Orson may refer to:
Places
editUnited States
edit- Orson, Iowa, an unincorporated community
- Orson, Pennsylvania, a village in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Fictional places
edit- Orson, Indiana, a small fictional town in the TV series The Middle
People
edit- Orson Bean (1928–2020), American film, television, and stage actor
- Orson Flagg Bullard (1834-1906), Pennsylvania state representative
- Orson Scott Card (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
edit- 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
edit- Orson, the hero of Valentine and Orson, a medieval romance, from which the name originates
- Orson, a ghost who controlled his own mech suit, Toc-Man from Pac-Man World and its remake
- Orson Hodge, a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives
- The unseen supervisor of the alien Mork from planet Ork on the ABC situation comedy Mork & Mindy
- Orson Pig, a fictional character on the comic strip U.S. Acres
- Orson Pink, a character from Doctor Who
- Orson Krennic, a character in the Star Wars franchise film Rogue One
- Orson, the original name for Tweety Bird
- Orson, the main antagonist of the 2022 American 3D-animated film The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild.
Other
edit- Orson (band), a former American rock band