Orin

For other uses, see Orin (disambiguation).

Or(r)in is an anglicised spelling of the Irish given name Odhrán, historically spelled Oḋrán.

People

• 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. (also known as 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 Peck (1860–1921), American painter
• Orrin H. Pilkey (1934–2024), American marine geologist, professor 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 c. 1973), American real estate developer

Fictional characters

• 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
• Orin the Lost, from the 2017 video game Destiny 2

See also

• 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