# Oscar

Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:

## People and fictional and mythical characters

* Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar
* Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi
* Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior
* Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall

## Places in the United States

* Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
* Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community
* Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township
* Lake Oscar (disambiguation)

## Animals

* Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws
* Oscar (bull) (died 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull
* Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
* Oscar (therapy cat), a cat purported to predict the deaths of hospice patients
* Oscar, a nickname for Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle
* Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat that survived three ships sinking

## Arts and entertainment
### Film

* Oscar, another name for an Academy Awards
* The Oscar (film), starring Stephen Boyd
* Oscar (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès
* Oscar (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone

### Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Oscar (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison
* Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
* Oscar (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial
* OSC OSCar, a music synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company

## Military

* Oscar, the letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet)
* Oscar, Allied codename for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft
* Oscar-class submarine, a Soviet/Russian Navy submarine class
* Oscar (paradummy), American nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy
* OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), an escape pod project for the Vought F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft

## Science and technology

* OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system
* OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger
* Open Source Cluster Application Resources, a Linux-based software installation
* OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor
* Ocean Surface Current Analysis – Real time, a website that provides data on ocean currents
* OSCAR (Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), a designation for amateur radio satellites

## Transport

* OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
* OScar (Danish automobile), a Danish sports car
* MSC Oscar, container ship
* Oscar, a a whaling ship sunk off Aberdeen in 1813
* Outer Suburban CAR, a name for the NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia

## Other uses

* List of storms named Oscar, storms bearing this name
* Oscar Health, a U.S. health insurance company
* Out of School Care and Recreation
* OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England