Dorr and Dörr are surnames of German origin. Notable people include:
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Bert Dorr (1862–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Charles Dorr
Charles Phillips Dorr (August 12, 1852 – October 8, 1914) was a lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative in the 55th United States Congress. Dorr was born in Miltonsburg, Ohio, in M ...
(1852–1914), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
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Ebenezer P. Dorr (1817–1882), American mariner and meteorologist
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Franz Dörr
Franz Dörr (10 February 1913 – 13 October 1972) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 128 aerial victories achieved in 437 combat missions, becoming an " ace-in-a-day" on nine separa ...
(1913–1972), German World War II fighter ace
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Friedrich Dörr
Friedrich Dörr (7 March 190813 May 1993) was a German Catholic priest and professor of theology, who is known as a hymnwriter. He shaped the first common German Catholic hymnal, ''Gotteslob'', published in 1975.
Life
Friedrich Dörr was born i ...
(1908–1993), German Catholic priest, professor of theology and hymnwriter
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Gustav Dörr
Gustav Dörr (5 October 1887 – 11 December 1928) was a German World War I fighter pilot credited with 35 victories.The Aerodrome website page on DörRetrieved on 5 November 2020. He went on to become one of the world's first airline pilots.
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(1887–1928), German World War I fighter pilot
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Hans Dorr (1912–1945), German Waffen-SS ''Obersturmbannführer''
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John V. N. Dorr
Dr. John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872–1962) was an industrial chemist active in early to middle twentieth century. He was born in 1872 in Newark, New Jersey. He worked with Thomas Edison before attending Rutgers University, from which he obtained a ...
(1872–1962), American industrial chemist
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Julia Caroline Dorr
Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (February 13, 1825 – January 18, 1913) was an American author who published both prose and poetry. Although she wrote a number of novels and works on travel, she was best known for her poetry. Her work was conservativ ...
(1825–1913), American author
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Kevin Dorr, American musician
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Larry Dorr
Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is a jazz rock music group founded in New York City in 1967, noted for a combination of brass with rock instrumentation. In addition to original music, the group has performed popular songs by Laura Ny ...
, manager of Blood, Sweat & Tears
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Laurence Joseph Dorr Laurence "Larry" Joseph Dorr (born September 18, 1953, in Boston) is an American botanist and plant collector. He specializes in the systematics of the order Malvales and the family Ericaceae.
Biography
In 1971 Dorr graduated from Roxbury Latin Sch ...
(b. 1953), American botanist
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Rheta Childe Dorr
Rheta Louise Childe Dorr (1868–1948) was an American journalist, suffragist newspaper editor, writer, and political activist. Dorr is best remembered as one of the leading female muckraking journalists of the Progressive era and as the first e ...
(1868–1948), American author and social worker
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Richard Everett Dorr (1943–2013), United States federal judge
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Robert F. Dorr
Robert F. Dorr (September 11, 1939 – June 12, 2016) was an American author and retired senior diplomat who wrote and published over 70 books, hundreds of short stories, and numerous contemporary non-fiction articles on international affairs, mil ...
(1939-2016), U.S. diplomat and author
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Thomas Wilson Dorr
Thomas Wilson Dorr (November 5, 1805December 27, 1854), was an American politician and reformer in Rhode Island, best known for leading the Dorr Rebellion.
Early life, family, and education
Thomas Wilson Dorr was born in Providence, Rhode Isla ...
(1805–1854), leader of the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island
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Wilhelm Dörr (1881–1955), German track and field athlete
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Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi)
Wilhelm Dörr (9 February 1921 – 13 December 1945) was a German SS-''Oberscharführer'' and concentration camp officer. He served as a guard at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp and as deputy commander of the sub-camp of Kleinbodungen. Fo ...
(1921-1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
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Stegath Dorr (1973-), American film producer/screenwriter/actor
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