People
- Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012), American political economist
- Ellen Ostrom, dancer in the New York City Ballet's corps de ballet
- Gilbert Wellington Ostrom (born 1837), Ontario lawyer and political figure
- Hans Ostrom (born 1954), American professor, writer, editor, and scholar
- John Ostrom (1928–2005), American paleontologist
- Magnus Öström, drummer for the Esbjörn Svensson Trio
- Meredith Ostrom (born 1977), American actress, model, and painter
- Tom Ostrom (1936–1994), American psychologist
- Vincent Ostrom (born 1919), American political scientist
- Walter Ostrom, ceramic artist
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