What is "ozzie"

Ozzie or Ozzy is a masculine given name, often a short form ( hypocorism) of Osvaldo, Osborne and other names, surname and nickname which may refer to:

People:

• John Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948), English lead singer for heavy metal band Black Sabbath, songwriter and star of the reality TV show The Osbournes
• Chris Osgood (born 1972), National Hockey League goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings
• Ray Ozzie (born 1955), Chief Software Architect at Microsoft
• Oscar Ozzie Cadena (1924–2008), American record producer
• Osvaldo Ozzie Canseco (born 1964), Cuban-born former baseball player, brother of José Canseco
• Osborne Colson (1916–2006), Canadian figure skater and coach
• Oswaldo Ozzie Guillén (born 1964), Venezuelan former Major League Baseball player and manager
• Oscar Ozzy Lusth (born 1981), Survivor reality TV show contestant
• Oswald Ozzie Nelson (1901-1975), American band leader, actor, director, and producer, best known as the father in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• Ozzie Newsome, American former National Football League player and current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens, member of the Hall of Fame
• Ozzie Silna (1932-2016), American businessman and basketball franchise co-owner
• Oze Ozzie Simmons (1914-2001), African-American college football player
• Osborne Ozzie Smith (born 1954), American retired Major League Baseball player and member of the Hall of Fame
• Osborne Ozzie Timmons (born 1970), American former Major League Baseball player
• Osvaldo Ozzie Virgil, Sr. (born 1932), former Major League Baseball utility player from the Dominican Republic
• Osvaldo Ozzie Virgil, Jr. (born 1956), former Major League Baseball All-Star catcher from Puerto Rico

Fictional characters:

• Osvaldo "Ozzie" Don Altobello, main villain in the film The Godfather Part III, played by Eli Wallach
• Ozzie Mandrill, villain in computer adventure game Escape from Monkey Island
• Ozzie, Slash, and Flea, villains who serve Magus in the role-playing game Chrono Trigger
• Ozzie Fernandez Isaacs, creator of the wormholes technology and the gaïa field in the Commonwealth universe of Peter F Hamilton
• "My Ozzie," bachelor owner of Earl, the Jack Russell terrier in Mutts, the comic strip