Ossie is a nickname usually used in place of a given name such as Osama, Osman, Oswald, Oscar, Ossian, Osmond, Osbourne and Osvaldo. In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, it is used as a diminutive for Joseph and Yousif. It may refer to: People Given name Ossie Abeygunasekera (1950–1994), assassinated Sri Lankan politician Osvaldo Ardiles (born 1952), Argentinian football manager, pundit and former player Ossie Asmundson (1908–1964), Canadian National Hockey League player Ossie Bertram (1909–1983), Australian rules footballer Ossie Blanco, 1970s baseball player Ossie Bluege (1900–1985), American Major League Baseball player Ossie Byrne (1926–1983), Australian record producer best known for his work with the early Bee Gees Ossie Clark (1942–1996), British fashion designer Ossie Davis (1917–2005), African-American actor and activist Ossie Dawson (1919–2008), South African cricketer Ossie Fraser (1923–1982), Canadian politician Ossie Green (1906–1991), Australian rules footballer Ossie Lovelock (1911–1981), Australian sportsman Ossie Male (1893–1975), Welsh rugby union player Ossie Moore (born 1958), Australian golfer Oswald Morris (1915–2014), British cinematographer Ossie Nicholson (1906–1965), Australian cyclist Ossie Nortjé (born 1990), South African rugby union player Ossie Ocasio (born 1955), Puerto Rican retired boxer and former world cruiserweight champion Ossie Pickworth (1918–1969), Australian golfer Ossie Schectman (1919–2013), American basketball player who scored the first basket in National Basketball Association history Ossie Solem (1891–1970), American college football and basketball head coach Ossie Vitt (1890–1963), American Major League baseball player and manager Peter Osgood (1947–2006), English footballer nicknamed 'Ossie' Surname Manuel Ossie (born 1968), Liberian boxer Fictional characters Ossie Ostrich, on the Australian TV programs Tarax Show, Hey Hey It's Saturday and The Ossie Ostrich Video Show Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for funny animal films in the 1920s and '30s See also Ozzie Ossi (disambiguation) Masculine given names Lists of people by nickname Hypocorisms