Orion Samuelson (born March 31, 1934) is a retired American radio news anchor who worked at radio station WGN in Chicago as an agriculture reporter from 1960 until his retirement in December 2020. He was notable for breaking the news of the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the public in November 1963.
In the classic fantasy novel "The King of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany, Orion is the son of Lirazel, an elf princess, and Alveric, a mortal man. Lirazel named him Orion after the constellation, because she loved the stars so much (there were no stars in Elfland), and Alveric said that Orion was a good name, because Orion was a hunter, and Alveric loved hunting. Orion was three years old by the time Lirazel named him, as she couldn't pick a name before then. I think Orion is a marvelous name, I've always loved it! I like it as a variant of Ryan, as well. I know the names have nothing to do with one another, but Orion sounds like Ryan with an O in front. Orion is a wonderful, I love it!