Oliver

Oliver is a given name, usually a male name, derived from the Old French given name Olivier, which may signify "olive tree", though this may be a false etymology, and may be a corruption of a Germanic personal name, cognate with the Scandinavian name "Olaf" or "?lafur," which carries the meaning of "ancestor," "forbear," or "talisman."http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/NamesPersonal/Oliver.html

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The name?s popularity during the Middle Ages was augmented by the fact that Olivier was the name of one of Charlemagne?s paladins and a friend of the great warrior Roland.http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Oliver&sourcecode=13304

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The Oliver Corporation is a tractor manufacturer.

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The musical and film Oliver! is based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

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Notable people named Oliver

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• Oliver of Malmesbury (?980-ca. 1066), English monk who is said to have made an early attempt at flight using mechanical wings.
• Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), English military leader and politician who ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland as Lord Protector.
• Oliver Goldsmith (?1730?1774), Irish writer and physician.
• Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), American comedic actor.
• Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), British engineer, mathematician and physicist.
• Oliver North, (1943- ), American government and political figure best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair.
• Oliver Plunkett (1629-1681), Irish saint and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
• Oliver Reed (1938-1999), English actor.
• Oliver Stone (1946- ), American film director.
• Oliver Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician.
• Oliver (William Oliver Swofford) (1945-2000), American pop singer of the late 1960s.
• Jose R. Oliver Aresti, Puerto Rican painter and philantropist.

Others

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• Oliver the chimp
• Oliver Smith: CEO of http://www.eurotransitvirtual.co.uk

Given name: A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name....

Old French: Old French is a term sometimes used to refer to the langue d'oïl, the continuum of varieties of Romance language spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland during the period roughly from 1000 to 1300 A.D....

Olive tree: Olive Tree (Italian: l'Ulivo) is a political denomination strongly related to Third Way policies in Italy and commonly adopted by center-to-left alliances of parties from 1996 to now. The name was introduced by Romano Prodi, professor of economics and former left-wing Christian Democrat....

Oliver related Images and Photos (experimental)

Oliver!	Oliver!	Oliver Reed	Oliver Reed
Oliver Stone	Oliver Twist	Oliver James	Oliver Twist (2007) (DVD)
Oliver Twist (Animated) (DVD)	Oliver Sherman	Jamie Oliver	Jamie Oliver