Arts and Music

• Orlando Gibbons (born 1583, died 1625)

  English composer.

  • Composer of sacred music, madrigals, motets, and fantasies (see list of Composers)
• Orlando di Lasso (born 1532, died 1594)

  Belgian composer.

  • Composer of sacred music, madrigals, and chansons (see list of Renaissance Composers)

Sports

• Orlando Antigua

  American basketball player.

  • Harlem Globetrotter (see list of The Harlem Globetrotters)
• Orlando Cepeda

  Baseball player.

  • 1967 National League Most Valuable Player (see list of National League Most Valuable Players)
  • 1958 National League Rookie of the Year (see list of National League Rookies of the Year)
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Orlando Pace

  American football player.

  • 1997 National Football League number-one draft pick (see list of Football #1 Draft Picks)
  • 1996 Outland Trophy winner (see list of Outland Trophy Winners)
• Orlando Pizzolato

  Italian runner.

  • 1984-85 New York Marathon champion (see list of New York Marathon Winners)

The Literary World

• Orlando
  • The gallant hero and Rosalind''s devoted love in As You Like It (see list of Shakespearean Characters)
• Orlando Patterson (born 1940)

  Jamaican-born American sociologist.

  • 1991 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for Freedom (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)