Orville (given name) explained
Orville is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Orville E. Atwood (1880–1939), American politician
- Orville E. Babcock (1835–1884), American general
- Orville Hickman Browning (1806–1881), American politician
- Orville Bulman (1904-1978), American businessman-turned-painter
- Orville Carlisle (1917–1988), American inventor
- Orville Lloyd Douglas (born 1976), Canadian poet and writer
- Orville Willis Forte IV (born 1970), American actor and writer
- Orville Freeman (1918–2003), American politician
- Orville Frenette (born 1927), Canadian judge
- Orville Gibson (1856–1918), American guitar maker
- Orville Harrold (1878–1933), American singer
- Orville L. Hubbard (1903–1982), American politician
- Orville Johnson (born 1953), American musician
- Orville R. Leonard (1834–1894), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
- Orville Moody (1933–2008), American golfer
- Orville Howard Phillips (1924–2009), Canadian politician
- Orville H. Platt (1827–1905), American politician
- Orville C. Pratt (1819–1891), American lawyer and judge
- Orville Redenbacher (1907–1995), American businessman
- Orville Wayne Rollins (1912–1991), American businessman, co-founder of Rollins, Inc.
- Orville Schell (born 1940), American writer
- Orville Taylor (born 1970), Jamaican athlete
- Orville Trask (1934–2008), American football player
- Orville Turnquest (born 1929), Bahamian politician
- Orville Vogel (1907–1991), American scientist
- Orville Wright (1871–1948), American inventor and aviator
- Orville Peck (born 1988), Canadian country singer
Fictional characters
- Orville the Duck, a puppet operated by ventriloquist Keith Harris
- ”Uncle” Orville, an extended member of the family featured in the attraction Carousel of Progress
- Lord Orville, an earl in the 1778 novel Evelina by Frances Burney
- Orville the albatross, a character in the 1977 Disney film The Rescuers
- Orville "Rick" Wright, a character in the television series Magnum, P.I.
- Orville Simpson, the grandfather of Homer Simpson in The Simpsons
- Don Orville, a character in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Orville, a ghost in the 2001 video game Luigi's Mansion
- Orville, the protagonist of the 2009 video game Takt of Magic
- Orville, Wilbur's older brother and a receptionist for Dodo Airlines in the 2020 video game
