Carstens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Agustín Carstens
Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens (born 9 June 1958 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who has served as the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements since 1 December 2017. He served as governor of the Bank of Mexico from ...
(b. 1958), Mexican economist
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Arno Carstens
Arno Carstens (born 12 March 1972) is a South African musician and artist.
Career
Arno Carstens is a platinum selling, award-winning singer-songwriter based in Cape Town, South Africa.
During his career as the lead singer of The Springbok Nud ...
, South African singer-songwriter
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Asmus Jacob Carstens
Asmus Jacob Carstens (or "Jakob", May 10, 1754May 25, 1798) was a Danish-German painter, one of the most committed artists of German Neoclassicism. His career was erratic, partly because of his difficult personality, and the majority of his la ...
(1754–1798), Danish-German painter
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Camilla Carstens
Camilla Carstens (born 6 February 1977) is a Norwegian team handball player. She played for Fjellhammer IL, ASPTT Metz in France and the Danish club Ikast and on the Norway women's national handball team
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(b. 1977), Norwegian team handball player
* Carl Wilhelm Carstens (1887–1950), Norwegian geologist
* David Carstens (1914–1955), South African boxer
* Deon Carstens (b. 1979), South African rugby union footballer
* Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009), president of Carstens Publications
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Ingvild Ryggen Carstens
Ingvild Ryggen Kristinsdatter Carstens (born 14 October 1980) is a Norwegian ski mountaineer and former heptathlete.
Carstens hails from Trondheim, and attended the Trondheim Cathedral School. Currently she lives in Innsbruck, Austria, where she s ...
(b. 1980), Norwegian ski mountaineer, heptathlete and pentathlete
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Jordan Carstens
Jordan Lee Carstens (born January 22, 1981) is a former American football defensive tackle for the NFL's Carolina Panthers. He was an undrafted free agent out of Iowa State University. Jordan, a native of Bagley, Iowa, farms and enjoys hunting ...
(b. 1981), American football defensive tackle
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Karl Carstens
Karl Carstens (, 14 December 1914 – 30 May 1992) was a German politician. He served as the president of West Germany from 1979 to 1984.
Early life and education
Carstens was born in the City of Bremen, the son of a commercial school teacher, ...
(1914–1992), German politician and president of the Federal Republic of Germany
* Lesley Carstens (b. 1965), South African sprint canoer
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Lina Carstens
Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, and August Strindberg, and in her old age she starred in the ...
(1892–1978), German film- and theater actress
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Manfred Carstens
Manfred Carstens (born 23 February 1943, in Molbergen) is a German politician of Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Life
In Emstek Carstens worked for a local bank. Carstens worked as a German politician for party CDU. From 1972 to ...
(born 1943), German politician (CDU)
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Nico Carstens
Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens (10 February 1926 – 1 November 2016) more commonly known as Nico Carstens, was a South African musician, accordionist, and songwriter.
Early life
Born, 10 February 1926, in Cape Town of Afrikaner parents, Carstens g ...
, South African accordionist and songwriter
* Peter Carstens (1903–1945), German geneticist and animal breeder and SS-Oberführer
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Theodore Carstens
Theodore Carstens (June 20, 1879 – July 25, 1955) was an American fencer. He competed in the individual foil and sabre events at the 1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known ...
, American fencer
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Veronica Carstens
Veronica Carstens (born Prior; 18 June 1923 – 25 January 2012) was the wife of the German President Karl Carstens.Wilhelm Carstens (1869–19??), German rower
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Karsten
Karsten or Carsten is a both a given name and a surname. It is believed to be either derived from a Low German form of Christian, or "man from karst". Notable persons with the name include:
Given name
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* Carsten Charles Sabathia (born 1 ...