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Orson

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Orson may refer to:

Places

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United States

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Fictional places

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  • Orson, Indiana, a small fictional town in the TV series The Middle

People

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  • Orson Bean (1928–2020), American film, television, and stage actor
  • Orson Flagg Bullard (1834–1906), Pennsylvania state representative
  • Orson Scott Card (born 1951), author of speculative fiction
  • Orson Squire Fowler (1809–1887), phrenologist who popularized the octagon house
  • Orson Welles (1915–1985), American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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  • Orson Pratt (1811–1881) and Orson Hyde (1805–1878), leaders in the Latter-day Saint movement and original members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles
  • Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931), politician, journalist, poet, historian and academic, and member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles
  • Orson Spencer (1802–1855), prolific writer and prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Orson Pratt Huish (1851–1932), Latter-day Saint hymn writer

Fictional characters

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Other

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See also

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