Dorn
Dorn (German for thorn) is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Dorn (1929-2014), American poet
- Andrew Dorn (born 1986), American distance runner
- August T. Dorn (1849-1923), American politician
- Dieter Dorn (born 1935), German theatre director
- Dolores Dorn (born 1934), American film actor
- Ed Dorn (1929–1999), U.S. poet
- Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), U.S. major general
- Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848–1916), German physicist
- Francis E. Dorn (1911–1987), member of the United States House of Representatives
- George W. Dorn (1836–1891), President of the Chico Board of Trustees in 1872
- Gerhard Dorn (c. 1530 – 1584), Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile
- Heinrich Dorn (1804–1892), German conductor and composer
- Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, English writer and filmmaker
- Jerry verDorn (born 1948), American actor
- Joel Dorn (1942–2007), music producer
- Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (1805–1881), German orientalist
- Ludwik Dorn (born 1954), Polish politician
- Luke Dorn (born 1982), rugby player
- Michael Dorn (born 1952), U.S. actor
- Robert C. Dorn, New York politician
- Roosevelt F. Dorn (born 1935), mayor
- Rüdiger Dorn (born 1969), game designer
- Thea Dorn (born 1970), German writer
- Walter Dorn (born 1961), scientist, educator, author and researcher
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916–2005), U.S. politician
Fictional characters:
- Fandorin, a fictitious Russian surname derived from von Dorn
- Van Dorn Detective Agency, a fictitious detective agency in a series of novels by Clive Cussler
- Dorn Marto, a character in the video game Star Ocean
- Rogal Dorn, one of the twenty primarchs and leader of the Imperial Fists in table top game Warhammer 40,000
- Chris Dorn and son Kurt Dorn, wheat farmers in Zane Grey's 1919 novel The Desert of Wheat
See also
- River Dorn
- Van Dorn Street (Washington Metro)
- Dorn (band), a German metal band
- Dorn (board game), a Czech board game
- Doorn
- Dohrn (disambiguation)
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