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Orval (disambiguation)
Orval may refer to: Orval Abbey in Belgium;Orval, the Trappist brewery and beer located in the abbey;Orval, a commune of the Cher département, in France;Orval, a commune of the Manche département, in France. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wi..

Orval Abbey
For other uses, see Orval (disambiguation) Orval Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 in the Gaume region of Belgium and is located in Villers-devant-Orval, part of Florenville in the province of Luxembourg. The abbey is well-known for its history and spiritual life but also for its loca..

Orval Faubus
thumb Orval Eugene Faubus (7 January 1910–14 December 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, infamous for his 1957 stand against integration of Little Rock, Arkansas schools in defiance of U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Contents 1 Early life2 Early political care..

Orval H. Hansen
Orval Howard Hansen (born August 3, 1926 in Firth, Idaho) was a United States Representative from Idaho. Hansen served as a Republican in the House from 1969 to 1975. Hansen represented the state's Second Congressional District. In 2006 Hansen's son, Jim D. Hansen, won the Democratic nomination fo..

Orval Nease
Orval J. Nease (1891-1950) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. ..

Orval Overall
Orval Overall of the Chicago Cubs. Baseball card, issued 1911 by the American Tobacco Company. Orval Overall (February 2 1881 - July 14 1947) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the early 1900s. His best years were with the Chicago Cubs, notably 1907 when ..

Orval Tessier
Orval Tessier (Born - June 30, 1933 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman and Coach who played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins and who coached for 3 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Chicago..

Orvan Hess
Orvan Walter Hess, M.D. (born 1906-06-18, Baoba, Pa.—died 2002-09-06, New Haven, Connecticut) At the age of two, after his mother's death, the family moved to Arena N.Y., and soon thereafter to Margaretville, New York Orvan was inspired by Dr. Gordon Bostwick Maurer—who started Margaretville’..

Orvar-Odd
Orvar Odd informs Ingeborg about Hjalmar's death, by August Malmström (1859) Orvar-Odd (i.e. arrow-odd) was a legendary hero of whom an anonymous Icelander wrote in the latter part of the 13th century. The saga of Orvar-Odd became very popular and it contained old legends and songs. He also a..

Orvar Säfström
Orvar Säfström (born 1973/432 years old on May 30, 2006, according to [this article] from Aftonbladet) is one of Sweden's most popular film reviewers. Together with Emma Gray, he currently hosts Filmkrönikan on the Swedish television network SVT. Until 2003, Orvar was employed at ZTV,..

Orvault
Orvault is a commune in the département of Loire-Atlantique and the Pays de la Loire region of France. It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest. In the 1999 census, Orvault had a population of 23,554. External links [Official website] ..

Orvelte
The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Orvelte in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe. Orvelte ([52°51′N 6°40′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 18 km northeast of Hooge..

Orvieto
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Orville
Orville may refer to: Orville By Gibson, the Japanese brand for Gibson guitars for the Japanese market during the 1980s and the 1990s Orville is the name of several communes in France: Orville, in the Côte-d'Or départementOrville, in the Indre départementOrville, in the Loiret départementOrvill..

Orvilleus
Orvilleus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Orvilleus crassus Chickering, 1946 (Panama) ..

Orville Adalbert Derby
Orville Adalbert Derby (b. July 23, 1851, Kellogsville, New York, USA; d. November 27, 1915, Rio de Janeiro) was an American geologist who worked in Brazil. Derby studied geology at the Cornell University, obtaining his degree in 1873. While a student, he was invited in 1870 by his professor Charl..

Orville Alton Turnquest
Sir Orville Alton Turnquest, GCMG , QC , LL.B (born July 19, 1929) was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the governor-general of the Bahamas from January 3 1995 until his retirement on November 13 2001. He was knighted in 1995. |- style="text-alig..

Orville Brown
Orville Brown (10 March 1908–24th January 1981) was a professional wrestler. He was NWA Champion twice, and was recognised as the first NWA champion in 1940. Orville Brown was born on 10th March 1908. He grew up on a small farm in Sharon, Kansas, USA. Brown worked on the farm during the mo..

Orville By Gibson
Orville by Gibson (also known simply as Orville) was the Japanese brand of Gibson guitars for the Japanese market during the 1980's and the 1990's. Contents 1 History2 Characteristics3 Acquisition4 Orville range4.1 Electric guitars4.2 Electric Basses4.3 Acoust..

Orville Carlisle
Orville Carlisle (July 6, 1917 - August 1, 1988), a shoe salesman in Norfolk, Nebraska invented the hobby that would become known as model rocketry. In 1953, Orville and his brother Robert were joint owners of a shoe store on 420 Norfolk Ave. Robert, a model aviation enthusiast, demonstrated his "U..

