Orin
Appearance
Or(r)in is an anglicised spelling of the Irish given name Odhrán, historically spelled Oḋrán.
People
[edit]- Orin William Angwall (1890–1974), American politician and commercial fisherman
- Orrin Bacon (1821–1893), American politician
- Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (1854–1927), American politician
- Orrin N. Carter (1854–1928), American jurist
- Orrin Evans (born 1976), American jazz pianist
- Orrin C. Evans (1902–1971), pioneering African-American journalist and comic book publisher
- Orin Fowler (1791–1852), American politician
- Orrin Harold Griggs (1883-1058), American lawyer and politician
- Orin Hargraves (born 1953), American lexicographer and writer
- Orrin Hatch (1934-2022), United States Senator from Utah (1977–2019)
- Orrin Henry Ingram (1830–1918), American lumber baron and philanthropist
- Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. (a.k.a. Hank Ingram) (1904–1963), American heir and businessman
- Orrin H. Ingram II (born 1960), American heir, businessman, and philanthropist
- Orrin Grimmell Judd (1906–1976), American federal judge and lawyer
- Orrin Keepnews (1923–2015), American jazz writer and record producer
- Orin Kerr (born 1971), American law professor and lawyer
- Orin Grant Libby (1864–1952), American historian
- Orrin Larrabee Miller (1856–1926), American politician
- Orrin P. Miller (1858–1918), member of the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Orin G. Murfin (1876–1956), US Navy admiral
- Orin O'Brien (born 1935), American female double bassist
- Orrin H. Pilkey (born 1934), Professor Emeritus of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Orrin W. Robinson (1834–1907), American politician and businessman
- Orrin Porter Rockwell (1813–1878), bodyguard of Joseph Smith
- Orin C. Smith (born 1942), chairman and former president and CEO of Starbucks
- Orin Starn, Professor and Chair of the Cultural Anthropology Department at Duke University
- Robert Orrin Tucker (1911–2011), American bandleader
- Orin de Waard (born 1983), footballer from Curaçao
- Orin Wilf (born 1973/74), American real estate developer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Orin Incandenza, in the book Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
- Orrin Sackett, featured in a number of western novels, short stories and historical novels by American writer Louis L'Amour
- Orin Scrivello, DDS, a character from the musical Little Shop of Horrors
- Orrin Pike, in the 1960s television program Petticoat Junction
- Orin Hanner Jr. and Sr., from the 1997 movie Fire Down Below
- Orin Aquaman and King Orin, DC Comics characters, of Atlantis
- Orin Aquaman, better known Arthur Curry on the televisions show Smallville and Young Justice
- Orin, title character of Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, a 1985 American animated science-fiction adventure film
- Orin Boyd, protagonist of the movie Exit Wounds.
- Orin Mannon, one of the lead characters of Eugene O'Neill's 1931 play Mourning Becomes Electra
- Rin Kaenbyou, stage 5 boss from Touhou Project 11, (火焔猫 燐 Kaenbyō Rin?, nickname: Orin)
- Orin, in the comedy television series Parks and Recreation
- Sir Orrin Neville-Smythe, a protagonist from the 1982 children's fantasy film Flight of Dragons
- Orrin, the King of Surda, in Christopher Paolini's The Inheritance Cycle
- Orin the Red, a character from the 2023 video game Baldur's Gate 3
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Orin
- All pages with titles beginning with Orrin
- All pages with titles containing Orin
- All pages with titles containing Orrin
- Oren, a masculine given name of Hebrew origin
- Oran (name), a masculine given name and a surname
- Oryn Keeley (born 2003), Australian rugby league footballer