Dorman
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Dorman is a surname. It derives from the Middle English word dere, or deor, meant "wild animal". Therefore, Dorman translates as "wild animal", or, perhaps, "wild animal-man". Another, Old English, derivation is from the Old English word deor, meaning "dear", and, of course, mann, meaning "man": thus, Dear Man. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andy Dorman (born 1982), Welsh football (soccer) player
- Angela Dohrmann, American television actress
- Sir Arthur Dorman, 1st Baronet (1848–1931), British industrialist, founder of Dorman Long]
- Avner Dorman (born 1975), Israeli contemporary composer
- Dave Dorman (born 1958), American science fiction and fantasy illustrator
- David Dorman (born 1954), American telecommunications executive, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc.
- Eric Dorman-Smith (1895–1969), British Army officer
- Henry Dorman (1916-1998), American politician and lawyer
- Isaiah Dorman (died 1876), African American interpreter for the United States Army during the Indian Wars
- John J. Dorman, Fire Commissioner of the City of New York
- Lee Dorman (1942–2012), American bass guitarist, member of Iron Butterfly
- Maurice Henry Dorman (1902–1993), British diplomat, served as Governors-General of Sierra Leone and Malta
- Peter Dorman, American epigraphist, philologist, and cultural anthropologist
- Reginald Dorman-Smith (1899–1977), British diplomat, soldier and politician, UK Minister of Agriculture
- Robert Dorman (1859–1937), Irish socialist activist
- Samantha Dorman, American model and actress
- Sonya Dorman (1924–2005), American poet
- Thomas Dorman, English Catholic theologian of the sixteenth century
See also
- Paul M. Dorman High School
- Dorman Luke construction a type of Dual polyhedron
- Dorman Long a British engineering company
- Dorman Museum in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough
- Dohrmann
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