Orville
Encyclopedia
People
- Orville E. BabcockOrville E. BabcockOrville Elias Babcock was an American Civil War General in the Union Army. Immediately upon graduating third in his class as United States Military Academy in 1861, Babcock would go onto serve efficiently in the Corps of Engineers throughout the Civil War and was promoted to Brevet Brigadier...
(1835-1884), American general - Orville Hickman BrowningOrville Hickman BrowningOrville Hickman Browning was a Republican Senator from Illinois.-Biography:Browning was born February 10, 1806 in Cynthiana, Kentucky. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk War. Browning was a Whig delegate to the anti-Nebraska convention held at Bloomington, Illinois, in May 1856...
(1806-1881), American politician - Orville CarlisleOrville CarlisleOrville H. Carlisle , a shoe salesman in Norfolk, Nebraska invented the hobby that would become known as model rocketry.In 1953, Orville and his brother Robert were joint owners of a shoe store on 420 Norfolk Ave...
(1917-1988), American inventor - Orville Lloyd DouglasOrville Lloyd DouglasOrville Lloyd Douglas is a Canadian, feminist, poet, and writer.-Biography:Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican-Canadian parents. He graduated from York University with two Bachelor of Arts degrees. He completed his first Bachelor's degree in History and the second...
(born 1976), Canadian poet and writer - Orville FreemanOrville FreemanOrville Lothrop Freeman was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson...
(1918-2003), American politician - Orville FrenetteOrville FrenetteOrville Frenette is a judge currently serving on the Federal Court of Canada.-References:...
(born 1927), Canadian judge - Orville GibsonOrville GibsonOrville H. Gibson was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1896, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments....
(1856-1918), American guitar maker - Orville HarroldOrville HarroldOrville Harrold was an American operatic tenor and musical theatre actor. He began his career in 1906 as a performer in operettas in New York City, and was also seen during his early career in cabaret, musical theatre, and vaudeville performances...
(1878-1933), American singer - Orville L. HubbardOrville L. HubbardOrville Liscum Hubbard was the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan for 36 years from 1942-1978. Sometimes referred to as the "Dictator of Dearborn", Hubbard was the most outspoken segregationist north of the Mason-Dixon line...
(1903-1982), American politician - Orville JohnsonOrville JohnsonOrville Johnson is an American resonator guitar player and musician, born in 1953 in Edwardsville, Illinois. He came up in the St. Louis, Missouri music scene and now lives in Seattle, Washington. A frequent session musician, he also has released a number of solo and group albums...
(born 1953), American musician - Orville MoodyOrville MoodyOrville James Moody was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying....
(1933-2008), American golfer - Orville Howard PhillipsOrville Howard PhillipsOrville Howard Phillips, was a Canadian dental surgeon, politician, and senator.Born in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, the son of J.S. and Maude Phillips, he received his D.D.S. from Dalhousie University in 1952. He practiced dentistry for many years.In 1957, he was elected to the Canadian House...
(1924-2009), Canadian politician - Orville H. PlattOrville H. PlattOrville Hitchcock Platt was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington. He studied law in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing practice in Towanda, Pennsylvania...
(1827-1905), American politician - Orville C. PrattOrville C. PrattOrville C. Pratt was an American jurist and attorney. He served as the 2nd Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court serving from 1848 to 1852. He wrote the lone dissenting opinion in the controversy over the Oregon Territory’s capital between Oregon City and Salem.-Early life:Pratt was born...
(1819-1891), American lawyer and judge - Orville RedenbacherOrville RedenbacherOrville Clarence Redenbacher was an American businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name.-Early life:...
(1907-1995), American businessman - Orville SchellOrville SchellOrville Hickock Schell III is an activist and writer working on China, and is the Arthus Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York...
(born 1940), American writer - Orville TaylorOrville TaylorOrville Taylor is a retired male sprinter from Jamaica. He claimed a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina in the men's 4x400 metres relay, alongside Dennis Blake, Roxbert Martin, and Michael McDonald...
(born 1970), Jamaican athlete - Orville TraskOrville TraskOrville Trask is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player who played defensive tackle for three seasons, two with the American Football League's Houston Oilers, where he was on the first two AFL Championship teams in 1960 and 1961. In 1962 he was with the AFL's Oakland...
(born 1934), American football player - Orville Turnquest (born 1929), Bahamian politician
- Orville VogelOrville VogelOrville Vogel was an American scientist and wheat breeder whose research made possible the "Green Revolution" in world food production....
(1907-1991), American scientist - Orville Wright (1871-1948), American inventor and aviator
Places
- Orville is the name of several communes of FranceCommunes of FranceThe commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
- Orville, Côte-d'OrOrville, Côte-d'OrOrville is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
- Orville, IndreOrville, IndreOrville is a commune in the Indre department in central France.-References:*...
- Orville, LoiretOrville, LoiretOrville is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France....
- Orville, OrneOrville, OrneOrville is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France....
- Orville, Pas-de-CalaisOrville, Pas-de-CalaisOrville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Orville is situated southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D24 and D938 roads, by the banks of the river Authie, on the border with the department of the Somme.-History:In the early 20th...
- Orville, Côte-d'Or
- Orville CoastOrville CoastOrville Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying west of Ronne Ice Shelf between Cape Adams and Cape Zumberge. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this coast for Capt. Howard T. Orville, USN, Head of the Naval Aerological...
, Antarctica
Fiction
- Orville "Rick" Wright, fictional character in the television series Magnum, P.I.
- Orville the DuckOrville the DuckOrville the Duck is the puppet of ventriloquist Keith Harris and was named after Orville Wright . Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front...
, a green puppet operated by Keith Harris - Orville the albatross, fictional character in the 1977 Disney film The RescuersThe RescuersThe Rescuers is a 1977 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on June 22, 1977. The 23rd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is about the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization headquartered in New York and shadowing...
- Henry and Orville, ghosts in the 2001 video game Luigi's MansionLuigi's MansionLuigi's Mansion, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure game published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in Europe on May 3, 2002. The game was a launch title for the GameCube...
- Don Orville, fictional character in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Lord Orville, fictional character in the 1778 novel EvelinaEvelinaEvelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a novel written by English author Frances Burney and first published in 1778...
by Frances Burney
See also
- Orval
- Oroville (disambiguation)
- Orrville (disambiguation)