# Dorn

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This article is about the surname. For other uses, see [Dorn (disambiguation)](/source/Dorn_(disambiguation)).

**Dorn** ([German](/source/German_language) for [thorn](/source/Spine_(botany))) is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname.

## People

- [Amanda Dorn](/source/Amanda_Dorn), Australian politician
- [Angela Dorn-Rancke](/source/Angela_Dorn-Rancke), , German politician
- [August T. Dorn](/source/August_T._Dorn) (1849–1923), American politician
- [David Dorn](/source/Murder_of_David_Dorn) (1942–2020), African-American retired police chief murdered after interrupting a burglary
- [Dieter Dorn](/source/Dieter_Dorn) (born 1935), German theatre director
- [Dolores Dorn](/source/Dolores_Dorn) (1934–2019), American film actor
- [Edward John Dorn](/source/Edward_John_Dorn) (1854–1937), United States naval officer and Governor of Guam
- [Ed Dorn](/source/Ed_Dorn) (1929–1999), American poet
- [Florian Dorn](/source/Florian_Dorn) (born 1986), German politician
- [Friedrich Ernst Dorn](/source/Friedrich_Ernst_Dorn) (1848–1916), German physicist
- [Francis E. Dorn](/source/Francis_E._Dorn) (1911–1987), member of the United States House of Representatives
- [George W. Dorn](/source/George_Dorn) (1836–1891), President of the Chico Board of Trustees in 1872
- [Gerhard Dorn](/source/Gerhard_Dorn) (c. 1530–1584), Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile
- [Heinrich Dorn](/source/Heinrich_Dorn) (1804–1892), German conductor and composer
- [Ivan Dorn](/source/Ivan_Dorn) (born 1988), Ukrainian singer, DJ, TV presenter and producer
- [Jennifer Dunbar Dorn](/source/Jennifer_Dunbar_Dorn), English writer and filmmaker
- [Joel Dorn](/source/Joel_Dorn) (1942–2007), music producer
- [Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn](/source/Johannes_Albrecht_Bernhard_Dorn) (1805–1881), German orientalist
- [Ludwik Dorn](/source/Ludwik_Dorn) (1954–2022), Polish politician
- [Luke Dorn](/source/Luke_Dorn) (born 1982), rugby player
- [Michael Dorn](/source/Michael_Dorn) (born 1952), American actor
- [Myles Dorn](/source/Myles_Dorn) (born 1998), American football player
- [Robert C. Dorn](/source/Robert_C._Dorn), New York politician
- [Roosevelt F. Dorn](/source/Roosevelt_F._Dorn) (born 1935), mayor
- [Rüdiger Dorn](/source/R%C3%BCdiger_Dorn) (born 1969), game designer
- [Thea Dorn](/source/Thea_Dorn) (born 1970), German writer
- [Walter Dorn](/source/Walter_Dorn) (born 1961), scientist, educator, author and researcher
- [Willian Dorn](/source/Willian_Dorn) (born 1994), Brazilian futsal player
- [William Jennings Bryan Dorn](/source/William_Jennings_Bryan_Dorn) (1916–2005), American politician
- [Wolfram Dorn](/source/Wolfram_Dorn) (1924–2014), German politician
- [Wulf Dorn](/source/Wulf_Dorn) (born 1969), German novelist

## Fictional characters

- Chris Dorn and son Kurt Dorn, wheat farmers in [Zane Grey](/source/Zane_Grey)'s 1919 novel *The Desert of Wheat*
- Eliot Dorn, on the American crime drama series and soap opera *[The Edge of Night](/source/The_Edge_of_Night)*
- Rogal Dorn, one of the twenty primarchs and leader of the Imperial Fists in tabletop game *[Warhammer 40,000](/source/Warhammer_40,000)*
- Roger Dorn (played by [Corbin Bernsen](/source/Corbin_Bernsen)), in the films *[Major League](/source/Major_League_(film))* (1989), *[Major League II](/source/Major_League_II)* (1994) and *[Major League: Back to the Minors](/source/Major_League:_Back_to_the_Minors)* (1998)

## See also

- [Van Dorn (disambiguation)](/source/Van_Dorn_(disambiguation)), which includes a list of people with the surname Van Dorn or van Dorne

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