Notable orcs

Main universe

Name	Role	Affiliation	Status	Location
Thrall	Founder and former Warchief of the New Horde, leader of the Earthen Ring, orc chieftain and representative on the Horde Council	Frostwolf clan, Earthen Ring, Horde	Alive	Various
Blackhand	First Warchief of the Old Horde	Old Horde, Blackrock clan, Shadow Council	Deceased	Various
Gul'dan	Master of the Shadow Council, chieftain of the Stormreaver clan	Stormreaver clan, Shadow Council, Burning Legion	Deceased	Died in the Tomb of Sargeras
Orgrim Doomhammer	Warchief of the Horde during the Second War	Old Horde, Blackrock clan	Deceased	Buried in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands
Ner'zhul	Former elder shaman of the Shadowmoon clan, Warchief of the Horde of Draenor, transformed into the Lich King by Kil'jaeden	Scourge	Deceased	Shards of Frostmourne
Grommash Hellscream	Former chieftain of the Warsong clan, first orc to drink the blood of Mannoroth and the one to redeem them during the Third War	Horde, Warsong clan	Deceased	Buried in Demon Fall Canyon, Ashenvale
Garrosh Hellscream	Son of Grom, former Warchief of the Horde, Warchief of the True Horde, traveled to alternate Draenor to create the Iron Horde	Iron Horde, Warsong clan	Deceased	Various
Aggralan	Shaman of the Earthen Ring, mate of Thrall	Horde, The Mag'har, Earthen Ring	Alive	Various
Durotan	Father of Thrall, former chieftain of the Frostwolf clan	Frostwolf clan	Deceased	Buried in Alterac Valley
Draka	Mate of Durotan, mother of Thrall	Frostwolf clan	Deceased	Spirit resides in Maldraxxus
Garad	Father of Durotan, former chieftain of the Frostwolf clan	Frostwolf clan	Deceased	Unknown
Greatmother Geyah	Mother of Durotan, spiritual leader of the Mag'har	Mag'har, Horde	Alive	Garadar, Nagrand
Mother Kashur	Previous elder shaman of the Frostwolf clan, mentor of Drek'Thar	Mag'har, Frostwolf clan	Ghost	Spirit Fields, Nagrand
Drek'Thar	Chieftain and elder shaman of the Frostwolf clan	Frostwolf clan, Earthen Ring, Horde	Alive	Various
Rend Blackhand	Son of Blackhand, Warchief of the Dark Horde	Dark Horde, black dragonflight, Black Tooth Grin clan	Deceased	Formerly Blackrock Stadium, Blackrock Spire
Malkorok	Bodyguard and chief advisor to Garrosh, former leader of the Kor'kron	True Horde, Kor'kron, Blackrock clan	Deceased	Various
Nazgrim	One of the Four Horsemen of the Ebon Blade, formerly sergeant, legionnaire and general of the Horde	Knights of the Ebon Blade	Active	Various
Warlord Zaela	Warlord of the Dragonmaw clan	Iron Horde, Ironmarch, Dragonmaw clan	Deceased	Various
Gorfax Angerfang	Chieftain of the Dragonmaw clan	Dragonmaw clan, Horde	Alive	Various
Teron Gorefiend	First of the death knights, acolyte of the Shadow Council	Illidari, Shadowmoon clan	Deceased	Various
Broxigar	Orcish veteran thrown back in time to the War of the Ancients, only known mortal to have wounded Sargeras	Horde, Kaldorei Resistance	Deceased	Unknown
Varok Saurfang	Brother of Broxigar, High Overlord of the Kor'kron, Supreme Commander of the Might of Kalimdor	Horde, Orgrimmar, Warsong Offensive, Kor'kron	Deceased	Various
Dranosh Saurfang	Son of Saurfang, commander of the Kor'kron Vanguard, raised as a death knight by the Scourge	Scourge	Deceased	Various
Eitrigg	Chieftain of the Blackrock clan, High-ranking Horde commander, and Champion of the Valarjar.	Blackrock clan, Orgrimmar, Horde, Valarjar, Argent Crusade	Alive	Various
Ariok	Son of Eitrigg, member of the first expedition to alternate Draenor, transformed into a dire orc	Orgrimmar	Alive	Various
Kilrogg Deadeye	Former chieftain of the Bleeding Hollow clan	Horde of Draenor, Bleeding Hollow clan	Deceased	Unknown
Jorin Deadeye	Son of Kilrogg, chieftain of the Bleeding Hollow clan	Mag'har, Bleeding Hollow clan	Alive	Garadar, Nagrand
Kargath Bladefist	Chieftain of the Shattered Hand clan, Warchief of the Fel Horde	Fel Horde, Illidari, Shattered Hand clan	Deceased	Hall of Blades, Shattered Halls
Fenris Wolfbrother	Chieftain of the Thunderlord clan	Horde of Draenor, Thunderlord clan	Unknown	Unknown
Garm Wolfbrother	Last chieftain of the Thunderlord clan	Mag'har, Thunderlord clan	Deceased	Thunderlord Stronghold, Blade's Edge Mountains
Zuluhed the Whacked	Former chieftain of the Dragonmaw clan	Dragonmaw clan, Illidari	Deceased	Dragonmaw Fortress, Shadowmoon Valley
Nekros Skullcrusher	Former second-in-command of the Dragonmaw clan, jailer of Alexstrasza	Dragonmaw clan, Old Horde	Deceased	Unknown
Rehgar Earthfury	Advisor to Thrall, shaman representative on the New Council of Tirisfal, former gladiator master	Horde, Earthen Ring, New Council of Tirisfal	Alive	Various
Nazgrel	Overseer of Thrallmar	Frostwolf clan, Horde, Thrallmar	Alive	Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula
Drak'thul	Hermit, one of the last surviving members of the Stormreaver clan	Independent	Alive	Broken Isles
Utok Scratcher	Recorded the events of the Second War	Old Horde	Unknown	Unknown
Ishi	Blademaster and champion of Warchief Garrosh Hellscream	Horde	Deceased	Garrosh'ar Advance, Kun-Lai Summit
Ragnok Bloodreaver	Attempted to enslave nether drakes on Draenor	Independent	Deceased	Hellfire Peninsula
Rokaro	Champion of the Horde and companion of Rexxar	Horde	Alive	Shadowprey Village, Desolace
Samuro	Blademaster and companion of Rexxar, helped infiltrate Theramore Isle	Independent	Alive	Unknown
Grandmaster Vorpil	Leader of the Cabal	Cabal, Shadow Council	Killable	Sanctum of Shadows, Shadow Labyrinth
Gorgonna	Chieftain of the Warsong clan and leader of Conquest Hold.	Warsong Offensive, Warsong clan, Horde	Alive	Conquest Hold, Grizzly Hills
Cromush	High Warlord	Horde	Alive	Various
Orkus	Kingslayer	Horde	Deceased	Hillsbrad Foothills

