(n) United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957), Syn. Oliver Hardy
(n) English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925), Syn. Oliver Heaviside
(n) English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940), Syn. Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
(n) United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819), Syn. Commodore Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry