Orphan (disambiguation)
Appearance
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An orphan is one who has lost both parents.
Orphan(s) or The Orphan(s) may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- The Orphan (film), a 1960 Hong Kong film starring Bruce Lee
- Orphan (2009 film), a psychological thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
- Orphan (2016 film), a French film
- Orphans (1987 film), an American film by Alan J. Pakula, based on the play by Lyle Kessler (see below)
- Orphans (1998 film), a Scottish film by Peter Mullan
- "The Orphan" (Alias), a television episode
- Orphan film, a film abandoned by its owner or copyright holder, or any film that has suffered neglect
Literature
- The Orphans series, a 1998 novel series attributed to V. C. Andrews, by Andrew Neiderman
- Orphan (Marvel Comics), a character in the X-Statix series
Music
Albums
- Orphan (Darwin's Waiting Room album), 2001
- Orphan (Empires album) or the title song, 2014
- Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, by Tom Waits, 2006
- The Orphans, by Kristeen Young, 2006
- Orphans (EP), by Charlotte Martin, 2008
Songs
- "Orphans" (song), by Coldplay, 2019
- "Orphan", by Silent Planet from Everything Was Sound, 2016
- "Orphan", by Slipknot from We Are Not Your Kind, 2019
- "Orphan", by Toto from Toto XIV, 2015
- "The Orphan", a composition by Modest Mussorgsky, 1971
Theatre
- The Orphan (play), a 1680 play by Thomas Otway
- Orphans (Lyle Kessler play), a 1983 play by Lyle Kessler
- Orphans (Dennis Kelly play), a 2009 play by Dennis Kelly
Science and technology
- Orphan disease, a rare disease
- Orphan drug, one developed under the 1983 U.S. Orphan Drug Act for orphan diseases
- Orphan process, a computer process whose parent process has finished
- Orphan receptor, apparent receptor that has a similar structure to other identified receptors but whose endogenous ligand has not yet been identified
- Orphan source, a self-contained radioactive source that is no longer under proper regulatory control
- Orphaned technology, technology that has been abandoned by its original developers
Other uses
- Orphan (car), any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely
- Orphan (typesetting), the first line of a paragraph appearing at the bottom of a page
- Orphan works, copyrighted works whose holder is hard to find
- Les Orphan (1923–1995), Welsh footballer
- Sirotci or Orphans, a regional faction of Hussites