Orso

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Orso is the Italian word meaning "bear", and is a common given name and surname in Italy.

Given name

• Orso of Benevento (died 892), Prince of Benevento
• Orso Ipato, Doge of Venice, 726–737
• Orso I Participazio (died 881), Doge of Venice
• Orso II Participazio (died 932), Doge of Venice, 912–932
• Orso Maria Guerrini (born 1943), Italian actor
• Orso Mario Corbino (1876–1937), Italian physicist and politician

Surname

• Anna Orso (1938–2012), Italian actress
• Michel Orso (born 1936), French singer-songwriter
• Mike D'Orso (born 1953), American journalist

Other

• Örsö, an island in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
• Orso (band), a US-based band
• Sant'Orso, name in Italian of the Collegiate church of Saint Ursus in Aosta, Italy

See also

• Edda Dell'Orso (born 1935), Italian singer
• L'orso bruno, a 1975 album by Antonello Venditti

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