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 (2001–2009)
 * 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