Marten is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• 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

Marten

• 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

• Martens (surname)
• Maarten, given name
• Martin (disambiguation)