Orville is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Orville E. Babcock Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 – June 2, 1884) was an American engineer and general in the Union Army during the Civil War. An aide to General Ulysses S. Grant during and after the war, he was President Grant's military private secret ...

(1835–1884), American general *

Orville Hickman Browning Orville Hickman Browning (February 10, 1806 – August 10, 1881) was an attorney in Illinois and a politician who was active in the Whig Party (United States), Whig and Republican Party (United States), Republican Parties. He is notable fo ...

(1806–1881), American politician * Orville Bulman (1904-1978), American businessman-turned-painter *

Orville Carlisle Orville H. Carlisle (July 5, 1917 – August 1, 1988), a shoe salesman in Norfolk, Nebraska invented the hobby that would become known as model rocketry. In 1953, Orville and his brother were joint owners of a shoe store on 420 Norfolk Ave. Robert ...

(1917–1988), American inventor * Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Canadian poet and writer * Orville Willis Forte IV (born 1970), American actor and writer *

Orville Freeman Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918February 20, 2003) 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 unde ...

(1918–2003), American politician * Orville Frenette (born 1927), Canadian judge *

Orville Gibson Orville H. Gibson (May 1856 – August 19, 1918) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1902, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments. His earliest known instrument was a 10-string mandolin-guita ...

(1856–1918), American guitar maker *

Orville Harrold Orville Harrold (17 November 1877 – 23 October 1933) 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 cabare ...

(1878–1933), American singer *

Orville L. Hubbard Orville Liscum Hubbard (April 2, 1903 – December 16, 1982) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan from 1942 to 1978. Hubbard was an effective administrator who served 15 consecutive terms while being national ...

(1903–1982), American politician *

Orville Johnson Orville Johnson is an American resonator guitar player born in 1953 in Edwardsville, Illinois, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. He came up in the St. Louis, Missouri music scene. A frequent session musician, he also has released a number o ...

(born 1953), American musician * Orville R. Leonard (1834–1894), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada *

Orville Moody Orville James Moody (December 9, 1933 – August 8, 2008) was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the U.S. Open in 1969, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qu ...

(1933–2008), American golfer *

Orville Howard Phillips Orville Howard Phillips (April 5, 1924 – April 24, 2009) was a Canadian dental surgeon, politician, and senator. Early life Born in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, the son of J. S. and Maude Phillips, he received his D.D.S. from Dalhousie Un ...

(1924–2009), Canadian politician *

Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...

(1827–1905), American politician *

Orville C. Pratt Orville C. Pratt (April 24, 1819 – October 1891) was an American jurist and attorney. He served as the 2nd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving from 1848 to 1852. He wrote the lone dissenting opinion in the controversy over the ...

(1819–1891), American lawyer and judge *

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 businessman *

Orville Wayne Rollins Orville Wayne Rollins (1912–1991) is the co-founder, with his younger brother John W. Rollins, of Rollins Inc., the US's largest pest control conglomerate. Early life Rollins was born in Ringgold, Georgia, in 1912, the son of John William Rol ...

(1912–1991), American businessman, co-founder of Rollins, Inc. *

Orville Schell Orville Hickock Schell III (born May 20, 1940) is an American writer, academic, and activist. He is known for his works on China, and is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York. He previousl ...

(born 1940), American writer * Orville Taylor (born 1970), Jamaican athlete * Orville Trask (born 1934), American football player *

Orville Turnquest Sir Orville Alton Turnquest (born 19 July 1928) is a politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the sixth governor-general of the Bahamas from 3 January 1995 until his retirement on 13 ...

(born 1929), Bahamian politician *

Orville Vogel Orville Vogel (1907–1991) was an American scientist and wheat breeder whose research made possible the "Green Revolution" in world food production. Life and career Orville Alvin Vogel was born in Pilger, Stanton County, Nebraska, one of the four ...

(1907–1991), American scientist * Orville Wright (1871–1948), American inventor and aviator *

Orville Peck Orville Peck is a South African country musician based in Canada. He wears a fringed mask and has never shown his face publicly. He released his debut album ''Pony'' in 2019, followed by the EP '' Show Pony'' the next year. His second studio a ...

(born ?), Canadian country singer

Fictional characters

*Orville "Rick" Wright, in the television series ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

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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 ...

, a puppet operated by ventriloquist Keith Harris *Orville the albatross, in the 1977 Disney film ''

The Rescuers ''The Rescuers'' is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 23rd Disney animated feature film, its story follows Bernard and Bianca, two members ...

'' *Orville, a ghost in the 2001 video game ''

Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and was the first game in the ''Mario'' franchise to be released for the console; it was released in Japan on September 14, 20 ...

'' * Orville Simpson, grandfather of Homer Simpson in ''The Simpsons'' TV show *

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 fictional character in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun * Lord Orville, a fictional earl in the 1778 novel ''

Evelina ''Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World'' is a novel written by English author Fanny Burney and first published in 1778. Although published anonymously, its authorship was revealed by the poet George Huddesford in wh ...

'' by Frances Burney *”Uncle” Orville, extended member of the family that is central to the attraction “

Carousel of Progress Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress is a rotating theater audio-animatronic stage show attraction in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida just outside of Orlando, Florida. Created ...

” * Orville, Wilbur's older brother and a receptionist for Dodo Airlines in '' Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' {{given name Masculine given names English masculine given names