Ahrens or Ahrends is a German surname, derived from a patronymic of Ahrend or Arent , which is a variant form of the given name Arnold.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ahrens may refer to:

• Adolf Ahrens (1897–1957), German politician
• Alfred Emanuel Ahrens, Canadian politician
• Brigitte Ahrens (born 1945), German singer
• Chris Ahrens (disambiguation), several people by this name
• Dave Ahrens (born 1958), American football player
• Eduard Ahrens (1803–1863), Estonian linguist and clergyman
• Edward H. Ahrens (1919–1942), US Navy Cross recipient
• Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens (1809–1881), German philologist
• Gaby Ahrens (born 1981), Namibian sport shooter
• Heinrich Ahrens (1808–1874), German philosopher and jurist
• Janette Ahrens (1925–2016), American figure skater
• Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), German composer and organist
• Karl Ahrens (1924–2015), German politician
• Kevin Ahrens (born 1989), American baseball player
• Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born 1940), racing car driver
• Lou Ahrens, American soccer player
• Louis H. Ahrens, (1918–1990) South African geochemist
• Lynn Ahrens (born 1948), American musical theatre lyricist
• Mariella Ahrens (born 1969), German actress
• Marlene Ahrens (1933–2020), Chilean athlete
• Mary A. Ahrens, American social reformer
• Matthias Ahrens (born 1961), German biathlete, cross-country skier and coach
• Nick Ahrens (born 1983), American designer and art director
• Rene Ahrens, Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketballer
• Robert Ahrens (born 1970), American film and theatrical producer
• Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936), German organist
• Silvia Poll Ahrens (born 1970), Nicaraguan-born swimmer
• Thomas Ahrens (rowing) (born 1948), German coxswain
• Thomas J. Ahrens (1936–2010), American geophysicist
• Tom Ahrens, American nurse
• Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), German mathematician and writer

See also

• Ahrens v. Clark , a United States Supreme Court case
• Angela Ahrendts (born 1960), US businesswoman
• Arent Arentsz (1585–1631), Dutch painter
• Ahrén
• Ahrend
• Ahrendt
• Arend
• Arends
• Arent
• Arents
• Grace Arents Free Library

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Ahrens.
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