Karsten or Carsten is a both a given name and a surname. It is believed to be either derived from a
Low German
Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...
form of
Christian
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
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or "man from
karst
Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...
". Notable persons with the name include:
Given name
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Carsten Becker (born 1990), German politician
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Carsten Höller (born 1961), German artist
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Carsten Jancker (born 1974), German footballer and coach
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Carsten Niebuhr
Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr (17 March 1733 Cuxhaven, Lüdingworth – 26 April 1815 Meldorf, Dithmarschen), was a German mathematician, Cartography, cartographer, and Geographical exploration, explorer in the service of Denmark-Norway. He ...
(1733–1815), German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark
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Carsten Pohl (born 1965), German basketball coach
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Carsten Charles Sabathia (born 1980), American baseball player
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Carsten Schatz (born 1970), German historian and politician
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Carsten Schneider (born 1976), German politician
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Karsten Alnæs
Karsten Alnæs (born 29 May 1938) is a Norwegian author, historian, and journalist, who has dual degrees in history and literature from the University of Oslo. He worked as a journalist and taught at the Norwegian School of Journalism. His bibli ...
(born 1938), Norwegian author, historian, and journalist
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Karsten Andersen (1920–1997), Norwegian conductor
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Big Daddy Karsten (born 1989), 2017 Eurovision Jury List; Norwegian Pre-select for Eurovision (Melodi Grand Prix 2021)
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Karsten Buer (1913–1993), Norwegian harness coach
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Karsten Fonstad (1900–1970), Norwegian politician
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Karsten Forsterling
Karsten Forsterling (born 21 January 1980) is an Australian former representative rowing (sport), rower. He was a national champion, world champion, a dual Olympian and Olympic medal winner. He represented Australia at eight senior w ...
(born 1980), Australian rower
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Karsten Isachsen
Karsten Einar Isachsen (22 February 1944 – 18 January 2016) was a Norwegian Lutheran priest, essayist and popular speaker.
Biography
Isachsen was born in Oslo to Knut Isachsen and Margit Lolloe Gjertsen. Among his books are the speech and ...
(1944–2016), Norwegian Lutheran priest, essayist and public speaker
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Karsten Jakobsen
Karsten Jakobsen (15 July 1928 – 8 January 2019) was a Norwegian engineer. He was a professor and Rector (academia), rector (1990–1993) at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and was the first rector of the Norwegian University of Science ...
(1928–2019), Norwegian engineer
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Karsten Johannessen (1925–2018), Norwegian footballer and coach
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Karsten Kroon (born 29 January 1976), Dutch former professional
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
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Karsten Solheim (1911–2000), Norwegian-born American golf club designer and businessman
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Karsten Stolz (1964–2025), German shot putter
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Karsten Warholm
Karsten Warholm (; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian Sport of athletics, sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles, 400 m hurdles. He is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, silver meda ...
(born 1996), Norwegian athlete
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Adrian Karsten (1960–2005), American college football reporter
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Christoffer Christian Karsten (1756–1827), Swedish opera singer
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Ekaterina Karsten (born 1972), Belarusian Olympic rower
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Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten (1783–1856), Swedish painter
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Elke Karsten (born 1995), Argentine handball player
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Frank Karsten (born 1984), Dutch ''Magic: The Gathering'' player
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Frank M. Karsten (1913–1992), American politician
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George Karsten
George Karsten (3 November 1863 – 7 May 1937) was a German botanist born in Rostock.
In 1885 he earned his doctorate from the University of Strasbourg, and in 1892 received his habilitation in botany at the University of Leipzig
Leipzig Unive ...
(1863–1937), German botanist
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Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (6 November 1817, in Stralsund – 10 July 1908, in Zoppot) was a German botanist and geologist.
Biography
Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844-56 the norther ...
(1817–1908), German botanist and geologist
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Gustav Karsten (1820–1900), German physicist
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Kai Karsten (born 1968), German Olympic sprinter
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Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten (1782–1853), German mineralogist
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Karl G. Karsten (1891–1968), American economist, statistician and businessman
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Petter Adolf Karsten
Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finland, Finnish mycology, mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology".
Karsten was born in Merim ...
(1834–1917), Finnish mycologist
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Sophie Karsten (1783–1862), Swedish dancer and artist
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Sophie Mariane Karsten (1753–1848), Polish opera singer
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Thomas Karsten
Herman Thomas Karsten (22 April 1884, Amsterdam – 1945, Cimahi) was a Dutch people, Dutch engineer who gave major contributions to architecture and town planning in Indonesia during Netherlands East Indies, Dutch colonial rule. Most significa ...
(1885–1945), Dutch engineer
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Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732–1787), German mathematician
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Carlsten (name)
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Carstens
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Karstens (disambiguation)
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{{Given name, type=both
German masculine given names
Masculine given names
Low German given names
Norwegian masculine given names
German-language surnames