James Orr

James Orr

James Orr is the name of several notable people:

* James Orr (poet) (1770-1816), a poet or "rhyming weaver" from Ulster also known as the "Bard of Ballycarry", who wrote in the English language and the Scots language
* James Edwin Orr (1912-1987) Evangelist
* James Lawrence Orr (1822-1873), United States politician
* James Orr (theologian) (1844-1913) Scottish theological writer
* James Orr (film figure), Hollywood writer, producer and director
* James Orr (Canadian politician), a 19th C. MLA for the riding of New Westminster in the Canadian province of British Columbia
* James Orr (umpire) (1868-1940), Australian Test Cricket umpire
* James Orr (Basketballer), Player in the Australian National Basketball League as a development player for the South Dragons


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  • James Orr (umpire) — James Patrick Orr (born 18 July 1868 at Brisbane, Queensland; died 26 December 1940 at Brisbane, Queensland) was a cricket Test match umpire.He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground …   Wikipedia

  • James Lawrence Orr — (* 12. Mai 1822 in Craytonville, Anderson County, South Carolina; † 5. Mai 1873 in St. Petersburg, Russland) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Er amtierte von 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Orr, James — (1770 1816)     The Poet of Ballycarry was born at Ferranshane, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of a weaver. Orr became one of the Rhyming Weavers of Ulster, who wrote in the Ulster Scot dialect inspired by Robert Burns and who published their… …   British and Irish poets

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