Koenen is a

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 ...

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 ...

() or Dutch () origin derived from the given name Koen (

Conrad Conrad may refer to: People * Conrad (name) Places United States * Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Iowa, a city * Conrad, Montana, a city * Conrad Glacier, Washington ...

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at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands Notable people with the surname include: *

Adolf von Koenen Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

(1837–1915), German geologist *

Bernard Koenen Bernard Johann Heinrich Koenen (17 February 1889 – 30 April 1964) was a German politician. Between 1953 and 1958 he was the East German ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Life Early years Koenen was born in Hamburg, the son of a carpenter-joine ...

(1889–1964), Communist and East German politician * Breanna Koenen (born 1994), Australian rules footballer *

Emmy Damerius-Koenen Emmy Damerius-Koenen (15 March 1903 – 21 May 1987) was an East German politician. She was married to Helmut Damerius from 1922 to 1927 and later, was married to Wilhelm Koenen. She was a member of the Communist Party of Germany and spent most o ...

(1903–1987), East German politician *

Gerd Koenen Gerd Koenen (born 9 December 1944) is a German historian and former communist politician. Life and work Born in Marburg, Koenen grew up in Bochum and Gelsenkirchen and studied Romance languages, history and politics in Tübingen. There, he ...

(born 1944), German historian and former communist *

Heinrich Koenen Heinrich Koenen (12 May 1910 – February 1945) was a German engineer, anti-fascist resistance fighter and agent of the Soviet military intelligence service GRU, known as a "scout". Life Heinrich Koenen was born in the Konigsberg district of Ber ...

(1910–1945), German anti-fascist fighter and Soviet agent * (1893–1956), Dutch neurologist who described Koenen's tumor *

Karestan Koenen Karestan Chase Koenen (born June 23, 1968) is an American epidemiologist and Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also the head of the Global Neuropsychiatric Genomics Initiative of the St ...

(born 1968), American epidemiologist * (1931–2023), German-born American philologist and papyrologist *

Lyle Koenen Lyle J. Koenen (born June 16, 1956) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 17, which included portions of Chippewa, Kandiyo ...

(born 1956), American politician in Minnesota * (1849–1924), German civil engineer *

Michael Koenen Michael J. Koenen (born July 13, 1982) is a former American football punter. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Western Washington. Early years Koenen attended Ferndale High Sc ...

(born 1982), American football player * Theo Koenen (1890–1964), German footballer * Vera Koenen (born 1967), Dutch volleyball player *

Wilhelm Koenen Wilhelm Koenen (7 April 1886 – 19 October 1963) was a German communist activist and an East German politician. He was married to Emmy Damerius-Koenen and was the father of Heinrich Koenen and Johanna Koenen. Biographical details Koenen was ...

(1886–1963), Communist and East German politician ;Koene * Isaac Koene (1637–1713), Dutch landscape painter * Randal A. Koene (born 1971), Dutch neuroscientist

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