O`Brien Kate 3.12.1897 - 13.8.1974
Irska pisateljica je diplomirala na University College v Dublinu. Delala je pri Manchester Guardian in kot guvernanta v Španiji. Njeno dramo Distinguished Villa so leta 1926  dobro sprejeli vendar se ja raje posvetila romanom. Za svoj prvi roman Without My Cloak (kronika življenja srednjega irskega razreda)  (1931), je dobila nagrado Hawthornden in James Tait Black. Njena glavna dela: Ante Room (1934), Mary Lavelle (1936), Dežela Začimb (1941), Molite za Wandererja (1938), Zadnje poletje (1943). Njen najuspešnejši roman Lady (1946) opisuje Španijo šestnajstega stoletja.

On graduating from University College, Dublin, she worked on the Manchester Guardian and as a governess in Spain. She returned to England. Her play Distinguished Villa was well received in 1926, but she preferred the more solitary occupation of novelist. Her first novel, (a chronicle of middle-class Irish life) Without My Cloak (1931), won both the Hawthornden and James Tait Black prizes. Its theme would be constant throughout her novels, namely the sturggle (particularly the struggle of Irish women) for individual freedom and love against the constricting demands of family, bourgeois society and Catholic religion. Her main works: The Ante-Room (1934), Mary Lavelle (1936), The Land of Spices (1941), Pray for the Wanderer (1938), The Last of Summer (1943). Her most successful novel was That Lady (1946), set in sixteenth-century Spain.

    
            IE - 1012

O'DRISCOLL Emma 23.3.1982 -
Irska pop zvezdnica in voditeljica otroških televizijskih oddaj. Slavna je postala v letih 2001-2002 v televizijski seriji Popstars, ko so j oizbrali za članico ansambla Six. Ansambel pa je hitro razpadel. Emma  pa je začela nastopati na jutranji otroški oddaji The Den. Nastopala je tudi v tv resničnostnih televizijskih oddajah.

Emma Louise O'Driscoll is a former Irish pop star, turned children's television presenter and reality television personality. She rose to fame in the 2001–2002 RTÉ One television series Popstars, in which she was selected as a member of the band Six. After the band's swift demise, O'Driscoll replaced Geri Maye as presenter of the morning branch of children's show The Den, (later and currently RTÉ Junior), which she co-hosted alongside Socky. She has also starred in the RTÉ reality television shows, Charity 252 (in which she was runner-up).

    
              IE - 1997

O`FARRELL Elizabeth 1884 - 1957

        
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OIKONOMOPOULOU Aikaterini 16.2.1978 -
Grška vaterpolistka je na OI 2004 v Atenah osvojila srebrno medaljo.
 
She won silver medal OG 2004 Athene: greek water polo team.

  
          GR -2255

OLAFSDOTTIR Gudrun Margret
Islandska oblikovalka notranjih prostorov. 

Gudrún Margrét ia an Islcandic interior designer. 

  
                   IS - 1259

OLDERHAUSEN Karin von

CH - 1772

Olga knjeginja  pribl.(around) 890 - 969
Ruska princesa žena princa Igorja in mati Svjatoslava. Bila je prva ruska vladarica, ki je sprejela krščanstvo. Ukrajinska pravoslavna cerkev jo je v začetku 13. stoletja proglasila za svetnico.

Olha  was a Rus princess and wife of Prince Ihor and mother of Svyatoslav.Olha was the first Rus ruler to become a Christian. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church canonized her and made her a saint during the beginning of the 13th. century.

 
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OLINA Katrin
Islandska oblikovalka je študirala industrijsko oblikovanje na E.S.D.I. v Parizu. Po končanem študiju je delala v oblikovalskem studiu Philippe Starck v Parizu in oblikovalskem studiu Ross Lovegroves v Londonu. Dela kot. svobodna umetnica s poudarkom na grafičnem oblikovanju in ilustraciji.

The Icelandic designer Katrin Olina studied industrial design at E.S.D.I. in Paris. After graduating she worked in the design studio of Philippe Starck in Paris and the design studio of Ross Lovegroves in London. After this she has worked as a freelance focusing on graphic design and illustration in the fields of industrial design, fashion, interior, print and animation. On stamp: Tree coatrack. 
 
  
      IS - 1257

Olsson Anna 14.3.1964 -
Švedska veslačica je na OI 1984 osvojila zlato medaljo na OI 1984 v kajaku dvosedu K-2 na 500 z Agneto Andersson in skupaj z Susanno Gunnarsson-Wiberg, Evo Karlsson in Agneto Andersson srebrno medaljo v kategoriji K-4 500 m. Na OI 1992 je skupaj z Susanno Rosenqvist, Mario Haglund and Agneto Andersson osvojila bronasto medaljo v kategoriji K-4 500 m. Na OI 1996 pa je skupaj z Susanno Rosenqvist, Ingelo Ericsson in Agneto Andersson osvojila bronasto medaljo v kategoriji K-4 500 m.

She is Swedish retired canoer. On 1984 Summer Olympic she won gold medal in the kayak K-2 500 metres with Agneta Andersson. She also won a silver medal in the K-4 500 metres event, together with teammates Susanne Gunnarsson-Wiberg, Eva Karlsson and Agneta Andersson. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics, with Susanne Rosenqvist, Maria Haglund and Agneta Andersson. She then won another bronze medal in the K-4 500 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, with Susanne Rosenqvist, Ingela Ericsson and Agneta Andersson.

  
             S - 1676

OLTEANU MATEI Draga 13.10.1933 -

She started her studies at the Institute of Theatre and Film Art in 1956. Until 1992, she played on the National Theatre´s stage in Bucharest, and then set up the company "Your Theatre" (Piatra Neamt). We find her present in many roles in nearly 60 films. For television drama she has played over 100 roles. However, whenever talking about Lady Chirita, we think immediately of Draga Olteanu Matei. She is decorated with the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank, and is an Honorary Member of the National Theatre in Bucharest. She was awarded the TVR (Romanian Television) and PTWB (Prime Time World Broadcast) Prize in 2003, and received the UNITER Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

RO - 6792

ONDRA Anny 1903 - 1987

Alfred Hitchcock cast golden-haired Ondra as the heroine, pregnant by one man but married to another in The Manxman (1929). Besotted with her, Hitchcock cast her next in his first 'talkie' Blackmail (1929). Despite her exquisite looks, her heavy accent was a hindrance; therefore her brief moment in British cinema didn't last.

MAN - ?2018

OOSTERWIJCK  Maria van 1630 - 1693
Nizozemska slikarka tihožitij je slikala v glavnem rastlinska tihožitja pogosto z verskimi simboli. Maria je delala tako kot mnogi njeni sodobniki: v botaničnih vrtovih jih je najprej narisala in pobarvala z vodenimi barvami  in nato pa jih je naslikal v olju na platnu. Svoja dela je prodajala po visokih cenah po vsej Evropi.

She was a still life painter, working in Delft and Amsterdam. Her father was a minister of the church, but through her mother she moved in artistic circles. In the 1680s, Maria van Oosterwijck primarily painted floral still lifes, often with religious symbols wrought into them. She worked with high precision and used flowers she had carefully chosen for their colour and size. As these flowers were not only relatively rare and in those days most valuable flowers, but they were also perishable and had different flowering seasons, Maria worked like many of her contemporaries: first she drew and painted them in water colours in the botanical gardens and then she painted them in oils on canvas. She sold her work at high prices to sovereigns throughout Europe.

  
                    NL - 3091

Oppenheim Meret 6.10.1913 - 15.11.1985
Nemško švicarska slikarka, povezana z dadaisti in kasneje z pariškimi surrealisti.
Na znamki CH-1508 je njena slika: Pod nevihtnim oblakom.

After growing up in Switzerland, Meret Opeenheim traveled in Paris an enrolled at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. After meeting Giacometti, Arp, and Man Ray, she became absorbed in Surrealism, first contributing her sculptures to their exhibitions in 1933. At this point, many of her pieces consisted of everyday objects arranged so that they had allusions to female sexuality and feminine exploitation by the opposite sex. Oppenheim’s paintings focused on the same themes. Her originality and audacity established her as a leading female figure in the Surrealist movement.
On stamp CH-1508 is her painting: Under the Storm Cloud.

    
              CH - 1508

Oranien Luise Henriette von 27. 11.1627 - 18.6.1667
Volilna knjeginja Branderburga, grofica Nassau, vnukinja Williama I princa Orange.

She was a Countess of Nassau, granddaughter of William I, Prince of Orange.

    
         D - 1756

Ordonowna Hanka 25.9.1902 - 8.9.1950
Poljska pevka, igralka, plesalka (pravo ime Maria Ana Tyszkiewiczowa) je nastopala v Waršavi, Vilnusu, Krakovu in Lvovu. Leta 1942 se je pridružila poljskim vojaškim enotam v bljižnem vzhodu.

Polish singer,  dancer and actress. She performed in Warsaw, Vilnus, Cracow and Lvov. In 1942 she joined to Polish Military Forces in Middle East. After war she settled in Beirut.

 
         PL - 3584

Orelli Susanna 27.12.1845 - 12.1.1939
Švicarska voditeljica treznostnega gibanja, pisateljica, zdravnica, ustanoviteljica ženskega društva v Zürichu. Bila je zagovornik abstinence alkohola in ustanovitelj številnih brezalkoholnih lokalov.

Swiss temperance leader, writer, doctor, founder of the Women's Society of Zurich. She was an advocate of alcohol abstinence and the founder of a number of non-alcoholic pubs.

  
       CH - 446

ORLANDINI Mariagrazia
italijanska ilustratorka otroških knjig.
Na znamki: Lisa in Max.

italian ilustrator of children books. On stamp:Lisa and Max.

    
            LI -1563

Orleanska IVANA sv. - Joan of Arc st. 1412 – 30.5.1431
Znana tudi Devica Orleanska je francoska junakinja in svetnica. Pri starosti 17 let je poveljevala francoski vojski kralja Karla VII in s svojimi zmagami nad Angleži pripomogla, da je pobuda v stoletni vojni prešla na francosko stran. Vojvoda burgundski pa jo je priprl in predal Angležem. Ti so jo obtožili krivoverstva in sežgali na grmadi. Za svetnico so jo proglasili leta 1920
Na znamki F-3150 je njena rojstna hiša.

Joan of Arc know also as The Maid of Orleans is heroine of France for her role during Hundred Years`War and saint of Roman Catholic from 1920.

                            
                 F -768                       F - 1646                               F - 3150                           F - 2155

       
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Orlova Petrovna Ljubov 29.1.1902 - 26.1.1975
Prva priznana zvezda sovjetske kinematografije, znana gledališka igralka in nadarjena pevka. Študirala je na Moskovskem konservatoriju, vendar ni diplomirala, ker je morala delati za podporo staršem. Z nastopom v popularni komediji Jolly Fellows leta 1934 si je pridobila simpatije Stalina. Podelil ji je naziv  častnega igralca sovjetske republike. V naslednjih letih je igrala v številnih priljubljenih sovjetskih filmih: Circus (1936), Volga-Volga (1938), Svetla  pot (1940) in Pomlad (1947).

She was the first recognized star of Soviet cinema, famous theatre actress and a gifted singer. She studied in Moscow Conservatory but did not graduate because she had to work to support her parents. Orlova's performance in a very popular 1934 comedy, Jolly Fellows, earned the young star the sympathy of Stalin and the title "Honorable actor of Soviet Republic". In the next years she played in many popular soviet movies: Circus (1936), Volga-Volga (1938), Bright Path (1940), and Spring (1947).

  
               RU - 935

OSKARDOTTIR Erla Solveig
Islandska oblikovalka je diplomirala iz industrijskega oblikovanja leta 1993 na danski šoli za oblikovanja. Od tedaj živi in dela v Reykjaviku kot svobodna oblikovalka predvsem na področju oblikovanja pohištva

Icelandic designer Erla Sólveig Óskarsdóttir graduated with a diploma in industrial design from  The Danish Design School in 1993. Since then she has lived and worked in Reykjavík as a freelance designer, focusing on furniture design.

