Orton

Orton can refer to more than one place/person:

Places

England

• Great Orton in Cumbria (near Carlisle)
• Little Orton in Cumbria (near Carlisle)
• Orton, Eden in Cumbria
• Orton, Northamptonshire
• Orton, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
• Orton, Staffordshire

Scotland

• Orton, Moray

Canada

• Orton, Ontario; a small community located in the township of East Garafraxa, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.

People

• Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter
• Bill Orton, US Congressman from Utah
• Edward J. Orton, Sr., American geologist
• Edward J. Orton, Jr., his son, a businessman and philanthropist
• Joe Orton, English playwright
• Kyle Orton, American football player
• P. D. Orton, British mycologist
• Samuel Orton, pioneered the study of learning disabilities. He is best known for his work examining the causes and treatment of reading disability, or dyslexia
• A family of American professional wrestlers, consisting of:
  • Bob Orton (1929–2006), the family founder
  • His older son Bob Orton, Jr. (born 1950)
  • His younger son Barry Orton (born 1958)
  • Randy Orton (born 1980), son of Bob Jr.

Other

• Orton (photography) - A photography technique
• Orton Ceramic Foundation

See also

• Oreton (disambiguation)