Dorling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Christopher Dorling (retired 1987), co-founder of Dorling Kindersley publishers Danny Dorling (born 1968), British geographer George Dorling (1918 – 1987), English footballer Henry Dorling (died 1873), first clerk of Epsom racecourse, and stepfather of Mrs Beeton H. Taprell Dorling (1883 – 1968), British sailor, author and journalist Lionel Dorling (1860 - 1925), British Army officer Philip Dorling (active 2008 - ), Australian writer T.J. Dorling, designer of Scorpion (dinghy)
See also Dorling Kindersley, UK-founded international publishing company Durling, another surname