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
