Ora is the
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
of:
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Ora Alexander (fl. early 1930s), American classic female blues singer
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Ora Anlen (born 1944), Israeli Paralympic athlete in various sports
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Ora Carew
Ora Carew (born Ora Whytock; April 19, 1891 – October 26, 1955), was an American silent film actress. She starred in several films between 1915 and 1925. She was known as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties.
Early life
Ora Whytock was born i ...
(1893–1955), American silent film actress
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Ora Collard (1902–1961), American businessman and politician
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Ora Graves (1896–1961), US Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
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Ora Haibe (1887–1970), American race car driver
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Ora Kedem (born 1924), professor emerita at the Weizmann Institute of Science and recipient of the Israel Prize
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Ora Lassila, Finnish computer scientist
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Ora McMurry, United States Army Air Service pilot during World War I
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Ora Namir
Ora Namir ( he, אורה נמיר, 1 September 1930 – 7 July 2019) was an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Knesset from 1974 until 1996, as well as holding the posts of Minister of the Environment and Minister of L ...
(born 1930), Israeli former politician and diplomat
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Ora Nichols
Aurore Dolores Daigle Nichols (March 8, 1893 – November 13, 1951) was a pioneering sound effects artist in American radio broadcasting. She was the first woman to be the head of a sound effects department, and created many sound-producing meth ...
, American pioneer of radio sound effects
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Ora A. Oldfield (1893–1963), American politician and businessman
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Ora R. Rice (1885–1966), American politician
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Ora Washington (1898–1971), African-American tennis player
* Ora, mother of
Serug
Serug ( he, שְׂרוּג – ''Śərūḡ'', "branch"; gr, Σερούχ – ''Seroúkh'') was the son of Reu and the father of Nahor, according to Genesis 11:20–23. He is also the great-grandfather of Abraham, thus the ancestor of the Ish ...
in the Bible
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