{{otheruses}} '''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.{{CN|date=June 2014}}<!-- if this info can be cited pls put it in an _article_ and link from here -->
'''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
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