Ahrens or Ahrends 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 "Name order, ...

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

Arent Arent can refer to: * Arent (given name) * Arent (surname) * Arent Fox Schiff, American law firm and lobbying group See also * Angela Ahrendts (born 1960), US businesswoman * Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch painter * Ahrén * Ahrend * Ahre ...

'', 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 U ...

. Ahrens may refer to: * Adolf Ahrens (1897–1957), German politician *

Alfred Emanuel Ahrens Alfred Emanuel Ahrens was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Perth North in the 1890 Ontario general election but one year later he was unseated Unseating is a political term which refe ...

, Canadian politician *

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 1 ...

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

Dave Ahrens Dave Ahrens (born December 5, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). The Cedar Falls, Iowa native played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. ...

(born 1958), American football linebacker *

Eduard Ahrens Eduard Ahrens (3 April 1803, Tallinn (Reval) – 19 February 1863, Kuusalu, Estonia) was a Baltic German Estonian language linguist and clergyman. Ahrens studied at Tallinn Cathedral School from 1811 to 1819, and, from 1820 to 1823, at the F ...

(1803–1863), Estonian linguist and clergyman * Edward H. Ahrens (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 Disse ...

(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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially brande ...

(born 1981), Namibian sport shooter *

Heinrich Ahrens Julius Heinrich Ahrens (14 July 1808 – 2 August 1874) was a German philosopher, jurist, and professor in Brussels, Graz, and Leipzig. Life Born in Salzgitter, Ahrens studied in Wolfenbüttel and the University of Göttingen. Ahrens, whose mai ...

(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 skating, figure skater. Life and career Ahrens was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on December 10, 1925. She attended the U ...

(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 in ...

(1904–1997), German composer and organist *

Karl Ahrens Karl Ahrens (13 March 1924 – 6 March 2015) was a German Social Democratic Party politician who served as member of the German Bundestag from 1969 to 1990. He had a doctorate in law and was an assistant secretary of the Lower-Saxon ministry of ...

(1924–2015), German politician * 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 Aw ...

(born 1948), American musical theatre lyricist *

Mariella Ahrens Mariella Ahrens (born 2 April 1969) is a German actress. Early life Ahrens was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Russian SFSR, USSR, as the daughter of Reinhard Ahrens, a German computer specialist, and wife Svetlana "Svetla" Ahre ...

(born 1969), German actress *

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 jour ...

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

Matthias Ahrens Matthias Ahrens (born 26 May 1961) is a former Germans, German biathlon, biathlete, cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and current coach. Career Matthias Ahrens competed as a cross-country skier and biathlete between 1978 and 19 ...

(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, 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 fa ...

(born 1936), German organist *

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

(born 1970), Nicaraguan-born swimmer * Thomas Ahrens (rowing) (born 1948), German coxswain * Thomas J. Ahrens (1936–2010), American professor of geophysics * Tobias Ahrens (born 1993), German footballer * Tom Ahrens, American nurse * Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), German mathematician and writer