Sorensen
Sorensen, or Sorenson, is a surname that can be of Danish or Scandinavian origin. The basic derivation is "son of Søren", the Danish variety of the name Severin. The name almost exclusively comes from Danish or Norwegian emigrants named Sørensen who altered the spelling of their names when they moved to countries outside Scandinavia whose orthographies do not use the letter ø.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Albert Sorensen (born 1932), American politician
- Alfred Sorensen, Danish mystic, horticulturalist and writer who lived in Europe, India and the US
- Bill Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Charles E. Sorensen, Danish-American, one of the principals of the Ford Motor Company during its first four decades
- Christian A. Sorensen (1890-1959), American politician
- Dane Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Daniel Sorensen, Kansas City Chiefs strong safety
- Edward Sorenson (1869–1939), Australian poet
- Eric Sorensen (journalist), Canadian journalist
- Gerry Sorensen, Canadian alpine skier
- Gillian Sorensen, American member of the United Nations Foundation
- Harry Sørensen (disambiguation)
- James Sorensen (born 1986), Australian actor and model
- James LeVoy Sorenson, American businessman and philanthropist
- Jen Sorensen, American cartoonist
- Jesse Sorensen, American professional wrestler
- Jonathan Sorensen, American sociologist and criminologist
- Kent Sorenson, American Politician
- Kurt Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Kyle Sorensen, lacrosse player
- Lary Sorensen, American baseball player
- Louk Sorensen (born 1985), Irish tennis player, son of Sean Sorensen
- Max Sorensen, Irish cricketer
- Nick Sorensen, American football player
- Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
- Reginald Sorensen, Baron Sorensen, British politician
- Rosemary Sorensen (born 1954), Australian art critic
- Roy Sorensen, American philosopher who worked on the Sorites paradox
- Sean Sorensen (born 1955), Irish tennis player, father of Louk Sorensen
- Søren Sørensen (1868–1939), Danish chemist
- Ted Sorensen, American presidential counsel, speechwriter, and political author; husband of Gillian
- Tom Sorensen, American volleyball player
- Tonny Sorensen, CEO of Von Dutch
- Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991), American author
- Zach Sorensen (born 1977), American baseball player
Other uses
- Sorenson codec, the internal video codec used by QuickTime
- Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, affiliate of the University of Virginia
- Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
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See also
- All pages with titles containing Sorensen
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