, American physicist
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Olga Kochneva (born 1988), Russian fencer
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Olga Konkova (born 1969), Norwegian-Russian jazz pianist
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Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a Belarusian retired gymnastics, gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Old World sparrow, Sparrow from Minsk", she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olymp ...
(born 1955), Belarusian gymnast
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Olga Kormukhina (born 1960), Russian singer
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Olga Koroleva (born 1979), Russian freestyle skier
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Olga Korosteleva, Russian-American statistician
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Olga Kosakiewicz (1915–1983), French actress
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Olga Kotlyarova (born 1976), Russian runner
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Olga Koumoundouros (born 1965), American sculptor based in Los Angeles
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Olga Kovalkova (born 1984), Belarusian activist
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Olga Kovitidi (born 1962), Crimean politician
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Olga Kucherenko (born 1985), Russian long jumper
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Olga Kudeshkina, Russian judge
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Olga Kulchynska, Ukrainian soprano opera singer
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Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian heptathlete
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Olga Kurkulina (born 1971), Israeli high jumper
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Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko (born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian-born French actress. She rose to prominence by playing the Bond girl Camille Montes in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'' (2008).
Kurylenko began her career modellin ...
(born 1979), Ukrainian model and actress
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Olga Kusenko, Soviet and Ukrainian actress
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Olga Kuzeneva (1887–1978), Russian botanist
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Olga Kuzenkova (born 1970), Russian hammer thrower
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Olga Kuznetsova (runner) (born 1967), Russian middle-distance runner
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Olga Kuznetsova (sport shooter) (born 1968), Russian sport shooter
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Olga Kuzyukova (born 1985), Russian cross-country skier
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Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922–2004), Russian mathematician
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Olga Lagrange-Gerlach (1874–1949), German opera singer
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Olga Laiuk (born 1984), Ukrainian handball player
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Olga Korhoven Lakela (1890–1980), Finnish-American botanist and educator
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Olga Landik (born 1980), Russian swimmer
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Olga Larionova (1935–2023), Russian science fiction writer
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Olga I. Larkina (born 1954), Russian journalist, publicist and writer
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Olga Lauristin (1903–2005), Soviet Estonian politician
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Olga Lazarchuk (born 1981), Ukrainian tennis player
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Olga Lazarenko (born 1980), Russian freestyle skier
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Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), Chilean born painter and designer
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Olga Lengyel (1908–2001), Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author
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Olga Lenskiy (born 1992), Israeli sprinter
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Olga Lepeshinskaya (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Lerman (born 1988), Russian stage and film actress
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Olga Leshchuk (born 1971), Russian-born Kazakhstani water polo player
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Olga Letyushova (born 1975), Russian footballer
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Olga Levashova (1837–1905), Russian revolutionary
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Olga Levenkova (born 1984), Russian heptathlete
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Olga Lezhneva (born 1983), Ukrainian actress
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Olga Li (born 1986), Russian politician
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Olga Liashchuk, Ukrainian strongwoman
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Olga Liashenko, Ukrainian German painter
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Olga Limburg
Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...
(1881–1970), German actress
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Olga F. Linares (1936–2014), Panamanian-American academic anthropologist and archaeologist
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Olga Lindo (1899–1968), English actress
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Olga Linek Scholl (1884–1982), Czech-American screenwriter
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Olga Lipovskaya (1954–2021), Russian feminist
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Olga Litvinenko (born 1983), Russian politician
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Olga Loera (born 1980), Mexican-American glamour model
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Olga Loizou (born 1961), Cypriot swimmer
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Olga Lomaka (born 1982), Russian contemporary artist
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Olga Lomonosova (born 1978), Russian actress and former ballerina
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Olga Lopes-Seale (1918–2011), Guyanese radio personality and activist
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Olga Loseva (born 1954), Russian musicologist
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Olga Lounová
Olga Lounová (born 7 March 1981) is a Czech singer-songwriter, actress, model and rally driver. Born and raised in Osečná (Lázně Kundratice) near the town of Liberec. She attended the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague studying Musical ...
