Ossie

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

People

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

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