- U.S. actor, director, and producer.
- U.S. journalist, legislator, and government official: Secretary of the Navy 1861–69.
- U.S. diplomat and government official.
- (George) Orson (ˈɔːs ə n). 1915–85, US film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) are regarded as film classics