Orville Coast
Orville Coast ([75°45′S 65°30′W]) is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying west of Ronne Ice Shelf between Cape Adams and Cape Zumberge. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this coast for Capt. Howard T. Orville..

Orville Elias Babcock
thumb Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 – June 2, 1884) was an American Civil War general. Born in Franklin, Vermont, Babcock graduated third in a class of forty-five from West Point in 1861. During the Civil War, he served as Nathaniel P. Banks' aide-de-camp until August 1861. H..

Orville Freeman
Orville Lothrop Freeman Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918 – February 20, 2003) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961 and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. K..

Orville Gibson
--> Orville H. Gibson (born in 1856-1918, Chateaugay, New York) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Corporation in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1902, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments. Gibson's dedication to quality and innovation for over 100 years is the foundation for Gibson'..

Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 - April 21, 1905) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from the Gunnery Academy in Washington. He studied law in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing..

Orville Hickman Browning
Orville Hickman Browning (1806–1881) was a Republican Senator from Illinois. Browning was born February 10, 1806 in Cynthiana, Kentucky. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk War. Browning was a Whig delegate to the anti-Nebraska convention held at Bloomington, Illinois in May 1856. This conventio..

Orville Hodge
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Orville James Victor
Orville James Victor (Sandusky, Ohio, October 23, 1827 – Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, March 14, 1910) was a U.S. publisher. He is often said to have originated the dime novel. In December, 1860, his "Life of Joseph Garibaldi" (No. I, Beadle's Dime Biographical Library) appeared. He didn't invent th..

Orville Jenkins
Orville W. Jenkins (born 1913) is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. ..

Orville Lloyd Douglas
Orville Lloyd Douglas (born on September 26 1976) in Toronto Canada to Jamaican immigrants. He is known for his blunt and brutal honesty in his writings. Douglas has a BA degree in history from York University. Douglas swept on the writing scene at the age of 24 in the year 2001. Immediately his e..

Orville Moody
Contents 1 PGA Tour wins2 Champions Tour wins3 International wins4 Results in major championships5 References6 External links Orville Moody (born December 9, 1933 in Chickasha, Oklahoma) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments in his c..

Orville Redenbacher
For the brand of popcorn, see Orville Redenbacher's. An image of Orville Redenbacher on a popcorn container Orville Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995) is most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name. Born in Brazil, Indiana, he graduated from Purdue U..

Orville Redenbacher's
Orville Redenbacher's is a brand of popcorn founded by Orville Redenbacher in 1971. It was sold to Hunt-Wesson in 1976, which was bought out by its current owner, ConAgra Foods, in 1990. To this day it is the #1 selling brand of popcorn. Contents 1 Products1.1 Microwave Popcorn1.2 ..

Orville Schell
Orville Hickock Schell III (born May 20, 1940) is the Dean at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and author of numerous works on the history of China. Schell has both his masters and doctorate degree from UC Berkeley's Department of History, and an undergraduate de..

Orville the Duck
Orville with Keith Harris Orville the Duck is the puppet of ventriloquist Keith Harris and was named after Orville Wright, (one of the Wright Brothers). Orville was a green duckling who wore nothing but a nappy. Orville appeared on BBC television from 1982 to 1990 on The Keith Harris Show, w..

Orville Vogel
Orville Vogel is a biologist who was involved in research in Norin 10 wheat. Cecil Salmon, biologist working in post-IIWW Japan, collected 16 varieties of wheat including one called “Norin 10”, which was very short, thus less likely to suffer wind damage. Salmon sent it to Orville Vogel in Oreg..

Orville Wright Middle School
Orville Wright Middle School Principal/Headmaster Stephen Rochelle School type Public 6 to 8 Junior High/Middle School Founded 1948 as Westchester High School Enrollment Faculty Campus surroundings Suburban single-family homes, Vons Supermarket, Westchester United Methodist C..

Orvil Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical)
Orvil Township was a township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey, The township was created on April 20, 1885, from the western portion of Washington Township and the southern portion of Hohokus Township. The township straddled both sides of the Saddle River, extending north to the New York St..

Orvin
Orvin is a town of the canton of Berne in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Courtelary, in an area called the Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois in French), which sits between the Canton of Jura and the German-speaking part of the Canton of Bern. The people of this commune speak French, alth..

Orvis
Orvis[link] is a fishing and sporting equipment manufacturer based in Vermont, USA. It is one of the oldest fly fishing tackle manufacturers in the world, established in 1856. ..

Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson
Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson (English: Thorvald Asvaldsson) was the father of the discoverer of Greenland, Eiríkr Rauði (Erik the Red) and grandfather of Leifr Eiríksson, who visited North America centuries before Christopher Columbus. (See Discovery of America.) His father was Ásvald Úlfsson, son of ..

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