Dorn

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

• lineage of Ruprecht I count of Dürn (1151?-1199?)[1]
  • Boppo I von Dorn (d. ca. 1276)
  • Konrad I von Dorn (1205? - 1258?)
• Gerhard Dorn (circa 1530–1584), Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile.
• Heinrich Dorn (1804-1892), German composer.
• Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (1805-1881), German orientalist.
• Earl Van Dorn (1820-1863), US major general.
• Alexander Dorn (1833-1901), German composer.
• Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848-1916), German physicist.
• Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987), member of the United States House of Representatives
• Ed Dorn (1929-1999), US poet.
• William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916-2005), US politician.

• Roosevelt F. Dorn (b. 1935), mayor.
• Alexander von Dorn (b. 1938), Austrian economist.
• Jerry ver Dorn (b. 1948)
• Michael Dorn (b. 1952) US actor.
• Ludwik Dorn (b. 1954), Polish politician.
• Rüdiger Dorn (b. 1969), game designer.
• Thea Dorn (b. 1970), German writer.
• Luke Dorn (b. 1982), rugby player
• Joel Dorn, music producer.
• Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, English writer and filmmaker.

in fiction:

• Fandorin, a fictitious Russian surname derived from von Dorn.
• Dorn Marto, a character in the video game Star Ocean.

[edit] See also

• Van Dorn Street (Washington Metro)
• Dorn (Band), a German metal band.