Van Doren is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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Van Doorn Van Doorn is a toponymic surname of Dutch people, Dutch origin. The original carrier of the name may have been associated with the towns Doorn, Utrecht (province), Utrecht or Deurne, North Brabant or with a farm, homestead or other place named De(n) ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Carl Clinton Van Doren Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren. He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autob ...

(1885–1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, brother of Mark Van Doren *

Charles Van Doren Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the U.S. Congress that he had been given the corr ...

(1926–2019), quiz show contestant, professor and Encyclopædia Britannica editor, son of Mark Van Doren * Dorothy Van Doren (1896–1993), American novelist, wife of Mark Van Doren *

Howard Van Doren Shaw Howard Van Doren Shaw AIA (May 7, 1869 – May 7, 1926) was an architect in Chicago, Illinois. Shaw was a leader in the American Craftsman movement, best exemplified in his 1900 remodel of Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He designed ...

(1869–1926), American architect * Irita Bradford Van Doren (1891–1966), American literary figure and editor of the New York Herald Tribune, wife of Carl Clinton Van Doren * Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984), American author and Civil War historian *

Mamie Van Doren Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and sex symbol. She is perhaps best known for the rock 'n' roll, juvenile delinquency exploitation film ''Untamed Youth'' (1957). Early life Van Do ...

(b. 1931), American actress *

Mark Van Doren Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thin ...

(1894–1972), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic, brother of Carl Clinton Van Doren * Paul Van Doren (1930–2021), American businessman * Sally Van Doren, American poet

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