# Ollie

Ollie is a given name and a nickname, often as a shortened form of Oliver, Olive, Olympia, Olga or Olivia. Variants include Olie, Oli, Oly and Olly. == People == === Given name === Ollie Marie Adams (1925–1998), American gospel and R&B singer Ollie Bassett (born 1998), Northern Irish footballer Ollie E. Brown (born 1953), American drummer and record producer Ollie Grieve (1920–1978), Australian rules footballer Ollie Halsall (1949–1992), British vibraphonist and guitarist Ollie Murray James (1871–1918), American Senator and Representative from Kentucky Ollie Johnson (basketball, born 1942), American basketball player Ollie Johnson (basketball, born 1949), American basketball player Ollie Kilkenny (born 1962), Irish hurler Ollie Kirkby (1886–1964), American actress Ollie Luba (born 1964), American systems and aerospace engineer, early developer of GPS III Ollie Marquardt (1902–1968), American baseball player and manager Ollie Matson (1930–2011), American sprinter and football player Ollie Pope (born 1998), English cricketer Ollie Phillips (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union player Ollie le Roux (born 1973), South African rugby union footballer Ollie Imogene Shepard (1933–2016), pioneering American honky-tonk singer-songwriter Ollie Voigt (1899–1970), American baseball player === Olie === Olie Cordill (1916–1988), American football player Olié Koffi, (born 1984), Ivorian footballer Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), German former ice hockey goaltender known as "Olie the Goalie" Olie Sundstrom (born 1968), retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender === Oliver === Olly Alexander (born 1990), English singer, songwriter and actor, lead singer of the band Years & Years Ollie Baker (born 1974), retired Irish hurler Ollie Banks (born 1992), English footballer Olly Barkley (born 1981), English rugby union player Oliver Bearman (born 2005), English racing driver Ollie Canning (born 1977), Irish hurler Ollie Clarke (born 1992), British footballer Oliver Davies (disambiguation), several people Ollie Dobbins (born 1941), American football player Ollie Fahy (born 1975), Irish hurler Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), American comic actor best known as half of the Laurel and Hardy duo Ollie Hoskins (rugby union) (born 1993), Australian rugby union player Ollie Johnson (basketball, born 1942), American college basketball player Ollie Johnston (1912–2008), American film animator, one of Disney's famed "Nine Old Men" Olly Lee (born 1991), English footballer Ollie Locke (born 1987), British reality television personality Ollie Moran (born 1975), Irish hurler Oliver North (born 1943), American military officer and political commentator Ollie Pope (born 1998), English cricketer Oliver Riedel (born 1971), German musician, most notably with the band Rammstein Ollie Satenstein (c.