 
                     IS - 1260

OSCARSSON Teresa
Švedska tekstilna umetnica. Na znamki je njena vezenina: Mir v dolini - končno iz leta 2006.

Swedish textile artist. On stamp is her embroidery: Peace in the valley – at last from 2006.

S - 2906

Osipenko Pauline 23.10.1907 -11.5.1939
Ruska pilotka je skupaj z Marino Raskovo in Valentino Grizodubovo leta 1938 dosegle ženski rekord o daljinskem neprekinjenem poletu od Moskve do daljnega ruskega vzhoda.

Rusian pilot. On September 24-25, 1938, Paulina Ossipenko with Marina Raskova and Valentina Grizodubova set world record with their a non-stop flight of 5,900 km from Moscow to Siberia in an ANT-37.

  
        SU - 690

OSIRIS Wanda 3.6.1905 - 12.11.1994
Italijanska pevka  z umetniškim imenom Ane Marzio je najbolj znana "soubretta" tridesetih do petdesetih let. Dobra variete igralka in pevka.

Italian singer, stage name of Anna Marzio, the most famous ‘soubrette’ from the thirties to the fifties. Wonderful variety show actress and singer, she became the queen of the ‘curtain-raiser’.

  
        SM - 2211

OSMYALOVSKAYA Ekaterina 13.11.1904 - 16.11.1997
Ukrajinska igralka je igrala v filmu - operi Natalka-Poltavka (Natalka, dekle iz Poltavije) glavno vlogo Natalke.

She played in film - opera Natalka-Poltavka (Natalka, the Girl from Poltavia) the role of Natalka.

    
                               UA - 1174-1175

OSTAPCHUK Nadzeya 12.10.1980 -
Beloruska metalka krogle je na OI 2004 v Atenah osvojila četrto mesto, leta 2005 je postala svetovna prvakinja. Na beloruskem prvenstvu leta 2010 je z 21,70 m dosegla svoj osebni rekord in tretji najboljši rezultat v dvorani na sploh. Na OI 2008 v Pekingu je osvojila bronasto medaljo (na labeli BY-block-77)
Na znamki BY-819 je Aksana Miankova.
Na priveskih BY-blok-77 so ostale beloruske športnice, ki so na OI 2008 v Pekingu osvojile medalje: Jekaterina Karsten, Inna Zhukova, Julija Bičik, Natalija Helakh, Natallia Mikhnevich, Nastassia Novikava, Alina Tumilovich, Anastasia Ivankova, Glafira Martinovich, Ksenia Sankovich, Olesya Babushkina, Zinaida Lunina.

She is a Belarusian shot putter. She rose to top international level in the early 2000s, winning several medals, and finishing fourth at her first Summer Olympics in 2004. She became world champion in 2005. Her personal best is 21.70 m thrown at the Belarusian championships in 2010, making her the third best indoor thrower on the all-time lists. On OG 2008 in Bejing she won bronze medal (on labels of  BY-block-77)
On stamp BY-819 is Aksana Miankova.
On labels of sheet BY-blok-77 are also other Belrus women winners of medals in OG Bejing: Jekaterina Karsten, Inna Zhukova, Julija Bičik, Natalija Helakh, Natallia Mikhnevich, Nastassia Novikava, Alina Tumilovich, Anastasia Ivankova, Glafira Martinovich, Ksenia Sankovich, Olesya Babushkina, Zinaida Lunina.

    
            BY - blok-77, BY - 819

Ottesen-Jensen Elisa 2.1.1886 – 4.9.1973
Norveško-švedska predavateljica spolne vzgoje, novinarka in borka za pravice žensk, da razumejo in nadzorujejo svoje lastno telo in seksualnost. Bila je član švedskega anarho-sindikata centralne organizacije delavcev Švedske. Bila je pionirka na področju pravice žensk in feminizma. Njen osebni moto je bil: Sanjam o dnevu, ko bo vsak novorojenec dobrodošel, ko bodo moški in ženske enaki in ko bo spolnost izraz intimnosti, veselja in nežnosti.

