# Ahrens

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For other uses, see [Ahrens (disambiguation)](/source/Ahrens_(disambiguation)).

**Ahrens** or **Ahrends** is a [German surname](/source/German_family_name_etymology), derived from a patronymic of *Ahrend* or *[Arent](/source/Arent_(given_name))*, which is a variant form of the given name [Arnold](/source/Arnold_(given_name)).[citation needed]

**Ahrens** may refer to:

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

## See also

- *[Ahrens v. Clark](/source/Ahrens_v._Clark)*, a United States Supreme Court case
- [Angela Ahrendts](/source/Angela_Ahrendts) (born 1960), US businesswoman
- [Arent Arentsz](/source/Arent_Arentsz) (1585–1631), Dutch painter
- [Ahrén](/source/Ahr%C3%A9n)
- [Ahrend](/source/Ahrend)
- [Ahrendt](/source/Ahrendt)
- [Arend](/source/Arend_(disambiguation))
- [Arends](/source/Arends)
- [Arent](/source/Arent_(disambiguation))
- [Arents](/source/Arents)
- [Grace Arents Free Library](/source/Grace_Arents_Free_Library)

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