(born 1981), Czech actress, singer, model and car racer
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Olga Lowe (1919–2013), British actress
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Olga Lucovnicova, Moldovan film director and cinematographer
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Olga Lugina (born 1974), Ukrainian tennis player
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Olga Luzardo (1916–2016), Venezuelan journalist and activist
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Olga Lychkina (born 1968), Russian freestyle skier
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Olga Lyubatovich (1853–1917), Russian revolutionary
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Olga Lyubimova
Olga Borisovna Lyubimova (; born 31 December 1980) is a Russian politician serving as the Ministry of Culture (Russia), Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. She was appointed on 21 January 2020.
Prior to her current appointment, Lyubi ...
(born 1980), Russian politician
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Olga Madar (1915–1996), American trade unionist
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Olga Makeeva (born 1974), Ukrainian lawyer and separatist
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Olga Malinkiewicz
Olga Malinkiewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 26 November 1982) is a Polish physicist, inventor and entrepreneur. She is known for inventing a method of producing solar cells based on perovskites using inkjet printing. She is a co-founder an ...
(born 1982), Polish physicist and inventor
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Olga Mandrika (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
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Olga Markova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Martín-Belloso (born 1960), Spanish food scientist
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Olga Martynova (born 1962), Russian-German writer
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Olga Masters (1919–1986), Australian author
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Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video
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Olga Máté (1878–1961), Hungarian photographer
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Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933), Colombian poet
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Olga Medvedeva (born 1987), Russian handball player
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Olga Medvedtseva (born 1975), Russian biathlete
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Olga Medynich (born 1981), Russian theater and film actress
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Olga Meganskaya (born 1992), Russian singer, model and former member of Ukrainian girl group
Nu Virgos
VIA Gra (), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, was a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") also stand for " vo ...
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Olga Melnik (born 1974), Russian biathlete
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Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009), Puerto Rican politician
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Olga Merediz (born 1956), American Broadway, TV, and film actress
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Olga Merino (born 1965), Spanish writer
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Olga Meyer (1930–2018), Norwegian journalist and radio host
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Olga Michael (1916–1979), American saint
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Olga Michałkiewicz (born 1994), Polish rower
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Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, Polish-Israeli singer in Yiddish
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Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian race walker
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Olga Mikutina (born 2003), Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater
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Olga Milemba (born 1984), Congolese handball player
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Olga Miller (1920–2003), Australian historian and Aboriginal elder
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Olga Milles (1874–1967), Austrian-born Swedish painter
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Olga Mineyeva (born 1952), Soviet athlete
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Olga Mishchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian sprinter
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Olga Mistereggen (1894–1970), Norwegian politician
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Olga Mizgireva (1908–2000), Turkmenistani botanist and painter
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Olga Modrachová (1930–1995), Czech athletics competitor
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Olga Mohr (1905–1955), American artist
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Olga Moltchanova (born 1979), Russian-born Kyrgyz swimmer
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Olga Montaño, Mexican tennis player
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Olga Moreno (born 1979), Spanish footballer
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Olga Moroz (born 1966), Belarusian Olympic archer
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Olga Morozova
Olga Vasilyevna Morozova ( rus, Ольга Васильевна Морозова, , ˈolʲɡə mɐˈrozəvə, a=Ru-Olga_Morozova.ogg, links=no; born 22 February 1949) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Competing for the Soviet Uni ...
(born 1949), USSR (now Russian) tennis player
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Olga Morozova (badminton)
Olga Alekseevna Morozova (; born 10 March 1995) is a Russian badminton player. In 2016, she won double titles at the Estonian International tournament in the women's and mixed doubles event.
Achievements
European Championships
''Women's dou ...
