Osbern Explained

Osbern is a given name. Variants include Osbearn and Osbarn.

Notable people with the name include:

• Osbeorn Bulax (died 1054), son of Siward of Northumbria
• Osbern the Steward Osbern de Crépon (died c. 1040), steward and seneschal of two Norman dukes
• Osbern Pentecost (d.1054) pre conquest Norman knight in England and Scotland
• Osbern FitzOsbern a.k.a. Osbern of Exeter (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter, Osbern the Steward's son and William FitzOsbern's brother
• Osbern of Canterbury (died 1090), English Benedictine monk
• Osbern of Westminster a.k.a. Osbert of Clare (died c. 1158), English Benedictine monk, abbot and author
• Osbern of Gloucester (died 1200), English Benedictine monk and hagiographer
• Osbern Bokenam (died c. 1447), English poet
• Osbern FitzRichard, Anglo-Norman baron, Richard FitzScrope's son
• Osbern FitzHugh, descendant of Richard FitzScrope's family

See also

• Osborn (surname)
• Osborne (name)
• Osburn (surname)
• Osbourne (disambiguation)