Ahrens is a

German surname Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the " Western orde ...

, derived from a patronymic of ''Ahrend'' or ''

Arent Arent can refer to *Arent (given name) *Arent (surname) Arend and Arent are primarily Low German patronymic surnames from the given name Arend. The Dutch surnames "Van den Arend" and "Den Arend" means "(from) the eagle" and have a toponymic origin ...

'', which is a variant form of the given name Arnold. Ahrens may refer to:

People

* Angelika Ahrens (born 1972), Austrian journalist and presenter * Brigitte Ahrens (born 1945), German singer * Chris Ahrens (disambiguation), several people by this name * Dave Ahrens (born 1958), American football linebacker *

Eduard Ahrens Eduard Ahrens (3 April 1803, Tallinn – 19 February 1863, Kuusalu) was a Baltic German Estonian language linguist and clergyman. Ahrens studied at Tallinn University of Theology from 1811 to 1819, and, from 1820 to 1823, at the Faculty of Theo ...

(1803–1863), Estonian linguist and clergyman * Edward H. Ahrens (1919–1942), Navy Cross recipient * Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens (1809–1881), German philologist * Gaby Ahrens (born 1981), Namibian sport shooter * Heinrich Ahrens (1808–1874), German philosopher and jurist *

Janette Ahrens Janette Louise Buckbee ( Ahrens, December 10, 1925 – April 24, 2016), also known as Deedee Ahrens, was an American figure skater. Life and career Ahrens was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on December 10, 1925. She attended the University of Mi ...

(1925–2016), American figure skater *

Joseph Ahrens Joseph Johannes Clemens Ahrens (April 17, 1904 in Sommersell – December 21, 1997 in Berlin) was a German composer and organist. Ahrens received early training in organ and choral music with Wilhelm Schnippering in Büren and Fritz Volbach i ...

(1904–1997), German composer and organist * Kevin Ahrens (born 1989), American baseball player * Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born 1940), sports car racing and touring car racing driver * Lou Ahrens, American soccer player * Louis H. Ahrens, (1918–1990) South African geochemist *

Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American writer and lyricist for the musical theatre, television and film. She has collaborated with Stephen Flaherty for many years. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle ...

(born 1948), American musical theatre lyricist * M. Joseph Ahrens, American entrepreneur *

Marlene Ahrens Marlene Ahrens Ostertag-Ebensperger (July 27, 1933 – June 17, 2020) was a Chilean athlete. She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She was the mother of jo ...

(1933–2020), Chilean athlete * Mary A. Ahrens, American social reformer *

Matthias Ahrens Matthias Ahrens (born 26 May 1961) is a former German biathlete, cross-country skier and current coach. Career Matthias Ahrens competed as a cross-country skier and biathlete between 1978 and 1984. After his active career as an athlete he beca ...

(born 1961), German biathlete, cross-country skier and current coach *

Nick Ahrens Nick Ahrens (born November 11, 1983, in Minneapolis) is an American designer and art director. He is a partner in iam8bit, a production company, marketing boutique and artist collective, along with Jon M. Gibson, Amanda White and Taylor Harring ...

(born 1983), American designer and art director *

Rene Ahrens Rene Ahrens from Queensland is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketballer. At the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Discus 5 event and participated in the Australia men's national wheelchair basket ...

, Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketballer *

Robert Ahrens Robert Ahrens (born 1970) is a film and theatrical producer based in New York City. Early life and education Ahrens grew up in Long Island, New York. He graduated from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternit ...

(born 1970), American film and theatrical producer *

Sieglinde Ahrens Sieglinde Maria Ahrens (born 19 February 1936, in Berlin) is a German organist and composer. She is the daughter of (Johannes Clemens) Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), a German composer and organist. Ahrens studied music and composition under her fat ...

(born 1936), German organist *

Silvia Poll Ahrens Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua, Nicaragua) is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the 1988 Olympics, she won Costa Rica's first Olympic medal, when she garnered the silver in the ...

(born 1970), Nicaraguan-born swimmer * Thomas Ahrens (rowing) (born 1948), German coxswain * Thomas J. Ahrens (1936–2010), American professor of geophysics *

Tobias Ahrens Tobias Ahrens (born April 9, 1993) is a German footballer who plays for VfB Oldenburg. Career Ahrens played as a youth for VfB Oldenburg and Werder Bremen before joining Rot-Weiss Erfurt in 2010. He made his debut for the club in October 2011, ...

(born 1993), German footballer *

Tom Ahrens Thomas Ahrens is an American nurse, researcher, and educator at Barnes-Jewish Hospital specializing in critical-care nursing. Education Ahrens graduated from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis with a PhD in physiology and nurs ...

, American nurse * Walther Ahrens (1910–1981), German microbiologist and hygienist *

Wilhelm Ahrens (mathematician) Wilhelm Ahrens (3 March 1872 – 23 May 1927) was a German mathematician and writer on recreational mathematics. Biography Ahrens was born in Lübz at the Elde in Mecklenburg and studied from 1890 to 1897 at the University of Rostock, Humboldt Un ...

(1872–1927), German mathematician and writer

Other

* USS ''Ahrens'' (DE-575), a ''Buckley'' class destroyer escort * Ahrens (manufacturer), former aircraft manufacturer * '' Ahrens v. Clark'', a United States Supreme Court case

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