Marten is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
edit- Alfred Marten (1829–1910), English politician and barrister
- Barbara Marten (born 1947), British actress
- Grisha Heyliger-Marten (born 1976), Sint Maarten politician
- Henry Marten (politician) (c. 1562 – 1641), Tudor politician
- Henry Marten (regicide) (1602–1680), his son
- Henry Marten (MCC cricketer) (1768–1842), cricketer
- Henry Marten (educator) (1872–1948), Provost of Eton
- James Marten (born 1984) American football player
- John Marten (died 1473), English academic; see John Martyn (academic)
- John Chisholm Marten (1908–1966), Australian founder of the Marten Bequest, for various types of creative artists
- John Thomas Marten (born 1951), United States federal judge
- Maritza Martén (born 1963), Cuban discus thrower
- Mary Anna Marten (1929-2010), British landowner and archaeologist
- Neil Marten (1916–1985), British politician
- Roy Marten (born 1952), Indonesian actor
- Ulrich Marten (born 1956), West German professional tennis player
- William Marten (1845–1907), English cricketer
Given name
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- Marten von Barnekow (1900–1967), German equestrian
- Marten Beinema (1932–2008), Dutch politician
- Marten Burkens (1934–2022), Dutch legal scholar and politician
- Marten van Cleve (1527–1581), Flemish painter and draftsman
- Marten Cumberland (1892–1972), British journalist, novelist and editor
- Marten Eikelboom (born 1973), Dutch field hockey player
- Marten Gasparini (born 1997), Italian baseball player
- Marten Jozef Geeraerts (1707–1791), Flemish historical painter
- Marten Hartwell (1925–2013), Canadian bush pilot
- Marten Hamkes (c.1550–1620), Dutch Frisian writer, poet and historian
- Marten Heemskerck van der Heck (1620–1660), Dutch painter
- Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen (1498–1574), Dutch portrait and religious painter
- Marten Hoekstra (born 1961), American CEO of a financial services company
- Marten Joustra, British video game and jazz composer
- Marten Kapewasha (born 1949), Namibian diplomat and politician
- Marten Mendez (1916–1994), American badminton player
- Marten Pepijn (1575–1643), Flemish history and genre painter
- Marten Post (born 1942), Dutch visual artist
- Marten Rijckaert (1587–1631), Flemish landscape painter
- Marten Rudelsheim (1873–1920), Flemish movement activist
- Marten Schagen (1700–1770), Dutch Mennonite bookseller and translator
- Marten Scheffer (born 1958), Dutch ecologist
- Marten Sonk (c.1590–1625), Dutch Governor of Formosa
- Marten Strauch (born 1986), German rugby player
- Marten Douwes Teenstra (1795–1864), Dutch writer and traveller
- Marten Toonder (1912–2005), Dutch comic creator
- Marten van Valckenborch (1535–1612), Flemish Renaissance painter
- Marten van der Veen (born 1946), British Royal Air Force officer
- Marten van Riel (born 1992), Belgian triathlete
- Marten de Vos (1532–1603), Flemish painter and draughtsman
- Marten Waefelaerts (1748–1799), Flemish landscape painter
- Marten Holden Weiner, American television actor
- Marten Yorgantz (born 1946), French-Armenian singer and composer
- Mårten
- Mårten Andersson (born 1974), Swedish bassist with Lizzy Borden
- Mårten Boström (born 1982), Finnish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner
- Mårten Falk (born 1973), Swedish classical guitarist
- Mårten Hagström (born 1971), Swedish guitarist with Meshuggah
- Mårten Klingberg (born 1968), Swedish actor, screenwriter and director
- Mårten Mickos (born 1962) Finnish software executive
- Mårten Olander (born 1971), Swedish golfer
- Mårten Palme (born 1961), Swedish economist
- Mårten Renström (born 1972), Swedish tennis player
- Mårten Triewald (1691–1747), Swedish merchant, engineer and physicist
- Mårten Eskil Winge (1825–1896), Swedish mythology painter
Fictional characters:
- Marten Broadcloak, alias of Stephen King character Randall Flagg
- Marten Reed, character in Questionable Content
See also
edit- Martens (surname)
- Maarten, given name
- Martin (disambiguation)