Albert Dorne (February 7, 1904 - December 15, 1965) was an American illustrator and entrepreneur, and was co-founder of correspondence schools for aspiring artists, photographers, and writers.

[1] Dorne was born in the slums of New York City's East Side, and had a troubled childhood plagued with tuberculosis and heart problems.

After numerous jobs such as managing a newsstand and acting as an office boy,[1] as well as a short professional boxing career, Dorne began working in advertising.

[2] He apprenticed as a letterer with then-letterer and future prominent illustrator Saul Tepper before beginning a five-year stint at the commercial art studio of Alexander Rice.

All three schools were based in Westport, Connecticut, and by 1963, boasted more than 50,000 students in the U.S. and 54 foreign countries, with a gross income of $10 million.