(born 1995), Russian badminton player
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Olga Mostepanova (born 1970), Soviet gymnast
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Olga Mukomol (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer
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Olga Mullina (born 1992), Russian pole vaulter
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Olga Wilhelmine Munding (born 1976), American singer songwriter
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Olga Munteanu (born 1927), Romanian gymnast
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Olga Murray (1925–2024), American lawyer and activist
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Olga Mutanda (1967–2014), Ivorian sprinter
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Olga Mykytenko (born 1974), Ukrainian opera singer
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Olga Naidenova (born 1987), Russian figure skater
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Olga Najera-Ramirez (born 1955), American anthropologist
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Olga Napoli (1903–1955), Italian painter
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Olga C. Nardone (1921–2010), American actress
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Olga Nasedkina (born 1982), Kazakhstani volleyball player
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Olga Naumenko (born 1949), Soviet and Russian actress
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Olga Nazarova
Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova (; born 1 June 1965) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union. She won two Olympic gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay, in 1988 and 1992 ...
(born 1965), Soviet sprinter
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Olga Nazarova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Nelyubova (born 1964), Russian middle-distance runner
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Olga Nemeș (born 1968), German table tennis player
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Olga Nethersole (1866–1951), English actress and health educator
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Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth (; born 4 August 1968) is an Austrian contemporary classical composer, visual artist and author. She is famed especially for her operas and music theater works, many of which have treated sociopolitical themes. She has emphasized an ...
(born 1968), Austrian composer
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Olga Niewska (1898–1943), Polish sculptor
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Olga Nikitina (born 1998), Russian saber fencer
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Olga Nikolaeva (born 1972), Russian volleyball player
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Olga Nolla (1938–2001), Puerto Rican poet, professor and journalist
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Olga Novikoff (1840–1925), Russian writer and journalist
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Olga Novikova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Novo (born 1975), Spanish painter
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Olga Novokshchenova (born 1974), Russian synchronized swimmer
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Olga Nunes (born 1979), Canadian musical artist
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Olga Núñez Abaunza (1920–1971), Nicaraguan lawyer
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Olga Nyblom (1872–1955), Swedish artist
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Olga Nybø (1930–2011), Norwegian politician
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Olga Odanović (born 1958), Serbian actress
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Olga Oinola (1865–1949), Finnish suffragette and President of the Finnish Women Association
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Olga Oleinik (1925–2001), Russian mathematician
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Olga Onuch, political scientist
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Olga Oppenheimer (1886–1941), German painter
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Olga Orgonista (1901–1978), Hungarian pair skater
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Olga Orlova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Orman
Olga Orman (9 November 1943 – 7 March 2021) was a Dutch-Aruban writer, poet and storyteller. She wrote both in Papiamento and Dutch language, Dutch. Orman introduced ''kamishibai'', a Japanese form of storytelling, to the Netherlands and the ABC ...
(1943–2021), Aruban writer and poet
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Olga Ornatsky, Canadian scientist
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Olga Orozco (1920–1999), Argentine poet
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Olga Osipyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer
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Olga Ossani (1857–1933), Italian journalist, writer, and women's rights activist
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Olga Ostroumova
Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films '' We'll Live Till Monday'' (1968, her debut), '' The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' (1972, Italian ''Silver Nymph'' ...
(born 1947), Soviet and Russian actress
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Olga Ozarovskaya (1874–1933), Russian folklorist, performer, writer
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Olga Pakalović
Olga Pakalović (born 8 November 1978) is a Croatian actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1993.
Filmography Films
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakalovic, Olga
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Living people
Actr ...
(born 1978), Croatian actress
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Olga Palagia (born 1949), Professor of Classical Archaeology
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Olga Pall (born 1947), Austrian alpine skier
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Olga Panfyorova (born 1977), Russian race walker
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Olga Panova (born 1987), Russian tennis player
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Olga Paredes
Olga Paredes (; born 1984), also known by the pseudonym Caleidoscopic, is a Bolivian architect and Wikipedia editor. She was named Wikimedian of the Year during Wikimania 2022 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. She was the first person from B ...
