What is "olivier"

Olivier is an old, eroded crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies in a region of dense cratering on all sides. To the east-southeast is a younger but comparably sized crater named Störmer. Southwest of Olivier is the crater Volterra.

The southern rim of Olivier is covered by an unusual formation of small craters that lie adjacent to each other and have almost completely obliterated the rim. These form a line from the southwest rim to the east-southeast. Several other craters lie across the rim of Olivier, most notably a crater cutting across the northern rim and several smaller craters in the eastern rim. The remainder of the rim is worn and eroded, so that the features have become rounded and somewhat irregular.

In comparison to the rim, the interior floor is nearly flat and smooth. The most notable impact is a small craterlet near the northern rim. There are a few tiny craterlets scattered about, but nothing of significance. The crater lacks a central peak, and the only irregularities alie along the edge of the inner wall.

Olivier is the French form of Oliver. It may refer to:

• Olivier (given name)
• Olivier (surname)
• Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
• Laurence Olivier, a renowned English actor of stage and screen
• Olivier (crater), on the Moon
• Olivier salad, a popular dish of Russian cuisine
• Olivier (novel), the first published novel by French author Claire de Duras
• The Olivier Theatre (named after the actor Laurence Olivier), one of three auditoria at the Royal National Theatre
• The Laurence Olivier Award, a theatrical award

Olivier is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the antihero the Punisher. He was created by Bernie Wrightson, Christopher Golden, and Thomas E. Sniegoski, and first appeared in The Punisher Vol. 4, #1 (November 1998). The character was a reimagining of an earlier one named Frank Costa, who was created by Tony DeZuniga and Archie Goodwin, and who debuted in Marvel Super Action Vol. 1, #1 (January 1976).

The surname Olivier may refer to:

• The Olivier brothers René, Aimé, and Marius, French pioneering bicycle manufacturers
• Charles Olivier, American Screenwriter
• Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756–1814), French entomologist
• George Borg Olivier, Prime Minister of Malta from 1950 to 1955 and from 196 to 1972
• George Olivier, count of Wallis (1671–1743), Austrian field marshal
• Herbert Arnould Olivier (1861–1952), English artist
• Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), English actor
• Noël Olivier, daughter of Sydney Haldane Olivier, friend of Rupert Brooke
• Sidney Olivier (cricketer) (1870–1932), English cricketer
• Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier (1859-1943)
• Wynand Olivier (born 1983), South African rugby union player

Olivier is a given name which may refer to:

People:

• Olivier Assayas (born 1955), French film director, screenwriter and film critic
• Olivier Blanchard (born 1948), chief economist at the International Monetary Fund
• Olivier de Clisson (1336-1407), Breton soldier
• Olivier Coipel, French comic book artist
• Olivier Dacourt (born 1974), French former footballer
• Olivier Dahan (born 1967), French director and screenwriter
• Olivier Doleuze (born 1972), French jockey
• Olivier le Daim (died 1484), court barber and valet to King Louis XI of France
• Olivier Dassault (born 1951), French politician
• Olivier Delaître (born 1967), French former tennis player
• Olivier Deschacht (born 1981), Belgian footballer
• Olivier Edmond (born 1970), French golfer
• Olivier Gendebien (1924-1998), Belgian racing driver
• Olivier Giroud (born 1986), French football striker playing for English club Arsenal
• Olivier Gourmet (born 1963), Belgian actor
• Olivier Hanlan (born 1993), Canadian college basketball player, point guard for the Boston College Eagles
• Olivier Jacque (born 1973), French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Olivier Martinez (born 1966), French actor
• Olivier Megaton (born Olivier Fontana in 1965), French film director, writer and editor
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), French composer, organist and ornithologist
• Olivier Panis (born 1966), French Formula One race car driver
• Olivier Patience (born 1980), French tennis player
• Olivier Perrault (1773–1827), seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada
• Olivier Peslier (born 1973), French jockey
• Olivier Rochus (born 1981), Belgian tennis player
• Olivier Sarkozy (born 1969), French banker, half brother of Nicholas Sarkozy
• Olivier Schoenfelder (born 1977), French ice dancer
• Olivier Vernon (born 1990), American National Football League defensive end for the New York Giants

Fictional characters:

• Oliver (paladin) or Olivier, in the French epic The Song of Roland
• Olivier, a demon described in Sebastien Michaelis' classification of demons
• Olivier (comics), a demonic villain and enemy of the Punisher in Marvel Comics
• Olivier Armstrong, a character in the Japanese manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
• Olivier, MME, a French scientist surpassing Marie Curie in the Hercule Poirot mystery novel The Big Four