Orlando may refer to:

• The Italian form of the name Roland

Roland was a Frankish seneschal in Charlemagnes service, killed in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass AD 778. ...

Literature

• Orlando (character), the subject of several works:
  • The Song of Roland, the oldest major work of French literature
  • Orlando furioso, an epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto
  • Orlando innamorato, an epic poem written by Matteo Maria Boiardo
• Orlando: A Biography, a novel by Virginia Woolf
• Orlando, a character in William Shakespeare's As You Like It
• Orlando (The Marmalade Cat), cat from a series of illustrated children's books by Kathleen Hale
• Orlando is the Italian form of the name Roland, which in medieval and Renaissance literature is the chief paladin of Charlemagne

This article is about the character from Renaissance and Baroque literature and music. ... The Song of Roland (French: ) is the oldest major work of French literature. ... Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. ... Orlando Innamorato is an epic poem written by the Italian Renaissance author Matteo Maria Boiardo. ... Orlando is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1928. ... Scene from As you like it, Francis Hayman, c. ... Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) is the eponymous hero of a series of 19 illustrated childrens books written by Kathleen Hale between 1938 and 1972. ... It has been suggested that Orlando (character) be merged into this article or section. ...

People

• Last Name
  • Bobby Orlando (Bobby O), American dance music artist and record producer
  • Joe Orlando, Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist
  • Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947), Italian politician
  • Tony Orlando, American singer
  • Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (May 19, 1860 - December 1, 1952), Italian diplomat
• First Name
  • Orlando Anderson, alleged murderer of Tupac Shakur
  • Orlando Bianchini, retired Italian hammer thrower
  • Orlando Bloom, British actor
  • Orlando Bonsignori, Italian banker
  • Orlando Bosch, CIA-backed criminal and Cuban exile
  • Orlando Bridgeman, various titled Englishmen of the 17th — 20th centuries
  • Orlando Brown, American actor, singer and rapper
  • Orlando Brown (football player), American football player
  • Orlando Busino, American artist
  • Orlando Cabrera, Major League Baseball player
  • Orlando Canizales, American boxer
  • Orlando Cepeda, former Major League Baseball player
  • Orlando Cole, cello teacher
  • Orlando Engelaar, Dutch football (soccer) player
  • Orlando Figes, British historian
  • Orlando Figueroa, Director for Mars Exploration at NASA
  • Orlando Gibbons, seventeenth century composer and organist
  • Orlando Graham, former American National Basketball Association player
  • Orlando Hernández, Major League Baseball player
  • Orlando Hubbs, former United States Congressman from North Carolina
  • Orlando Hudson, Major League Baseball player
  • Orlando Huff, American football player
  • Orlando Jones, American comedian and actor
  • Orlando Jordan, American professional wrestler
  • Orlando Lagos, Chilean photographer
  • Orlando Letelier del Solar, Chilean diplomat
  • Orlando Llenza, Puerto Rican Two-Star General
  • Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist
  • Orlando Maldonado, retired Puerto Rican boxer
  • Orlando Martins, Nigerian actor
  • Orlando Martínez, former Cuban boxer
  • Orlando Mercado, former Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Orlando Merced, former Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Orlando Miguel, Mexican actor
  • Orlando Miller, former Panamanian baseball player
  • Orlando Mohorovic, Croatian artist
  • Orlando Montenegro Medrano, former president of Nicaragua
  • Orlando A. Naranjo, Venezuelan astronomer
  • Orlando Reeves, speculative origin of name of Orlando, Florida
  • Orlando Smith, chief minister of the British Virgin Islands
  • Orlando Urdaneta, Venezuelan actor
  • Orlando Wells, British actor
  • Orlando B. Willcox, Union Army General in the American Civil War