(born 1984), Bolivian architect and Wikimedian
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Olga Pashchenko, Russian musical artist
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Olga Paterova, Transnistrian politician
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Olga Pendleton, American statistician
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Olga Peredery (born 1994), Ukrainian handball player
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Olga Peretyatko (born 1980), Russian operatic soprano
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Olga Pericet, Spanish flamenco and contemporary dancer
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Olga Permyakova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defender
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Olga Pershankova (born 1972), Russian ice dancer
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Olga Petersen (born 1982), German politician
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Olga Petit (1870–1966), French lawyer
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Olga Petrova
Olga Petrova (born Muriel Harding; 10 May 1884 – 30 November 1977) was a British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright.
Origins
In adulthood, Olga Petrova insisted that she had been born in Warsaw, Poland, then part of the Russian E ...
(1884–1977), British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright
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Olga Petrova (footballer) (born 1986), Russian footballer
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Olga Petrović Njegoš (1859–1896), Montenegrin politician
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Olga Petrusyova (born 1953), Russian swimmer
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Olga Pierri (1914–2016), Uruguayan guitarist and teacher
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Olga Pikhienko
Olga Pikhienko (born February 11, 1980) is a circus performer who specializes in handbalancing and contortion. Pikhienko started in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of five. When she was eleven, she started performing with her father, Sasha Pikhienk ...
(born 1980), Russian circus performer
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Olga Pilatskaya, Russian activist
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Olga Pilipenko (born 1966), Russian politician
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Olga Pilipova (born 1983), Kazakhstani archer
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Olga Piria (1927–2015), Uruguayan artist, pianist and goldsmith
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Olga Pircher, Austrian politician
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Olga Plakhotnik, Ukrainian feminist
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Olga Pleshkova (born 1956), Russian speed skater
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Olga Plümacher (1839–1895), Swiss-American philosopher and scholar
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Olga Poblete (1908–1999), women’s rights activist in Chile
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Olga Podchufarova
Olga Vladimirovna Podchufarova (; born 5 August 1992) is a retired Russian biathlete. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 49th in the individual competition.
Results Olympic Games
World Championships
Biathlon ...
(born 1992), Russian biathlete
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Olga Podrazhanskaya (born 1948), Israeli chess player
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Olga Pogodina (born 1976), Russian actress
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Olga Pogrebnyak (born 1973), Belarusian sport shooter
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Olga Polizzi, British hotelier and interior designer
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Olga Poltoranina (born 1987), Kazakhstani biathlete
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Olya Polyakova (born 1979), Ukrainian singer, actress and TV host
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Olga Polyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian freestyle skier
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Olga Ponizova (born 1974), Russian theater and film actress
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Olga Poryadina (born 1980), Russian footballer and coach
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Olga Potocka (1802–1861), Polish countess
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Olga Polylitsina, Russian skeleton racer
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Olga Povitzky, American physician
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Olga Praguer Coelho (1909–2008), Brazilian folk singer and guitarist
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Olga Preobrazhenskaya (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Printzlau (1891–1962), American screenwriter
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Olga Prokhorova (born 1979), Russian swimmer
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Olga Prokuronova (born 1989), Russian pair skater
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Olga Puchkova
Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova (also Poutchkova; ; ; born 27 September 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. As a junior, she played for Belarus, (born 1987), Russian tennis player
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Olga Puzhevich (born 1983), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
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Olga Quiñones Fernández (1940–2014), Spanish lawyer and feminist
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Olga Radke, Lutheran church worker, musician, helped run the Hermannsburg Choir, Australia, in the 1960s
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Olga Raggio (1925–2009), American art historian
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Olga Rajković (1913–?), Yugoslav gymnast
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Olga Ramos (1918–2005), Spanish musician and actress
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Olga Ramos (activist) (1962–2022), Venezuelan activist, professor and researcher
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Olga Raonić (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player
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Olga Rapay-Markish (1929–2012), Ukrainian artist and sculptor
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Olga Raspopova (born 1978), Russian middle-distance runner
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Olga Rautenkranzová
Olga Rautenkranzová (22 September 1891 – ?) was a Czech actress and a pioneering film director active during the silent era. She is noted as being the first Czech woman director.
Biography
Rautenkranzová began in the world of theater, stud ...
