<P> Dorman is a surname, derived from the Middle English word dere, or deor, meant "wild animal". Therefore, Dorman translates as "wild animal", or, perhaps, "wild animal - man". Another, Old English, derivation is from the Old English word deor, meaning "deer", and, mann, meaning "man": thus, Deer Man . Dorman is also a Turkic name which was widely used by the Cumans and Pechenegs . Notable people with the surname include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Andy Dorman (born 1982), Welsh football (soccer) player </Li> <Li> Angela Dohrmann, American television actress </Li> <Li> Sir Arthur Dorman, 1st Baronet (1848--1931), British industrialist, founder of Dorman Long) </Li> <Li> Avner Dorman (born 1975), Israeli contemporary composer </Li> <Li> Dave Dorman (born 1958), American science fiction and fantasy illustrator </Li> <Li> David Dorman (born 1954), American telecommunications executive, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc . </Li> <Li> Eric Dorman - Smith (1895--1969), British Army officer </Li> <Li> Henry Dorman (1916 - 1998), American politician and lawyer </Li> <Li> Isaiah Dorman (died 1876), African American interpreter for the United States Army during the Indian Wars </Li> <Li> John J. Dorman, Fire Commissioner of the City of New York </Li> <Li> Lee Dorman (1942--2012), American bass guitarist, member of Iron Butterfly </Li> <Li> Maurice Henry Dorman (1902--1993), British diplomat, served as Governors - General of Sierra Leone and Malta </Li> <Li> Peter Dorman, American epigraphist, philologist, and cultural anthropologist </Li> <Li> Reginald Dorman - Smith (1899--1977), British diplomat, soldier and politician, UK Minister of Agriculture </Li> <Li> Robert Dorman (1859--1937), Irish socialist activist </Li> <Li> Samantha Dorman, American model and actress </Li> <Li> Sonya Dorman (1924--2005), American poet </Li> <Li> Thomas Dorman, English Catholic theologian of the sixteenth century </Li> <Li> Dorman (12th century), was either a Cuman warrior in Bulgarian service or a Bulgarian noble of Cuman origin, who ruled the region of Braničevo as an independent state . </Li> </Ul>

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