Look up oliphant or olifant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Olifant, Oliphant, Olyphant and similar variations may refer to: Oliphant, Ontario, Canada...
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Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson; 4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually...
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the 2017 debut novel by Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2017 Costa Debut Novel Award. The story centres on...
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Oliphant or Olyphant is a surname that was established in England and Scotland by a family of Norman origin. The early forms Olifard and Oliphard (likely...
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Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS, FAA, FTSE (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an...
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Peter Oliphant (September 1, 1950 – May 24, 2023) was an American actor and video game designer. He was best known for playing Freddie Helper on the American...
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Patrick Bruce "Pat" Oliphant (born 24 July 1935) is an Australian-born American artist whose career spanned more than sixty years. His body of work primarily...
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Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant (c. 1438 – 1498) was a Scottish peer. Laurence Oliphant was first styled as Lord Oliphant in July 1455, one month...
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Travis Oliphant is an American data scientist and businessman. He is a co-founder of NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity in the United States, and sits...
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Thomas or Tom Oliphant may refer to: Thomas Oliphant (journalist), American journalist Thomas Oliphant (lyricist), Scottish musician, artist and author...
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Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant (died 1566) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Colin, Master of Oliphant (killed at the battle of Flodden...
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Oliphant's Gym, also known as Oliphant's Academy of Physical Culture, is a historic gym in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1913 by William Oliphant...
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Clan Oliphant is a Highland Scottish clan. Although this remains the subject of ongoing research the earliest member of this Clan known to date is Roger...
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Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (1529–1593) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant and the former...
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Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant CC OOnt (August 5, 1918 – July 12, 2004) was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada. Oliphant was born in London...
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Miriam Oliphant was the Supervisor of Elections for Broward County, Florida, from January 2001, when she was elected to that position by over 65% of the...
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Viviene Oliphant AO (née Kammer; born 4 August 1940 in Ilford) is a British–Australian research scientist, specialising in solar energy. Oliphant began...
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William Henry Oliphant Smeaton (24 October 1856 – 31 March 1914), sometimes using the pen name Oliphant Smeaton, was a Scottish writer, journalist, editor...
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Laurence Oliphant (3 August 1829 – 23 December 1888), a Member of Parliament, was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat, British intelligence...
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Hersilia Susie Oliphant (1883–1962) was an English educationist who founded two secondary schools in Dehradun, India. Born on August 17, 1883, in Retford...
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Oliphant is a Finnish band playing medieval music. The Oliphant ensemble for medieval music has a repertoire consisting of music from the 12th century...
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John Oliphant (died 1905) was a Scottish portrait painter, working in the 19th century. In the 1830s he is listed as operating from a studio at 14 Waterloo...
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Michael Nathaniel Oliphant (born May 19, 1963) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins...
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Brothers Nigel B. Oliphant and R. Harry Oliphant of Adelaide, South Australia, founded a business manufacturing ultraviolet lamps for scientific, industrial...
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William Oliphant may refer to: William Oliphant (died after 1313), Governor of Sterling Castle during the Wars of Scottish Independence William Oliphant, Lord...
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Justice Oliphant may refer to: A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963), associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Ethelbert Patterson Oliphant (1803–1884)...
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Newton and the Lords Oliphant were the two most influential branches of the Oliphant family in the 17th century. Sir William Oliphant of Newton (Lord Newton)...
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Lieutenant-Colonel James Oliphant (1796–1881) was Director and Chairman of the Honourable East India Company, and Equerry to the Maharajah Duleep Singh...
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Mary Chevillette Simms Oliphant (January 6, 1891 – July 27, 1988) was a South Carolina historian. Mary Simms graduated from Columbia College for Women...
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Soorjo Alexander William Langobard Oliphant Chuckerbutty (6 October 1884 – 5 September 1960), also known as Wilson Oliphant, was an English organist and composer...
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