Bobby Orlando, also known as Bobby O, is a dance music artist and record producer who was most successful in the early 1980s. ... Joe Orlando was an illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist who was born April 4, 1927, in Bari, Italy, and died December 23, 1998, in Manhattan. ... Leoluca Orlando (born August 1, 1947), is an Italian politician, who was mayor of Palermo in 1985-1990 and 1993-2000. ... Tony Orlando Tony Orlando (born April 3, 1944) is an American singer best known for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970s. ... Vittorio Orlando Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (May 19, 1860 - December 1, 1952) was an Italian diplomat and political figure. ... Orlando Baby Lane Anderson (1974 - May 29, 1998) is the person usually cited as the murderer of the American rap-legend Tupac Shakur. ... Orlando Bianchini (born 4 June 1955) is a retired Italian hammer thrower. ... Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom[1] (born January 13, 1977) is an English actor. ... Orlando Bonsignori (died 1273) was an Italian banker from Siena. ... Orlando Bosch is a Cuban exile and former CIA-backed terrorist, head of CORU organization, which the FBI has described as an anti-Castro terrorist umbrella organization. He has been accused of having taken part in Operation Condor and of a variety of terrorist attacks. ... Sir Orlando Bridgeman (1606 - 1674) was a Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England (1667 - 1672), baronet, and an English common law jurist, lawyer, and politician. ... Orlando Brown (born December 4, 1987 in Los Angeles County, California) is an American actor, singer, and rapper who has supporting roles in several Disney Channel television shows, notably Thats So Raven in which he portrays Eddie Thomas, the best friend of a future-seeing teenager; and in The... Orlando Brown (born December 12, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) was an American football player who played offensive tackle. ... Orlando Busino is an artist who has worked in the comics field. ... Orlando Luis Cabrera (born November 2, 1974 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. ... Orlando Canizales, born on November 25, 1965 in Laredo, TX) was an American bantamweight world champion. ... Orlando Cepeda (born September 17, 1937) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and right-handed batter who played with the San Francisco Giants (1958-66), St. ... Orlando Cole is one of the best known cello teachers who has helped to produce a whole generation of soloists and first cellists in a dozen leading orchestras. ... Orlando Engelaar (born August 24, 1979 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a football attacking midfielder from the Netherlands, who is playing for FC Twente in the Dutch highest league (Eredivisie) since the summer of 2006. ... Orlando Figes, born 1957 in London, son of the Feminist writer Eva Figes. ... Orlando Figueroa a. ... Orlando Gibbons Orlando Gibbons (baptised December 25, 1583 – June 5, 1625) was an English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. ... Orlando Graham (born May 5, 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. ... Orlando Hernández Pedroso (born October 11, 1969 in Villa Clara, Cuba), nicknamed El Duque, is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. ... Orlando Hubbs (18 February 1840 - 5 December 1930) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1881 and 1883. ... Orlando Thill Hudson (born December 12, 1977 in Darlington, South Carolina) is a major league second baseman for the National Leagues Arizona Diamondbacks. ... City Tempe, Arizona Other nicknames {{{nicknames}}} Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Dennis Green Owner Bidwill Family Fight song {{{song}}} Mascot Big Red Local radio Flagship stations: KMVP (860 AM), KTAR (620 AM), and KMIA (710 AM)-Spanish Announcers: Kent Derdivanis and Ron Wolfley-Radio (English); Gabriel... Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968) is an American comedian and film and television actor. ... Orlando Mason Jordan (born July 10, 1971 in Salem, New Jersey) is a professional wrestler who is currently working for TNT Pro Wrestling but is best known for working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. ... Orlando Chico Lagos (1912 or 1913 – February 4, 2007) was a Chilean photographer, most notably known for his work with Salvador Allende. ... Orlando Letelier del Solar (April 13, 1932–September 21, 1976), was a member of the government of Chile. ... Major General Orlando Llenza (1930-), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ... Orlando Cachiato López (Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933) is a Cuban bassist. ... Orlando Maldonado (born May 21, 1959 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the mens light flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. ... Orlando Martins (1899-1985) was a pioneering black actor in film and on stage. ... Orlando Martínez is a former Cuban bantamweight professional boxer who won gold in Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Orlando Rodriguez Mercado (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Orlando Miguel Rojas González (born July 18, 1969 in La Habana, Cuba) is a Mexican actor. ... Orlando Miller (born January 13, 1969 in Changuinola, Panama), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a shortstop from 1994-1997. ... Orlando Mohorovic (born 1950 in Labin) is a Croatian artist. ... Orlando Montenegro Medrano was President of Nicaragua in 1966. ... Orlando A. Naranjo is a Venezuelan astronomer. ... According to one tale on the origin of the name of Orlando, Florida, Sentinel Orlando Reeves was an American soldier who was killed during the Seminole War, when he was about to fire a warning shot to his fellow soldiers. ... Orlando D. Smith (born August 28, 1944) is the chief minister of the British Virgin Islands since June 17, 2003. ... Orlando Urdaneta is a well-known Venezuelan actor and television personality. ... Orlando Wells (born June 9, 1973) is a British actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Places

• Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States
  • Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States
• Orlando, Oklahoma, United States
• Orlando, Soweto, South Africa
• Orlando Marriott World Center, the world's largest Marriott hotel

Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... The Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Orlando Area, Metro Orlando or (more colloquially) Greater Orlando, is the state of Floridas third most densely populated metropolitan region. ... Orlando is a town located in Logan County, Oklahoma. ... Orlando is the name of a township in, Soweto, South Africa. ... The Orlando Marriott World Center is a hotel in Orlando, Florida. ...

Airports

• Orlando Executive Airport, a public airport used primarily for general aviation in Orlando, Florida
• Orlando International Airport, the busiest airport in Florida
• Orlando Sanford International Airport, an airport near Orlando, Florida

The Orlando Executive Airport is an airport located in Orlando, Florida primarily serving the general aviation community. ... MCO redirects here. ... Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA: SFB, ICAO: KSFB) is an airport in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...

Film and television

• Orlando (film), based on Woolf's novel
• Orlando (TV series), early '60s British thriller series for young adults
• The Orlando Breakers a fictional NFL expansion team in the ABC situational comedy Coach

Orlando is a 1992 movie, based on Virginia Woolfs novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth. ... Orlando is an early 60s British thriller television series for young adults starring Sam Kydd as Orlando, a character he had played in the adult television series Crane. ... The Orlando Breakers were a fictional expansion NFL team that hired Hayden Fox in the later episodes of the popular ABC sitcom Coach. ...

Music

• Orlando (opera), an opera seria by Handel
• Orlando finto pazzo, an opera by Vivaldi
• Orlando furioso (opera), an opera by Vivaldi
• Orlando (band), British indie-pop band of the 1990s
• Orlando (label), album label

Handel opera composed in 1733. ... Orlando finto pazzo is the second Italian opera by Antonio Vivaldi created in 1714. ... Orlando Furioso is an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi to an Italian libretto by Grazio Braccioli, base on the poem of the same name by Ariosto. ... Orlando was a band founded by Dickon Edwards, otherwise known as the moocher. ...

Sports

• Orlando (horse), a horse that won the Epsom Derby in 1844
• The Orlando Aces, an expansion team of the American Basketball Association
• The Orlando Falcons, a women's semi-professional soccer team of the Women's Premier Soccer League
• The Orlando Juice, one of the eight original Senior Professional Baseball Association
• The Orlando Lions, one of the inaugural franchises of the American Soccer League
• The Orlando Magic, Orlando, Florida's professional basketball team
• The Orlando Pirates, a famous South African football (soccer) club

Orlando was the name of a thoroughbred racehorse that won the Epsom Derby in 1844. ... The Orlando Aces are an expansion team of the modern American Basketball Association in Orlando, Florida, which will begin play in the Florida Division of the Blue Conference in the 2006-2007 season. ... The Orlando Falcons are a WPSL club that play in Orlando, Florida. ... The Orlando Juice was one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. ... The Orlando Lions are a defunct USL A team that played during the 1990 season along with 9 other teams. ... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... Orlando Pirates are a South African football (soccer) club, founded in 1937 in the Orlando section of Soweto, Johannesburg. ...

Other

• Orlando Wines, a winery located in the Barossa Valley, South Australia
• Orlando (computer programmer), real name Nick Pelling, a computer game programmer
• Orlando (Amtrak station), an Amtrak train station in Orlando, Florida
• USS Orlando (PF-99) US navy frigate
• Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, an expressway authority responsible for the operation of toll roads in Orange County, Florida
• Orlando Financial District, the financial district of Orlando, Florida
• Orlando Florida Temple, a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Orlando (rose), a popular breed of rose, which is a soft pink with deeper pink tips

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