Carstens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agustín Carstens (b. 1958), Mexican economist * Arno Carstens, South African singer-songwriter * Asmus Jacob Carstens (1754–1798), Danish-German painter * Camilla Carstens (b. 1977), Norwegian team handball player * Carl Wilhelm Carstens (1887–1950), Norwegian geologist * David Carstens (1914–1955), South African boxer * Deon Carstens (b. 1979), South African rugby union footballer * Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009), president of Carstens Publications * Ingvild Ryggen Carstens (b. 1980), Norwegian ski mountaineer, heptathlete and pentathlete * Jordan Carstens (b. 1981), American football defensive tackle * Karl Carstens (1914–1992), German politician and president of the Federal Republic of Germany * Lesley Carstens (b. 1965), South African sprint canoer *

Lina Carstens Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a ...

(1892–1978), German film- and theater actress * Manfred Carstens (born 1943), German politician (CDU) *

Nico Carstens Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens (10 February 1926 – 1 November 2016), commonly known as Nico Carstens, was a South African composer, accordionist, and bandleader. Early life Born, 10 February 1926, in Cape Town of Afrikaner parents, Carstens got h ...

, South African accordionist and songwriter * Peter Carstens (1903–1945), German geneticist and animal breeder and SS-Oberführer *

Theodore Carstens Theodore Carstens (June 20, 1879 – July 25, 1955) was an American fencer. He competed in the individual foil and sabre events at the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also know ...

, American fencer * Veronica Carstens (1923–2012), wife of the German President Karl Carstens * Wilhelm Carstens (1869–19??), German rower

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