Dorn Explained

Dorn (German for thorn) is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname.

People

Angela Dorn-Rancke,, German politician
August T. Dorn (1849–1923), American politician
David Dorn (1942–2020), African-American retired police chief murdered after interrupting a burglary
Dieter Dorn (born 1935), German theatre director
Dolores Dorn (1934–2019), American film actor
Edward John Dorn (1854–1937), United States naval officer and Governor of Guam
Ed Dorn (1929–1999), American poet
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
Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Ukrainian singer, DJ, TV presenter and producer
Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, English writer and filmmaker
Joel Dorn (1942–2007), music producer
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (1805–1881), German orientalist
Ludwik Dorn (1954–2022), Polish politician
Luke Dorn (born 1982), rugby player
Michael Dorn (born 1952), American actor
Myles Dorn (born 1998), American football player
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), American politician
Wulf Dorn (born 1969), German novelist

Eliot Dorn, on the American crime drama series and soap opera The Edge of Night
Rogal Dorn, one of the twenty primarchs and leader of the Imperial Fists in tabletop game Warhammer 40,000
Roger Dorn (played by Corbin Bernsen), in the films Major League (1989), Major League II (1994) and (1998)
Chris Dorn and son Kurt Dorn, wheat farmers in Zane Grey's 1919 novel The Desert of Wheat