People With The Given Name Oscar or Oskar
- Oscar I of Sweden, king of Sweden and Norway
- Oscar II of Sweden, king of Sweden and Norway
- Count Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg, born Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland, prince of Sweden and Norway
- Oscar Álvarez, Colombian road cyclist
- José Oscar Bernardi, Brazilian soccer player once known as "Oscar" (though "Oscar" by itself now in Brazil usually refers to the basketball player)
- Oscar Brodney, American lawyer-turned-screenwriter
- Oscar Cortínez, Argentine marathon runner
- Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer
- Oscar de la Renta, a Dominican-born American fashion designer
- Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- Oscar Fernandes, Indian politician
- Óscar Fernández, Spanish long-distance runner
- Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
- Oscar Gutierrez, professional wrestler under stage name Rey Mysterio, Jr.
- Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary 2x Olympic champion saber fencer
- Oscar Hijuelos, Cuban-American novelist
- Oskar Kokoschka, artist, poet and playwright
- Oscar Levant, pianist, composer, comedian, writer, and actor
- Oskar Morgenstern, economist, co-author of a Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
- Oskar Nedbal, Czech musician
- Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
- Oskar Osala, Finnish ice hockey player
- Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
- Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer
- Oscar Pistorius, South African athlete
- Oscar Raise, Italian high jumper
- Oscar van Rappard (1896–1962), Dutch athlete and football (soccer) player
- Oscar Robertson, NBA legend
- Óscar Romero, martyred priest
- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy (deceased)
- Oskar Schindler, German industrialist who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust
- Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school.
- Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
- Óscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
- Oscar Strático, Argentine judoka and wrestler
- Óscar Téllez, Spanish football player
- Oscar Traynor, commander of the Dublin brigade IRA (1920-1922)
- Óscar Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
- Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
- Óscar Villarreal, American baseball player
- Oscar Wendt, Swedish football player
- Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet
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