Merten is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *

Alan G. Merten Alan Gilbert Merten (December 27, 1941 – May 21, 2020) was the fifth University President, president of George Mason University. Personal life Merten was married to Sally Merten, and they had two children and four grandsons. Merten died on May ...

(born 1941), American official *

Bjorn Merten Bjorn Merten is a former American football placekicker who played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles and attended Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia. He was a consensus All-American in 1993 as a freshman. He a ...

, American football player *

Christa Merten Christa Merten (née Basche; 14 October 1944, Dobbertin, Germany – 1 July 1986, Marbella, Spain), was a West German athlete and Olympian who competed for West Germany in the 1960s and 70s in the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter runs and in cross countr ...

(1944–1986), West German athlete *

Helena Merten Helena Merten (born 17 March 1995) is an Australian high diver and acrobatic performer. She placed second at the 2017 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and won a silver medal in women's 20m at the FINA High Diving World Cup 2016. Early life a ...

(born 1995), Australian high diver *

Karl-Friedrich Merten Karl-Friedrich Merten (15 August 1905 – 2 May 1993) commanded the U-boat in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Merten was credited with the sinking of ...

(1905-1993), German U-boat commander *

Ken Merten Kenneth Owen Merten (born May 4, 1945) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Pan American Games medalist, and former world record-holder. Merten won three medals in his breaststroke specialty at the Pan American Games. At the ...

(born 1945), American swimmer *

Kenneth H. Merten Kenneth H. Merten (born 1961) is an American diplomat who has served Haiti Special Coordinator since 2015, as well as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. He acted as Ambassador to Croatia from 2012 to 2015 and ...

, American diplomat *

Lauri Merten Lauri Merten (born July 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer. She also competed under the names Lauri Peterson (1983–87) and Lauri Merten-Peterson (1988). Merten was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She attended Arizona State University and ...

(born 1960), American golfer *

Merten de Keyser Merten de Keyser (born Martin Lempereur; died 1536) was a 16th-century French printer and publisher working mainly in Antwerp, who printed the first complete French and the first complete English Bible translations as well as a number of works by ...

, French painter

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