Alternate universe

Name	Role	Affiliation	Status	Location
Grommash Hellscream	Former Warchief of the Iron Horde, former Warlord of the Warsong clan	Warsong clan, Iron Horde	Unknown	Various
Gul'dan	Lord of the Shadow Council, Burning Legion ambassador to the Nightborne	Shadow Council, Burning Legion	Deceased	Various
Durotan	Warchief of the Frostwolf Orcs	Frostwolf Orcs, Horde (allied)	Deceased	Various
Draka	Mate of Durotan	Frostwolf Orcs, Horde (allied)	Unknown	Various
Kilrogg Deadeye	Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow clan	Bleeding Hollow clan, Shadow Council, Burning Legion	Deceased	Various
Ga'nar	Brother of Durotan	Frostwolf Orcs	Deceased	Various
Drek'Thar	Shaman of the Frostwolf Orcs	Frostwolf Orcs	Alive	Various
Blackhand	Warlord of the Blackrock clan	Blackrock clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Various
Ner'zhul	Warlord of the Shadowmoon clan	Shadowmoon clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Various
Kargath Bladefist	Warlord of the Shattered Hand clan	Shattered Hand clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Various
Kaz the Shrieker	Presumed leader of the Laughing Skull Orcs	Laughing Skull Orcs, Frostwolf Orcs, Horde (allied)	Alive	Gorgrond
Fenris Wolfbrother	Warlord of the Thunderlord clan	Thunderlord clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Wor'gol; Hall of the Great Hunt, Frostfire Ridge
Azuka Bladefury	Warlord of the Burning Blade clan	Burning Blade clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Various
Orgrim Doomhammer	General of the Grom'kar, second-in-command of Blackhand	Formerly Grom'kar, Blackrock clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Talador
Commander Tharbek	Commander of the Ironmarch	Ironmarch, Warsong clan, Iron Horde	Deceased	Blackrock Stadium, Upper Blackrock Spire
Teron'gor	Warlock of the Shadow Council	Shadow Council	Deceased	Various