Oswald may refer to:
People
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Oswald (given name) Oswald () is a masculine given name, from Anglo-Saxon name, Old English ''Osƿeald'', from ''aesir, os'' "god" and ''ƿeald'' "rule". The Old High German cognate was ''Answald'', the Old Norse form was ''Ásvaldr''.
Oswald of Northumbria (c. 604 ...
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Oswald (surname), including a list of people with the name
Fictional characters
*Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''
The Canterbury Tales
''The Canterbury Tales'' () is a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. The book presents the tales, which are mostly written in verse, as part of a fictional storytelling contest held ...
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*Oswald, servant of Goneril in Shakespeare's play ''
King Lear
''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...
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Oswald Bastable, in E. Nesbit's novel ''The Story of the Treasure Seekers'' and Michael Moorcock's unrelated novel ''The Warlord of the Air''
*Roald Dahl's title character in the novel ''
My Uncle Oswald'', as well as two short stories
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit, Oswald Rabbit, and Ozzie) is an animated series, animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short film ...
, a cartoon character from the 1920s and 1930s created by Walt Disney
*Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, Batman villain better known as
the Penguin
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in ''Detective Comics'' #5 ...
*Oswald Baskerville, in the
Pandora Hearts manga
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Oswald (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
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Clara Oswald, a character in the British science fiction TV series ''Doctor Who''
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Oswald Danes, in the British science fiction TV series ''Torchwood: Miracle Day''
*Oswald "Otto" Rocket, on the American animated children's TV series ''
Rocket Power''
*Oswald, a blue octopus and main character in the Nick Jr. TV series ''
Oswald''
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Oswald (King of Fighters), a video game character
*Oswald, from the video game ''
Odin Sphere''
*Oswald Mandus, the protagonist of the 2013 survival horror video game ''
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs''
*Oswald of Carim, is a fictional character from the video game ''
Dark Souls (video game)''
Places
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Oswald, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of the City of Maitland local government area
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Oswald, Missouri, United States, a ghost town
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Oswald, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
Ships
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*, an Odin-class submarine built in 1928
Other uses
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''Oswald'' (TV series), an American-British children's animated television series, also the title character
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OsWALD'', a 1988 Danish computer game
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Oswald Labs, an accessibility technology company
*Oswald State Correctional Facility, a fictional prison in the television series ''
Oz''
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Oswald (typeface), developed by Vernon Adams; see
See also
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Baron St Oswald, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Saint Oswald (disambiguation)
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Oswaldo, a given name
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Oswalt, a given name and surname
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Ostwald (disambiguation)
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