Othmar


Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a masculine German given name, derived from the Germanic name Audamar, from the elements aud "wealth, prosperity" and mar "fame".
Notable people with the name include:
  • Saint Othmar, medieval monk and priest
  • Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American structural engineer
  • Otmar Emminger, German economist
  • Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German-Dutch human biologist and geneticist
  • Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister of Lichtenstein
  • Ottmar Hörl, German conceptual artist, sculptor, installation, action, photography, and object artist
  • Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football player and manager
  • Otmar Issing, German economist
  • Othmar Karas, Austrian politician
  • Ottmar Liebert, German guitarist, songwriter and producer
  • Ottmar Luscinius, German humanist
  • Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American inventor
  • Othmar Muller von Blumencorn, Swiss sailor
  • Othmar Reiser, Austrian ornithologist
  • Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer
  • Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher
  • Otmar Szafnauer, American businessman
  • Othmar Zeidler, Austrian chemist

    Fictional characters

  • King Ottmar in the Legacy of Kain series
  • Miss Othmar, the unseen teacher with a voice that is the sound of teaching from Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts