Orville may refer to:

People

Orville (given name) Orville is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Orville E. Babcock (1835–1884), American general *Orville Hickman Browning (1806–1881), American politician *Orville Bulman (1904-1978), American businessman-turned-paint ...

, a list of people with the male given name *

Howard Thomas Orville Howard Thomas Orville (June 16, 1901 – May 24, 1960) was an American naval officer and meteorologist. Naval career He was born in Saratoga, Wyoming, the son of William Orville and Lucy Dale (Wiant). After attending the Army and Navy Preparatory ...

(1901–1960), American naval officer and meteorologist *

Max Orville Max-Léo Orville (born 1962) is a Ivory Coast-born French politician from the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2022. Political career Orville was candidate in the 2021 French regi ...

(born 1962), French politician *

Merlyn Orville Valan Merlyn Orville Valan (October 27, 1926 – December 15, 2010) was an American politician and farmer. Valan was born in Kurtz Township, Clay County, Minnesota. He graduated from Comstock High School in Comstock, Minnesota, in 1945. Valan also w ...

(1926-2010), American politician and farmer *

Orville Redenbacher Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995) was an American food scientist and businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name which is now owned by ConAgra. ''The New York Times'' descri ...

(1907-1995), American popcorn entrepreneur * Orville Wright (1871-1948), American aviation pioneer

Places

France

* Orville, Côte-d'Or, a commune in the Côte-d'Or department *

Orville, Indre Orville () is a commune in the Indre department in central France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territorie ...

, a commune in the Indre department * Orville, Loiret, a commune in the Loiret department *

Orville, Orne Orville () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Sap-en-Auge.

, a former commune in the Orne department * Orville, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department

United States

Mount Orville Mount Orville is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the lower of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright ...

, Alaska, a high peak of the Fairweather Range *

Orville, West Virginia Orville is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cla ...

, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

Orville Coast Orville 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 (RARE), 1947–48, under Ronne, who named this coast for Capt ...

, a portion of the coast of Antarctica

Other uses

Orville by Gibson , the models with only were made after Gibson ended the contract with leftover parts, was a brand of guitars that was managed by the Gibson Guitar Corporation for the Japanese market during the late 1980s and most of the 1990s. The name is borrowe ...

, a brand of guitars * ''

The Orville ''The Orville'' is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Seth MacFarlane, who also stars as series protagonist Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union's line of exploratory space vessels in the 25th century ...

'', a science fiction television series *

Don Orville Officer Donald Leslie "Don" Orville is a fictional character in the NBC sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. He is portrayed by Wayne Knight and works as a Police Sergeant in the fictional town of Rutherford, Ohio, though he is consistently referre ...

, a character in the American TV series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' *

Orville (horse) Orville (1799–1826) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from August 1801 until October 1807 the horse ran thirty-four times and won twenty races. In his early career he was based in Yorkshire and ...

, a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire *

Orville the Duck Orville the Duck was the most famous puppet often used by the ventriloquist Keith Harris (1947–2015) and was named after Orville Wright (one of the Wright Brothers). Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safe ...