People
- Earl of Orford, a title in the Peerage of England, including most notably:
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1653–1727), English naval officer and First Lord of the Admiralty
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745), first Prime Minister of Great Britain
- Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), British politician and writer
- John Orford, a British classical bassoonist
- Martin Orford, a keyboard player of the progressive rock band IQ
- Matt Orford, an Australian rugby league footballer
- Robert Orford, an English Bishop of Ely from 1302 to 1310
- Sandy Orford Edwin J. "Sandy" Orford (1912—), Welsh rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s for Wales, Wakefield Trinity, and Bradford Northern
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