Time for another First Names First! Oliver is the name of today, and two weeks from now the female variant of it, Olivia. Why not pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them!
The picture here depicts an Oliver - and if you don’t know who that is, there will be a hint in the list.
Oliver Cromwell* military/political leader – Huntingdon, Kingdom of England (1599)
Oliver Plunkett* canonized archbishop – Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland (1625)
Oliver Wolcott* politician/signer of the Declaration of Independence – Windsor, Connecticut (1726)
Oliver Evans* engineer/inventor/ businessman – Newport, Delaware County (1755)
Oliver Hazard Perry* naval commander – South Kingstown, Rhode Island (1785)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr* physician/author – Cambridge, MA USA (1809)
Oliver Winchester* founder of Winchester Rifles – Boston, MA USA (1810)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.* Supreme Court Justice – Boston, MA USA (1841)
Oliver Hardy* actor – Harlem, GA USA (1892)
Oliver Tambo* anti-apartheid politician/ President of the ANC – Nkantolo, South Africa (1917) pic
Oliver Sacks* neurologist/ naturalist//writer – Cricklewood, London, England (1933)
Oliver Reed* actor – Wimbledon, London, England (1938)
Oliver Stone* film director – New York, NY USA (1946)
Oliver Masucci* actor – Stuttgart, West Germany (1968)
Oliver Kahn* football goalie – Karlsruhe, West Germany (1969)
Oliver Riedel* musician/Rammstein – Schwerin, East Germany (1971)
Oliver Bjerrehuus* model/actor – Copenhagen, Denmark (1975)
Oliver Jackson-Cohen* actor – Wimbledon, London, England (1986)
Oliver Stark* (b Jones) actor – London, England (1991)
Oliver Bjorkstrand* hockey player – Herning, Denmark (1995)
Oliwer Kaski* hockey player – Pori, Finland (1995)
Oliver Helander* athlete (javelin) – Finland (1997)
Oliver Kylington* hockey player – Stockholm, Sweden (1997)
Oliver Wahlstrom* Swedish American hockey player/son of Joakim Wahlström – Yarmouth, ME USA (2000)
Oliver Kapanen* Finnish hockey player/son of Kimmo Kapanen – Sundsvall, Sweden (2003)
Oliver Stümpel* American-Slovakian hockey player – Torrance, CA USA (2003)
Updated 10.10.2022