Lorin is a masculine given name. The meaning of Lorin derives from a bay or laurel plant; of Laurentum (wreathed/crowned with laurel). Laurentum, in turn is from laurus (laurel), from the place of laurel trees, laurel branch, laurel wreath. Laurentum was also a city in ancient Italy. Notable people with the name include: * Lorin Blodget (1823–1901), American physicist and writer *

Lorin Farr Lorin Farr (July 27, 1820 – January 12, 1909) was a Mormon pioneer and the first mayor of Ogden, Utah. Farr was born in Waterford, Vermont. He was a son oWinslow Farrand the brother oWinslow Farr, Jr. who later became the first Latter Day ...

(1820–1909), Mormon pioneer and the first mayor of Ogden, Utah * Lorin Maazel (1930–2014), conductor, violinist and composer * Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975), author and illustrator * Lorin J. Mullins (1917–1993), American biophysicist * Lorin Solon (1892–1967), All-American football player *

Lorin C. Woolley Lorin Calvin Woolley (October 23, 1856 – September 19, 1934) was an American proponent of plural marriage and one of the founders of the Mormon fundamentalist movement. As a young man in Utah Territory, Woolley served as a courier and bodyguard ...

(1856–1934), Mormon fundamentalist leader and a proponent of plural marriage * Lorin F. Wheelwright (1909–1987), American Latter-day Saint hymnwriter, composer, musical instructor and educator

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Those with Lorin as a surname include: *

René Lorin René Lorin (24 March 1877 – 16 January 1933) was a French aerospace engineer and inventor of the ramjet. In 1908 Lorin patented the first subsonic ramjet design. He published the principles of a ramjet in articles in the journal '' L'Aérophil ...

(1877–1933), inventor of the ramjet (patented in 1908)

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