Dorr (surname)

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Dorr and Dörr are surnames of German origin. Notable people include:

  • Bert Dorr (1862–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Charles Dorr (1852–1914), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
  • Ebenezer P. Dorr (1817–1882), American mariner and meteorologist
  • Franz Dörr (1913–1972), German World War II fighter ace
  • Friedrich Dörr (1908–1993), German Catholic priest, professor of theology and hymnwriter
  • Gustav Dörr (1887–1928), German World War I fighter pilot
  • Hans Dorr
    (1912–1945), German Waffen-SS Obersturmbannführer
  • John V. N. Dorr (1872–1962), American industrial chemist
  • Julia Caroline Dorr
    (1825–1913), American author
  • Kevin Dorr
    , American musician
  • Larry Dorr
    , manager of Blood, Sweat & Tears
  • Laurence Joseph Dorr (b. 1953), American botanist
  • Rheta Childe Dorr (1868–1948), American author and social worker
  • Richard Everett Dorr (1943–2013), United States federal judge
  • Robert F. Dorr (1939-2016), U.S. diplomat and author
  • Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805–1854), leader of the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island
  • Wilhelm Dörr (1881–1955), German track and field athlete
  • Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi) (1921-1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
  • Stegath Dorr (1973-), American film producer/screenwriter/actor