David Orr (born 1944) is an American politician who has served as County Clerk of Cook County, acting Mayor of Chicago, and a member of Chicago City Council.
David Duvall Orr is an American Democratic politician who served as the County Clerk of Cook County from 1990 to 2018. Orr was an Alderman of the 49th Ward in Chicago, Illinois from February 23, 1979 until December 10, 1990. From November 25, 1987 until December 2, 1987, Orr served as Mayor of Chicago after the death of Harold Washington on November 25, 1987. Orr retired from the office of Cook County Clerk in 2018, opting not to run for an eighth term.
David Orr may also refer to:
David Orr CBE, FREng, FICE, FIAE, is a civil engineer. He was the 143rd President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is married to Vyvienne and they have 2 children.
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and a James Marsh Professor at the University of Vermont. He is a well known environmentalist and is active in many areas of environmental studies, including environmental education and environmental design. He serves as a trustee for several organizations including the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
David Orr is an American journalist, attorney, and poet who is noted for his reviews and essays on poetry.
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Brady is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh or Mac Brádaigh, meaning "Spirited; Broad."
David Wright is an American baseball player.
Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn". The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn in Irish. The surname is borne by numerous unrelated Irish families in Ulster and the Irish counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo. The most notable family of the name are that of Thomond, a Dalcassian sept, who derive their surname from Niall Ó Cuinn who was slain at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. This family was formerly represented by the Earls of Dunraven. Another family is that seated in Annaly, who were related to the O'Farrell lords of Longford. Other families include one seated in Antrim; one seated in Raphoe; and one called Clann Cuain, seated near Castlebar. In the seventeenth century, the surname Quinn was common in Waterford. In 1890, the surname was numerous in Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim, and Roscommon. Quinn is one of the twenty most common surnames in Ireland. It is sometimes said that the surname Quinn is borne by Catholics whilst Quin is borne by Protestants.
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Orr is a surname common throughout the English-speaking world, but especially in Scotland, Ulster, the United States, Canada, and northern England. The name is considered to have numerous origins: such as being derived from an Old Norse byname; a Gaelic nickname; and an Old English topographical name, or similar place-name.
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David Warren "Dave" Cuddy is a businessman and Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of Alaska.
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Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a Pakistani Canadian resident of Chicago, USA who is an immigration service businessman and a former military physician. In 2011, he was convicted of providing support to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and of allegedly plotting an attack on the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. He was however not found guilty of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a charge for which he was originally detained. Expressing disappointment at the verdict the Government of India stated that National Investigative Agency would charge Rana in a court in Delhi. On January 17, 2013 he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Sir David Alexander Orr MC* was an Anglo-Irish businessman, philanthropist and World War II veteran.