(1891–?), Czech director and screenwriter
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Olga Ravn (born 1986), Danish poet and novelist
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Olga Reshetkova (born 1982), Kyrgyzstani cross-country skier
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Olga Richterová (born 1985), Czech linguist, translator and politician
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Olga Rocheva (born 1978), Russian cross-country skier
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Olga Rodríguez (journalist)
Olga Rodríguez Francisco (born 1975) is a Spanish journalist and author, specialised in the Middle East and human rights.
Biography
Born in León in 1975 to journalist parents, she moved to Valladolid as a teenager, later moving to Madrid to ...
(born 1975), Spanish journalist and author
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Olga Roj (born 1989), Belarusian-German badminton player
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Olga Romanova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Romanovskaya (born 1986), Ukrainian singer, television presenter, fashion designer and model
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Olga von Root (1901–1967), Russian actress and aristocrat
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Olga Roriz (born 1955), Portuguese choreographer and dancer
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Olga Ross Hannon (1890–1947), American art professor and instructor
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Olga Rotari (born 1989), Moldovan classical musician
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Olga Rozanova (1886–1918), Russian painter
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Olga Rubin (born 1989), Israeli mixed martial arts fighter
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Olga Rublyova (born 1974), Russian long jumper
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Olga Rubtsova (1909–1994), Soviet chess player
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Olga Rudenko
Olga Rudenko (born 1989) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian journalist who worked for ''Kyiv Post'' before leaving to assist in the establishment of the ''The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Independent'' in 2021, where she is the editor-in-chief. Her work has also ...
, Ukrainian journalist
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Olga Rudge (1895–1996), American violinist
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Olga Rukavishnikova (born 1955), Soviet pentathlete
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Olga Russakovsky, Ukrainian computer scientist
* Olga Rutterschmidt (born 1933), American
murderer of two homeless men for life insurance money
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Olga Ruyol, Cuban softball player
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Olga Ryabinkina (born 1976), Russian shot putter
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Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova Alekseyeva; 30 November 1984) is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007. Her first successes came in the co ...
(born 1984), Kazakhstani athlete
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Olga Sacharoff (1889–1967), Spanish painter
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Olga Sáez Larra
Olga Sáez Larra (; born 18 September 1994) is a Spanish former tennis player.
Sáez Larra has career-high WTA rankings of 231 in singles and 356 in doubles. In her career, she won 11 singles and 14 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Wom ...
(born 1994), Spanish tennis player
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Olga Safari (born 1993), American actress and model
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Olga Safronova (born 1991), Kazakhstani painter
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Olga Samaroff (1880–1948), American pianist
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Olga San Juan (1927–2009), American actress
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Olga San Nicolás, Spanish footballer
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Olga Sánchez Cordero (born 1947), Mexican politician and lawyer
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Olga Sandberg (1844–1926), Swedish ballerina
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Olga Sanfirova (1917–1944), Soviet military aviator
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Olga Sanko (born 1978), Russian handball player
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Olga Sansom (1900–1989), New Zealand teacher, museum director, botanist, broadcaster, and writer
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Olga Sapphire (1907–1981), Russian-Japanese ballerina and choreographer
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Olga Savary (1933–2020), Brazilian writer
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Olga Savastianova (born 1960), Russian politician
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Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third ro ...
(born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
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Olga Savenkova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
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Olga Scheltema-de Nie (1939–2023), Dutch scientist and politician
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Olga Scheps (born 1986), German pianist
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Olga Schoberová (born 1943), Indonesian comedian, actor, TV presenter and singer
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Olga Schuchkina (born 1980), Russian cross-country skier
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Olga Schwind (1887–1979), German musician
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Olga Sedakova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Seate, South African politician
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Olga Segerberg, Swedish photographer and suffragist
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Olga Segura (born 1986), Mexican actress and producer
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Olga Sehnalová (born 1968), Czech politician
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Olga Seleznyova (born 1975), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
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Olga Semenova (born 1973), Russian Paralympic athlete
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Olga Semkina (born 1976), Russian former pair skater
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Olga Senyuk (born 1991), Moldovan-born Azerbaijani-Ukrainian archer
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Olga Sergaeva (born 1977), Russian footballer
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Olga Seryabkina
Olga Yurievna Seryabkina (; born 12 April 1985) is a Russian singer-songwriter. She is a former member of girl group Serebro, which won third place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, until 2019 when she confirmed that she would leave the gr ...
