Orloff is a variant of ''
Orlov''. Both are derived from the Slavic word ''orel'' (meaning "
eagle
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". (disambiguation)) Orloff may refer to:
People
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Orloff M. Dorman (1809–1879), justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
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Ben Orloff
Ben Orloff (born April 26, 1987) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the UC Irvine Anteaters. He played college baseball at UC Irivine for head coach Mike Gillespie, where he won the Bro ...
(born 1987), minor League Baseball player
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Chana Orloff (1888–1968), sculptor
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Chet Orloff
Chester Lloyd "Chet" Orloff (born February 22, 1949) is a historian, writer and professor in Portland, Oregon, called "one of regon'sfavorite history teachers" by '' The Oregonian''.
Early life
Orloff was born in Bellingham, Washington to busine ...
(born 1949), American historian, writer and professor of urban studies
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Gene Orloff
Gene Orloff (June 14, 1921 – March 23, 2009) was an American violinist, concertmaster, arranger, contractor and session musician.
Background
The son of a Russian immigrant violin maker, Orloff would try and get his father's violin down from the ...
(1921–2009), American music (violinist, concertmaster, arranger)
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Jon Orloff (born 1942), American physicist
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Monford Orloff (1914–2000), American businessman and philanthropist
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Nicholas W. Orloff, Russian KGB agent in the United States
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Judith Orloff, American psychiatrist, author and energy medicine practitioner
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Zvi Nishri
Zvi Nishri ( he, צבי נשרי; January 4, 1878 – July 22, 1973) was a pioneer in modern physical education in British Mandate for Palestine and later, Israel.
Biography
Zvi Orloff (later Nishri) was born to a Jewish family in Russia, where ...
(Orloff, 1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education
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Dr. Orloff, a character in films by Jesús Franco
Other
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Orloff (chicken)
The Orloff is a breed of chicken named after Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, a Russian Count. Reflecting this origin, it is sometimes called the Russian Orloff or simply Russian.
For most of its history, the Orloff was considered to be a product of ...
, a breed of chicken
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Orlov (diamond)
The Orlov (sometimes spelled Orloff), also known as The Great Mughal Diamond, is a large diamond of Indian origin, currently displayed as a part of the Diamond Fund collection of Moscow's Kremlin Armoury. It is described as having the shape and ...
, a large diamond, sometimes known as the "Orloff"
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Orloff vodka, a brand of vodka
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Veal Orloff
Veal Prince Orloff, veal Prince Orlov, veal Orloff, or veal Orlov ( rus, телятина по-орловски, telyatina po-orlovski; french: veau Orloff or ''veau Orlov'') is a 19th-century dish of Russian cuisine, which purportedly was created ...
, a 19th-century dish of Franco-Russian cuisine
See also
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Orlov (disambiguation)
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