She was a Norwegian-Swedish sex educator, journalist and anarchist agitator, whose main mission was to fight for women's rights to understand and control their own body and sexuality. She was a member of the Swedish anarcho-syndicalist union Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden. Her followers consider her a pioneer in the field of womens' rights and feminism. Her personal motto was "I dream of the day when every new born child is welcome, when men and women are equal, and when sexuality is an expression of intimacy, joy and tenderness".

  
          S - 1106

OTSETOVA Svetla 23.11.1950 -
Bolgarska veslačica je na OI 1976 v Montrealu skupaj z Zdravko Jordanovo (tudi na znamki BG-4230) osvojila zlato medaljo v dvojnem dvojcu.

She is a Bulgarian rower. She won a gold medal with Zdravka Jordanova (also on stamp BG-4230) in women's double sculls rowing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

    
            BG - 4230

Otto-Peters Luise 26.3.1819 - 13.3.1895
Nemška feministka in socialistka je svoja dela o socialni revščini objavljala pod psevdonimom Otto Stern. Bila je založnica in urednica šenskega časopisa Frauen-Zeitung, ki je začel izhajati leta 1849. Vendar so ga leta 1850 prepovedali. Skupaj z Augusto Schmidt in Henriette Goldschmidt je leta 1865 ustanovila splošno nemško žensko združenje, ki ga je vodila tri desetletja. To združenje je ustanovilo nedeljske šole za izobraževanje deklet.

Luise Otto-Peters was one of the most important German feminists and socialists. However, she had to publish her enlightenment-style writings about social poverty under her pseudonym (Otto Stern). She was the publisher and editor of the Frauen-Zeitung, which appeared for the first time in 1849. However, due to the Prussian laws, it was prohibited in 1850. After that, she published the Mitteldeutsche Volkszeitung with her husband, August Peters. Together with Auguste Schmidt and Henriette Goldschmidt, she founded the General German Women's Society in 1865, which she managed for three decades. This association opened a Sunday school, a continuation school for girls.

  
             D -791

OXENBURY Helen 2.6.1938 -
Britanska pisateljica in ilustratorka mnogih slikanic je bila večkrat nagrajena za svoje delo: za ilustracije Alice v čudežni deželi je prejela medaljo Kate Greenaway, nagrado Nestle Smarties Book je dobila za  slikanice Farmer Duck, We're Going on a Bear Hunt in So Much.
Na GB-2371 je njena iz Alice v čudežni deželi.

She is an award-winning illustrator of many classic picture books. Her numerous books for children include the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; Smarties Book Prize-winning Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell; We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, written by Mem Fox, as well as her classic board books for babies. On GB-2371 is her ilustration from Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

   
             GB - 2371

Ozolina Elvira 8. 9. 1939 -
Latvijska atletinja, metalka kopja je prva atletinja, ki je vrgla kopje preko 61 m. Na OI 1960 je dobila zlato medaljo. Poročena je z atletom Janisom Lusisom, ki je ravno tako metalec kopja in je na OI 1968 zmagal v tej disciplini. Njun sin Voldemars je kot metalec kopja sodeloval na OI 2000 in 2004.
Na bloku LV-431 je tudi Jaunzeme Inese.

She is a Latvina athlete - javelin throw. She was the first woman to throw a javelin over 61 meter. She won the gold medal in the 1960 Olympic. Ozoliņa is married to Janis Lusis,  1968 Olympic champion in men's javelin throw. Their son, Voldemars Lusis, is also a javelin thrower who competed in 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
On sheet LV-431 is also Jaunzeme Inese.

   
                                 LV - 431

OZORAN Beria Remzi 1916 - 1992 
Turška novinarka hči časopisnega založnika Remzi Bey je delala je v očetovi firmi. Kasneje je postala učiteljica prevajalka v angleščino v islamski šoli. Od 1942-1981 je bila prevajalka v tiskovnem uradu predsednika turške vlade. Napisala je nekaj družbeno političnih člankov.

Turkish journalist, daughter of newspaper publisher Remzi Bey. She worked in father`s office. Later she became a teacher for English traslation in Islamic school. From 1942-81 she was a translator in Turkish Prime Minister`s press office.  She wrote some socio-politic articles.

  
           CY (tur) - 428

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