(born 1985), Russian singer
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Olga Ševcova (born 1992), Latvian footballer
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Olga Shapir (1850–1916), Russian writer and feminist
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Olga Sharkova-Sidorova (born 1968), Russian fencer
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Olga Sharutenko (born 1978), Russian competitive ice dancer
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Olga Shatylo (born 1984), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player
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Olga Shcherbak (born 1998), Russian handball player
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Olga Shchukina (born 1977), Uzbek shot putter
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Olga Shekel (born 1994), Ukrainian cyclist
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Olga Sherbatykh (born 1988), Ukrainian artistic gymnast
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Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteer
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Olga Shevchuk, Ukrainian synchronized swimmer
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Olga Shishigina (born 1968), Kazakhstani hurdler
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Olga Shishkina (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Shkurnova (born 1962), Soviet volleyball player
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Olga Sikorová (born 1975), Czech chess player
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Olga Silvestre (born 1964), Portuguese politician
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Olga Simzis, Russian opera singer
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Olga Sinclair, Panamanian painter
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Olga Sjøgren (1884–1960), Norwegian actress
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Olga Skabeyeva
Olga Vladimirovna Skabeyeva (; born 11 December 1984) is a Russian television presenter and political commentator, commonly described as a governmental propagandist. Skabeyeva received the nickname "Iron Doll of Putin TV" due to her criticism o ...
(born 1984), Russian TV host and political commentator, described as propagandist
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Olga Slapina (born 1966), Soviet canoeist
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Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), Russian novelist and literary critic
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Olga Slivková (1936–2024), Slovak journalist
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Olga Slyusareva
Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva () (born 28 April 1969 in Chervonyi Donets, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the points race, bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games
The ...
(born 1969), Russian cyclist
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Olga Smirnova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Smorodskaya (born 1956), Russian sports executive
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Olga Sokolova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Sokolovskaya (born 1991), Ukrainian-born Russian basketball player
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Olga Solbelli (1898–1976), Italian actress
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Olga Solovova (born 1953), Soviet volleyball player
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Olga Sorkine-Hornung, Soviet-born Israeli computer scientist
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Olga Sosina (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
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Olga Sosnovska (born 1972), Polish-British actress
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Olga Souza (born 1968), Brazilian singer
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Olga Speranskaya, Russian scientist and environmentalist
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Olga Spessivtseva
Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva (; 16 September 1991) was a Russian ballerina whose stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939.
She was one of the finest prima ballerinas of the twentieth century. She had the excellent classical technique, immaculate ...
(1895–1991), Russian ballet dancer
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Olga Spiridonović (1923–1994), Serbian actress
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Olga Šplíchalová (born 1975), Czech freestyle swimmer
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Olga Stanisławska (born 1967), Polish writer and freelance journalist
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Olga Stepanova (born 1986), Russian sport shooter
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Olga Stewart (1920–1998), Scottish botanist and botanical artist
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Olga Stjazhkina (born 1970), Russian chess player
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Olga Stolbova, Soviet and Russian linguist
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Olga Strantzali (born 1996), Greek volleyball player
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Olga Strashun Weil (1903–1963), American tennis player and golfer
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Olga Strazheva (born 1972), Soviet artistic gymnast
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Olga Stringfellow (1923–?), New Zealand writer
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Olga Stulneva (born 1983), Russian athlete and bobsledder
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Olga Svendsen (1883–1942), Danish actress
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Olga Sviderska (born 1989), Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
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Olga Svinukhova (born 1969), Russian footballer
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Olga Syahputra (1983–2015), Indonesian comedy artist
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Olga Szabó-Orbán (1938–2022), Romanian fencer
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Olga Szelc (born 1994), Polish figure skater
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Olga Talamante (born 1950), American activist
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Olga Tankina (born 1994), Kazakhstani handball player
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Olga Tañón
Olga Teresa Tañón OrtizIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is ''Tañón'' and the second or maternal family name is ''Ortiz''. (born April 13, 1967) is a Puerto Rican singer. Over the course of her career, she has earned two G ...
