Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:

People and fictional and mythical characters

  • Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar
  • Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi
  • Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior
  • Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall
  • Oscar (wrestling), manager of Men on a Mission

Places in the United States

  • Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township
  • Lake Oscar (disambiguation)

Animals

  • Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws
  • Oscar (bull) (died 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull
  • Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
  • Oscar (therapy cat), a cat purported to predict the deaths of hospice patients
  • Oscar, a nickname for Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle
  • Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat that survived three ships sinking

Arts and entertainment

Film

  • Oscar, another name for an Academy Award
  • The Oscar (film), starring Stephen Boyd
  • Oscar (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès
  • Oscar (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Oscar (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison
  • Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
  • Oscar (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial
  • "Oscar" (Juliet Bravo), a 1980 television episode
  • OSC OSCar, a music synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company
  • Oscar (ballet), a ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon

Military

  • Oscar, the letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet)
  • Oscar, Allied codename for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft
  • Oscar-class submarine, a Soviet/Russian Navy submarine class
  • Oscar (paradummy), American nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy
  • OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), an escape pod project for the Vought F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft

Science and technology

  • OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system
  • OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger
  • Open Source Cluster Application Resources, a Linux-based software installation
  • OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor
  • Ocean Surface Current Analysis – Real time, a website that provides data on ocean currents
  • OSCAR (Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), a designation for amateur radio satellites

Transport

  • OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
  • OScar (Danish automobile), a Danish sports car
  • MSC Oscar, container ship
  • Oscar, a a whaling ship sunk off Aberdeen in 1813
  • Outer Suburban CAR, a name for the NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia

Other uses

  • List of storms named Oscar, storms bearing this name
  • Oscar Health, a U.S. health insurance company
  • Out of School Care and Recreation
  • OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England

See also

  • Student Oscars (Student Academy Awards), the Student Film Awards
  • King Oscar (disambiguation)
  • Veal Oscar, a culinary creation
  • Oskar (disambiguation)
  • Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)