Otto is a given name of Germanic origin meaning wealthy.
Surname
Further information: Otto (surname)
Given name
Otto (mayor of the palace) (died 643 or 644), mayor of the palace of Austrasia briefly in the mid-seventh centuryOtto I, Duke of Saxonythe Ottonian dynasty
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955-983)Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980-1002)Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175/1176-1218)Otto Dowling (1881-1946), 25th Governor of American SamoaOtto of Freising (c. 1114-1158), bishop and chroniclerOtto of Greece (1815-1867), King of GreeceOtto of Bavaria (1848-1916), King of BavariaOtto Adler, president of the Jewish Association of RomaniaOtto Frank (1889–1980), father of Anne FrankOtto Freundlich (1878 1943), German painter and sculptorOtto Graham (1921-2003), professional American football and basketball playerOtto Graf Lambsdorff (1926-2009), German politicianOtto Grotewohl (1894-1964), East German politicianOtto Herschmann (1877–1942), Austrian Olympic fencing and swimming medalistOtto Klemperer (1885-1973), German-born conductor and composerOtto Lilienthal, German aviatorOtto Peterson, American comedian (Otto & George ventriloquism act)Otto Plath (1885-1940), father of American Poet, Sylvia Plath, and entomologistOtto Preminger (1905-1986), Austro–Hungarian-born American film directorOtto Rehhagel, German football coachOtto Scheff, Austrian Olympic swimming championOtto Schmitt (field hockey), Argentine field hockey goalkeeperOtto Skorzeny (1908-1975), Austrian-born Waffen-SS commandoOtto Soglow, American cartoonistOtto Christian Archibald von Bismarck (1897-1975), German politician and diplomatOtto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian/German statesmanOtto von Habsburg (1912-2011), head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine from 1922 to 2007Otto Waalkes (born 1948), German comedian and actorOtto Wahle (1879-1963), Austrian-born American Olympic swimming medalist and Hall of FameOtto Dix (1891-1969), German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war.
Fictional characters
Otto Flick, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!Otto Maddox, a character in the movie Repo Man, played by Emilio Estevez.Otto Mann, character on the animated TV series The Simpsons.Otto Meyer, a character in the 1963 movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, played by Phil Silvers.Otto Normalverbraucher, a home coming soldier in a 1948 movie played by Gert Fröbe, is used in German to denote the average consumer (literally) or the small man on the streetOtto Octavius, fictional Marvel Comics supervillain otherwise known as Doctor Octopus. One of Spider-Man's nemeses.Otto Rocket, the main character of Nickelodeon's Rocket Power.Otto the Dog, a dog belonging to one of the characters in the comic strip Beetle Bailey.Otto the Gorilla, Dr Satan's fretful right hand man in Rob Zombie's satire comedy The Haunted World of El SuperbeastoOtto the Autopilot, the blow-up autopilot doll in Airplane! (1980)Otto West, a character in the 1988 movie A Fish Called Wanda.
Animals
Otto (dog) (1989-2010), world's oldest dogOtocinclus - Sucking catfish, often known as 'Otto'.
Company
Otto GmbH, a German mail-order company, also called the Otto GroupOtto Group, a German waste-management company
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