(born 1967), Puerto Rican singer
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Olga Tanscaia, Moldovan footballer and futsal and women’s football referee
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Olga Taratuta (1876–1938), Ukrainian anarchist
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Olga Tass (1929–2020), Hungarian gymnast
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Olga Taussky-Todd
Olga Taussky-Todd (August 30, 1906 – October 7, 1995) was an Austrian and later Czech Americans, Czech-American mathematician. She published more than 300 research papers on algebraic number theory, integral matrices, and Matrix (mathematics), ...
(1906–1995), Austrian-American mathematician
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Olga Te, Russian weightlifter
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Olga Tereshkova (born 1984), Kazakhstani sprinter
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Olga Terho (1910–2003), Finnish politician
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Olga Timofeeva (born 1977), Russian politician and journalist
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Olga Timofeyeva (politician, born 1967), Russian politician
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Olga Titova (born 1980), Kyrgyzstani swimmer
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Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland. In 2019, she was awarded the 2018 Nobel Pri ...
(born 1962), Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual
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Olga Törös (1914–2015), Hungarian artistic gymnast
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Olga Tratsevskaya (born 1975), Belarusian rower
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Olga Travnikova (born 1970), Kazakhstani handball player
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Olga Troyanskaya, American academic
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Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 1968), Greek tennis player
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Olga Tshilombo (born 2002), DR Congolese footballer
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Olga Tsuberbiller (1885–1975), Russian mathematician
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Olga Tsutskova (born 1952), Russian painter
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Olga Tufnell (1905–1985), British archaeologist
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Olga Turchak (born 1967), Kazakh high jumper
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Olga von Türk-Rohn, Austrian soprano and voice teacher
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Olga Turova (born 1983), Russian water polo player
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Olga Tzavara (1924–2013), Greek sport shooter
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Olga Ulyanova (1922–2011), Russian scientist and niece of
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...
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Olga Umaralieva (born 1988), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist
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Olga Umnova, British academic
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Olga Uskova (born 1964), Russian entrepreneur
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Olga Uvarov (1910–2001), Russian surgeon and researcher
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Olga Vargas (born 1980), Mexican synchronized swimmer
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Olga Vasdeki (born 1973), Greek triple jumper
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Olga Vashkevich (born 1988), Belarusian basketball player
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Olga Vasilchenko (born 1956), Russian former rower
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Olga Vasiljonok (born 1980), Belarusian cross-country skier
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Olga Vasilyeva (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Vasyukova (born 1980), Russian synchronized swimmer
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Olga Vedyacheva (born 1970), Kazakhstani alpine skier
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Olga Velichko (born 1965), Russian fencer
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Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia (born 1956), Dominican jurist
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Olga Vigil (born 1970), Cuban basketball player
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Olga Villi (1922–1989), Italian actress
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Olga Vilukhina
Olga Gennadyevna Vilukhina (; born 22 March 1988) is a former Russian biathlete, who was competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2008–09 season.
Career
She has had four Top 10 finishes in World Cup races in individual races. Vilukhina ...
(born 1988), Russian biathlete
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Olga Vinogradova (1929–2001), Russian neuroscientist
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Olga Viscal Garriga (1929–1995), Puerto Rican politician and independence advocate
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Olga Vitek, American biostatistician and computer scientist
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Olga Viza (born 1958), Spanish journalist
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Olga Volchkova (born c. 1970), Russian-born artist
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Olga Volkova (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Volozhinskaya (born 1962), Soviet ice dancer
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Olga Voronets (1926–2014), Russian folk music singer
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Olga Voshchakina (born 1961), Soviet fencer
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Olga Votavová (born 1966), Czech tennis player
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Olga Vymetálková (born 1976), Czech tennis player
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Olga Wagner (1873–1963), Danish painter and sculptor
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Olga Wasiuk (born 1987), Polish cyclist
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Olga Wehrly, Irish actor and voiceover artist
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Olga Winterberg (1922–2010), Israeli Olympian in the discus throw
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Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), Austrian painter
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Olga Wohlbrück (1867–1933), Austrian author and actress
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Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), Spanish writer and piano teacher
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Olga Yakovleva (disambiguation), several people
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Olga Yakusheva (born 1974), Belarusian archer
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Olga Yatskovets (born 1997), Ukrainian basketball player
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Olga Yepifanova (born 1966), Russian politician
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Olga Yegorova (born 1972), Russian middle-distance runner
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Olga Yevkova (born 1965), Russian basketball player
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Olga Yurkina (born 1979), Belarusian artistic gymnast
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Olga Zabelinskaya (born 1980), Russian-born Uzbek cyclist
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Olga Zabralova (born 1980), Russian politician
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Olga Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian bi-athlete
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Olga Zammitt (born 1940), Mayor of Gibraltar
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Olga Zausaylova (born 1978), Russian triathlete
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Olga Zavyalova (born 1972), Russian cross-country skier
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Olga Zaytseva (born 1984), Russian sprinter
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Olga Zelenkova, Soviet swimmer
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Olga Zhanibekova (born 1986), Kazakhstani writer
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Olga Zhekulina (1900–1973), Russian artist
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Olga Zherebtsova
Olga Alexandrovna Zherebtsova (née Zubova; (; 1766–1849), also known as Madame Gerebtzoff, was a Russian aristocrat and socialite, known foremost for her political involvement and love life. She was the sister of the celebrated Zubov brothers, ...
(1766–1849), Russian aristocrat and socialite
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Olga Zhitova (born 1983), Russian volleyball player
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Olga Zhizneva (1899–1972), Soviet actress
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Olga Zilboorg (1933–2017), Mexican-American musician
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Olga Zolina (born 1975), Russian meteorologist
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Olga Zrihen (born 1953), Moroccan-Belgian politician
* Olga Zubarry (1929–2012), Argentine actress
* Olga Zubova (born 1993), Russian weightlifter
* Olga Zuiderhoek (born 1946), Dutch actress
Fictional characters
* Olga, a sister of the messenger Barnabas in Franz Kafka's unfinished novel The Castle (novel), ''The Castle''
* Olga, a.k.a. Olgariki, in the Russian animated children's television series ''Kikoriki, GoGoRiki''
* Olga in ''Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation, Neighbours From Hell 2: On Vacation'', who is Mr Rottweiler's love interest
* Olga Marie Animusphere in the Japanese mobile game ''Fate/Grand Order''
* Olga Astronominov, also known as Lalavava, the younger sister of Mandark in the American animated television series ''Dexter's Laboratory''
* Teto Ollga (Auntie Olga), in the 1976 Albanian comedy film The Lady from the City, portrayed by Violeta Manushi
* Olga da Polga, a fictional Guinea pig the subject of a book series by Michael Bond
* Olga Fitzgerald in Waterloo Road (series 10), series 10 of the British television programme Waterloo Road (TV series), ''Waterloo Road'', portrayed by Pooky Quesnel
*Olga Gurlukovich in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''
* Olga Montenegro, a character from the Philippine action drama series ''Batang Quiapo (TV series), FPJ's Batang Quiapo''
* Olga Orlova in the VOCALOID song series, Parties are for Losers
* Olga Orly in ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney''
* List of Hey Arnold! characters#Pataki family, Olga Pataki, the older sister of Helga Pataki in the American animated television series ''Hey Arnold!''
* Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova in the Russian play ''Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov
* Olga "meat" Romanova is a general of "The Volk" in the ''Crackdown (video game series), Crackdown'' video game series
See also
* Olga (disambiguation)
External links
Popularity of the name in the United StatesDiminutives of Olga
References
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