1. Orville Armbrust (1908)

American Baseball Player

Orville Martin Armbrust was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in three games in Major League Baseball two of them starts in 1934 for the Washington Senators.

2. Orville Caldwell (1896)

Actor

3. Orville Clark (1801)

American Politician

Orville Clark was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

4. Orville Freeman (1918)

Recipient Of The Purple Heart Me

Politician and Democrat who was the Governor of Minnesota from 1955 to 1961. He served as the agriculture secretary under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, promoting food assistance to the...

5. Orville Gibson (1856)

American Luthier

Founder of the Gibson Guitar Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan, who was favored by musicians from Chet Atkins to Frank Zappa.

6. Orville Hodge (1904)

American Politician

Orville Enoch Hodge was the Auditor of Public Accounts of the state of Illinois from 1952 to 1956. During his term in office he embezzled $6. 15 million of state...

7. Orville Howard Phillips (1924)

Canadian Politician

Orville 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....

8. Orville Jorgens (Unknow)

American Baseball Player

Orville Edward Jorgens was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Jorgens played for the Philadelphia Phillies form 1935 to 1937. He batted and threw right-handed. Jorgens was the brother of fellow...

9. Orville L. Hubbard (1903)

American Mayor

Orville Liscum Hubbard was the mayor of Dearborn Michigan for 36 years from 1942 to 1978. Sometimes referred to as the Dictator of Dearborn Hubbard was the most outspoken segregationist...

10. Orville Lee (1964)

Canadian Football Player

Orville Lee is a retired Canadian Football League running back. He was drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders with the first overall pick in the 1988 CFL Draft from Simon...

11. Orville Lloyd Douglas (1976)

Canadian Writer

Orville Lloyd Douglas is a Canadian essayist poet and writer.

12. Orville Moody (1933)

Professional Golfer

Orville 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...

13. Orville Peck (1988)

Country Singer

Canadian country singer who rose to widespread prominence after releasing his debut album Pony in March 2019. Also known for his style of wearing a fringed Lone Ranger mask, he earned...

14. Orville Redenbacher (1907)

American Businessman

Popularizer of popcorn through marketing his self-titled gourmet popcorn brand in countless commercials, talk shows, and radio pitches.

15. Orville Singer (1898)

Negro League Baseball Player

Orville Willis Singer was an African-American baseball second baseman in the Negro Leagues. He played most years for the Lincoln Giants club then played the rest of his seasons for...

16. Orville Snare (1918)

American Politician

Orville E. Snare is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

17. Orville Taylor (1970)

Jamaican Sprinter

Orville 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...

18. Orville Turnquest (1929)

Bahamian Politician

Sir Orville Alton Turnquest GCMG QC was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994 and the fifth Governor-General of the Bahamas from 3...

19. Orville W. Hagen (1915)

American Politician

Orville Ike W. Hagen was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under William Guy and as the state's first North...

20. Orville Wright (1871)

Inventor

Aviation pioneer who, with his brother, Wilbur Wright, invented three-axis control and flew the first successful, albeit brief, "flying machine" in 1903.