Mortensen or Mortenson (in US) is a surname of

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

and

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

origin, meaning ''son of Morten''. The

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

variant is Mårtensson. Mortensen is currently the 20th most common surname in

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/ref> It may refer to the following people: * Arne Mortensen (1900–1942), Norwegian rower *

Beverly Mortensen Beverly P. Mortensen is a musician, composer, and scholar of ancient Jewish religion at Northwestern University. In 2006, she published the book ''The Priesthood in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Renewing the Profession'' (Studies in Aramaic Interpretat ...

, American musician and composer *

Carlos Mortensen Juan Carlos Mortensen (born April 13, 1972, in Ambato, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the first South American Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bl ...

(born 1972), professional poker from Ecuador *

Christian Mortensen Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish supercentenarian, who resided in California, United States.Chris Mortensen Chris Mortensen (born November 7, 1951) is an American journalist providing reports for ESPN's '' Sunday NFL Countdown'', ''Monday Night Countdown'', '' SportsCenter'', ESPN Radio, and ESPN.com. Early life Mortensen attended North Torrance ...

(born 1951), American journalist *

Clayton Mortensen Clayton Grant Mortensen (born April 10, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, and Boston Red Sox. Amate ...

(born 1985), American baseball player * Dale L. Mortensen (1966–2020), American politician * Dale T. Mortensen (1939–2014), American economist *

Dan Mortensen Daniel Earl Mortensen (born December 16, 1968) is an American six-time World Champion saddle bronc rider, and a one-time World Champion all-around cowboy. He competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) where he won those cha ...

(born 1968), American rodeo rider *

Erling Mortensen Erling Mortensen (born 5 April 1955), is a Danish chess International Master (IM) (1980), four-times Danish Chess Championship winner (1981, 1987, 1989, 1991). Biography From the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s Erling Mortensen was one of the leadi ...

(born 1955), Danish chess master *

Finn Mortensen Finn Mortensen (January 6, 1922 – May 23, 1983) was a Norwegian composer, critic and educator. Finn Einar Mortensen was born in Oslo. His parents were publisher Ernst Gustav Mortensen (1887–1966) and Anna Marie Damnæs (1886– ...

(1922–1983), Norwegian classical composer *

Flemming Møller Mortensen Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 3 July 1963 in Store Brøndum) is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has been serving as a member of the Folketing since the 2007 elections. He is currently serving as Minister for Development and N ...

(born 1963), Danish politician * Greg Mortenson, American humanitarian *

Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (27 August 1856 – 7 June 1921) was a Danish teacher and ornithologist. He was the first to employ bird ringing for scientific purposes. Mortensen was born in Jonstrup on the island of Zealand, Denmark. A ...

(1856–1921), Danish teacher and ornithologist *

Jess Mortensen Jesse Philo Mortensen (April 16, 1907 in Thatcher, Arizona – February 19, 1962) was an NCAA champion track athlete and coach. Mortensen is one of only three men to win Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship team titles as both ...

(1907–1962), American NCAA champion track athlete and coach *

Lars Ulrik Mortensen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (born 1955) is a Danish harpsichordist and conductor, mainly of Baroque solo music, chamber music and early music repertory. He was a professor in Munich in 1996–99 and has since then been artistic director of Concerto Cope ...

, (born 1955), Danish harpsichordist and conductor *

Malene Mortensen Malene Winther Mortensen (born 23 May 1982) is a Danish singer. She entered the Danish music scene in 2001, during the first season of ''Stjerne for en aften'', the Danish edition of '' Star for a Night''. She made it to the finals, with her re ...

(born 1982), Danish singer *

Ole Mortensen Ole Henrik Mortensen (born 29 January 1958) is a Danish first-class cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at ...

(born 1958), Danish cricketer * Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952), Danish professor of zoology *

Stan Mortensen Stanley Harding Mortensen (26 May 1921 – 22 May 1991) was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as the "Matthews Final"), in which he became the only player ever to score a ha ...

(1921–1991), English professional footballer *

Viggo Mortensen Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R (; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the State of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argent ...

(born 1958), Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter *

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

(born Norma Jeane Mortenson, 1926–1962), American actress *

Svend Aage Mortensen Svend Aage Mortensen, M.D., Sc.D. (31 August 1942 – 22 April 2015) was a Danish cardiologist at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rigshospitalet was until February 2017 the largest hospital in Denmark; only surpassed by Skejby Sygehus, howe ...

(1942–2015), Danish cardiologist *

William Mortensen William Herbert Mortensen (January 27, 1897 – August 12, 1965) was an American glamour photographer, primarily known for his Hollywood portraits in the 1920s–1940s in the Pictorialist style. Early life Mortensen was born on January 27, 1897, ...

(1897–1965), American photographer, known for 1920s–1940s Hollywood portraits in the Pictorialist style * Zachary Mortensen (born 1972), American film producer and writer

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