Ovid (disambiguation) explained

Ovid or Ovidius (43 BC–17 AD) was a Roman poet. His name is used as a male first name, especially in Romance languages, often in variations such as Ovidi, Ovídio, Ovidio, or Ouvidu, and in some recent usage shortened to Ovi. It may refer to:

Places

United States

• Ovid, Colorado
• Ovid, Idaho
• Ovid, Michigan, a city in Clinton County, Michigan
• Ovid Township, Branch County, Michigan
• Ovid Township, Clinton County, Michigan
• Ovid, Missouri
• Ovid (town), New York
• Ovid (village), New York

Elsewhere

• Ovidiu, Romania
• Ovidiu Island, Romania
• Ovidiopol, Ukraine

Persons

Saint

• Saint Ovidius (died 135), Portuguese saint

Surname

• Juventinus Albius Ovidius, Roman poet, probably of the late 2nd century

Given name

• Ovid Butler (1801–1881), American attorney, newspaper publisher, abolitionist, and university founder
• Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu (1921–2000), Romanian literary critic and science fiction writer
• Ovid Demaris (1919–1998), American journalist and novelist
• Ovid Densusianu (1873–1938), Romanian poet
• Ovid Glasgow (born 1945), Guyanese cricketer
• Ovid Jackson (born 1939), Canadian politician
• Ovid F. Johnson (1807–1854), American lawyer and politician
• Ovid Nicholson (1888–1968), American baseball player
• Ovid C. Lewis (1932–2011), American academic and university administrator
• Ovid R. Sellers (1884–1975), American biblical scholar and archaeologist
• Ovid Tzeng (born 1944), Taiwanese politician
• Ovidi Montllor (1942–1995), Valencian singer-songwriter and actor
• Ovidio (name)
• Ovidiu (name)

Other

• Ovid Technologies, vendor of online bibliographic databases and academic journals, chiefly in health sciences
• Ovid Napa Valley, winery in Napa Valley, California
• Lake Ovid, Michigan
• Ovid (crater), crater on Mercury