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 or ...

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

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'', which is a variant form of the given name

Arnold Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Uni ...

. Ahrens may refer to:

People

Angelika Ahrens Angelika may refer to: * Angelika (given name) * Angelika Film Center, theater chain See also * Pieris angelika, butterfly * Angelica (disambiguation) ''Angelica'' is a genus of herbs, especially the cultivated species ''Angelica archangelic ...

(born 1972), Austrian journalist and presenter *

Brigitte Ahrens Brigitte Ahrens (born 13 September 1945 in Chemnitz, Germany) is a German schlager-singer, who was well known in East Germany. Biography Ahrens sang in the choir of the ''Klub der Jungen Talente'' in Karl-Marx-Stadt between 1961 and 1964. In ...

(born 1945), German singer * Chris Ahrens (disambiguation), several people by this name *

Dave Ahrens Dave Ahrens (born December 5, 1958) is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). The Cedar Falls, Iowa native played college football at the University of Wisconsin. Early career Ahre ...

(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 Private First Class Edward Henry Ahrens (November 4, 1919 – August 8, 1942) served in the Marine Raiders in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Biography Ahrens was born on Nov. 4, 1919, in Dayton, Kentucky. He enlisted in the United States Marine ...

(1919–1942), Navy Cross recipient *

Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens (6 June 1809, Helmstedt – 25 September 1881, Hanover) was a German philologist. He was born in Helmstedt. After studying at the University of Göttingen (1826-1829) under Karl Otfried Müller and Georg Ludolf Dissen ...

(1809–1881), German philologist *

Gaby Ahrens Gaby Diana Ahrens (born 15 March 1981 in Windhoek) is a Namibian sport shooter. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's trap event.Heinrich Ahrens Julius Heinrich Ahrens (14 July 1808 – 2 August 1874) was a German philosopher and jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, most ...

(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 M ...

(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 The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They play in the American League East division. Since the Blue Jays' entrance into the league in 1977, the Blue Jays have selected 72 players in t ...

(born 1989), American baseball player *

Kurt Ahrens Jr. Kurt Karl-Heinrich Ahrens, also known as Kurt Ahrens Jr., (born 19 April 1940 in Braunschweig, Germany) is a former sports car racing and touring car racing driver who occasionally appeared in German Grand Prix races, mostly in Formula 2 cars. His ...

(born 1940), sports car racing and touring car racing driver *

Lou Ahrens Louis J. "Lou" Ahrens (1906 – September 3, 1964) was an American soccer forward who spent his entire career in the St. Louis Soccer League. Ahrens played for Wellstones from at least 1927 until 1929. He scored ten goals for Wellstones during th ...

, American soccer player * Louis H. Ahrens, (born 1918) 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 Aw ...

(born 1948), American musical theatre lyricist *

M. Joseph Ahrens ( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respect ...

, 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 jou ...

(born 1933), Chilean athlete *

Mary A. Ahrens Mary Ann Ahrens (''née'' Jones; December 29, 1836 – 17 February 1921) was an English-American teacher, lawyer, and social reformer. Family and education Born in Alrewas, Staffordshire, England, Ahrens was the daughter of William H. Jones, a ...

, 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 becam ...

(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 Harringto ...

(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 The 1980 Summer Paralympics ( nl, Paralympische Zomerspelen 1980), branded as the Olympics for the Disabled, were ...

, 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 fraterni ...

(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 fa ...

(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 Thomas Ahrens may refer to: * Thomas Ahrens (rowing) (born 1948), German Olympic coxswain * Thomas J. Ahrens (1936–2010), professor of geophysics * Tom Ahrens Thomas Ahrens is an American nurse, researcher, and educator at Barnes-Jewish Hospit ...

(born 1948), German coxswain *

Thomas J. Ahrens Thomas Julian Ahrens (25 April 1936 – 24 November 2010) was a Professor of Geophysics at Caltech who was known for his study of the terrestrial planets and impact processes on planetary surfaces. Ahrens died on November 24, 2010 at the age of 74 ...

(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 Walther is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a German form of Walter, which is derived from the Old High German ''Walthari'', containing the elements ''wald'' -"power", "brightness" or "forest" and ''hari'' -"warrior". The name was firs ...

(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 ...

(1872–1927), German mathematician and writer

Other

* USS ''Ahrens'' (DE-575), a ''Buckley'' class destroyer escort * Ahrens (manufacturer), former aircraft manufacturer * ''

Ahrens v. Clark ''Ahrens v. Clark'', 335 U.S. 188 (1948), was a United States Supreme Court case that denied a federal district court jurisdiction to issue a writ of ''habeas corpus'' if the person detained is not within the territorial jurisdiction of the court ...

'', a United States Supreme Court case