Kersten is a German given name and a Dutch/Low German surname.

Given name

A German male or female given name *

Kersten Artus Kersten Artus (née Westphal, born April 1, 1964) is a German journalist and politician. She is a member of The Left (Germany), The Left and a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Life Kersten Artus was born in Bremen. She moved to Hamburg in 19 ...

(born 1964) female German journalist and politician *

Kersten Meier Kersten Meier (23 February 1954 in Celle – 3 April 2001) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He died in 2001 in Düsseldorf. The cause of death was suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's ...

(1954–2001) male German swimmer at the 1972 Summer Olympics * Kersten Neisser (born 1956) female German rower

Surname

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...

, meaning "son of Kerst/Kersten/Kerstijn/Kerstiaen", archaic forms of the name

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

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Adam Kersten Adam Kersten (26 April 1930 in Kutno - 11 January 1983 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian, expert on the Polish history in the 17th century. Member of the faculty at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University since 1955. From 1980 he was active in the So ...

(1930–1983), Polish historian *

Ben Kersten Ben Kersten (born 21 September 1981 in Wollongong) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He is a member of the Fly V Australia Pro Cycling Team. He was a successful track rider for many years, before switching to road racing in 2009. ...

(born 1981), Dutch-Australian racing cyclist * Carool Kersten (born 1964), Dutch historian *

Charles J. Kersten Charles Joseph Kersten (May 26, 1902 – October 31, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1954,' Biographical Sketch of Charles J. Kersten, pg. 17 Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kersten graduated from Marquette Univer ...

(1902–1972), American politician from Wisconsin * (1733–1796), German missionary in Suriname * Claire Kersten (born 1989), New Zealand netball player *

Dagmar Kersten Dagmar Kersten (born 28 October 1970) is a German former gymnast. She represented East Germany at the 1988 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal on the uneven bars, and a bronze medal in the team event. In 1985, she won four medals at the World ...

(born 1970), East German gymnast *

Felix Kersten Eduard Alexander Felix Kersten (30 September 1898 – 16 April 1960) was the personal physical therapist of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. He also became a confidant and adviser to him and used his contacts with Himmler to help people persecut ...

(1898–1960), Himmler's masseur who aided people persecuted by Nazi Germany *

Frank L. Kersten Frank L. Kersten (January 5, 1870 – April 5, 1950) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Chilton, Wisconsin, Kersten took a commercial course at the Jesuit college in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Kersten was a clerk in a gener ...

(1870–1950), American politician * Franziska Kersten (born 1968) German politician * Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Dutch politician (SGP) *

Holger Kersten Holger Kersten (born 1951) is a German writer on myth, legend, religion, and esoteric subjects. He is best known for speculative books about time Jesus spent in India. Kersten's views have received no support from mainstream scholarship. ''Jesu ...

(born 1951), German writer on the lost years of Jesus in India *

Ina Kersten Ina Kersten (born 1946) is a German mathematician and former president of the German Mathematical Society. Her research concerns abstract algebra including the theory of field extensions and algebraic groups. She is a professor emerita at the Un ...

(born 1946), German mathematician *

Joke Kersten Johanna Wilhelmina (Joke) Kersten (11 April 1944 – 6 August 2020) was a Dutch politician. She served as member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party from 4 September 1990 to 17 May 1994. She was mayor of Grubbenvorst and Broekho ...

(born 1944), Dutch politician *

Krystyna Kersten Krystyna Kersten (penname, Jan Bujnowski; born May 25, 1931 in Poznań – July 10, 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian and a professor at the Historical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Fellow of Collegium Invisibile. Born in Pozna ...

(1931–2008), Polish historian * Mark Kersten (born 1950), Australian politician * (1906–1999), German physicist and metallurgist *

Martin L. Kersten Martin L. Kersten (October 25, 1953 – July 6, 2022) was a computer scientist with research focus on database architectures, query optimization and their use in scientific databases. He was an architect of the MonetDB system, an open-source colu ...

(born 1953), Dutch computer scientist *

Mik Kersten Mik Kersten is a Polish- Canadian computer specialist who created and leads the open-source Eclipse Mylyn project. Kersten invented the Task-Focused Interface technology underlying Mylyn while working on his PhD at the University of British Col ...

(born 1975), Polish-born Canadian computer scientist *

Otto Kersten Otto Kersten (23 December 1839 in Altenburg – 22 November 1900 in Altenburg) was a German chemist and geographer. He studied chemistry and natural sciences at the University of Leipzig, and after graduation, worked as an assistant at the vo ...

(1839–1900), German explorer, chemist and geographer * Peter Kersten (born 1958), German rower * Ryan Kersten (born 1986), Australian basketball player

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