Behrens (family name)

Name bearer

A.

Achim Behrens (* 1967), German Lutheran theologian
Adolph Behrens (1833–1896), German-English musician and patron
Adolph Kraft-Behrens , German watch manufacturer, founder of Kraft-Behrens
Albert Behrens (1891–1976), German politician (SPD)
Alfred Behrens (* 1944), German radio play director
Anna Behrens (1850 – after 1913), German writer

B.

Bernard Behrens (1926–2012), Canadian actor
Bernd Behrens (* 1952), German badminton player
Bernhard Behrens (1847–1931), German businessman and politician
Bertha Behrens (1848–1912), German writer, see Wilhelmine Heimburg
Bill Behrens (* 1970), American tennis player
Brigitte Behrens (* 1951), German sociologist and Greenpeace functionary

C.

Carl Friedrich Behrens (1701–1750), German navigator and explorer
Carl Georg Behrens (1792–1879), German officer and topographer
Carl Ludwig Max Behrens (1850–1908), German major general
CC Behrens (civil: Jürgen Behrens , * 1955), German musician, drummer and percussionist
Christian Behrens (1852–1905), German sculptor
Christoph Behrens (* 1962), German social scientist and educational scientist

D.

Daniela Behrens (* 1968), German politician
Detlef Behrens (* 1946), German soccer player
Dietrich Behrens (1859–1929), German Romanist
Dirk Behrens (* 1954), German painter and graphic artist

E.

Eduard Ludwig Behrens (1824–1895), German banker and art collector, father of Theodor Behrens
Ernst Behrens (1878–1970), German homeland poet
Ernst-August Behrens (1915–2000), German mathematician and university professor
Ernst Christian August Behrens (around 1750–1817), German builder, engineer and cartographer

F.

Ferdinand Behrens (1862–1925), German painter
Franz Behrens (1872–1943), German politician (DNVP)
Franz Richard Behrens (1895–1977), German writer
Friedrich Behrens (District Administrator) (1828 – after 1872), German administrative officer
Friedrich Behrens (politician) (1897–1972), German farmer and politician (BDV, FDP), Member of the Bundestag
Friedrich Behrens (1909–1980), German economist
Friedrich Eduard Behrens (1836–1920), German industrialist and philanthropist
Fritz Behrens (* 1948), German politician (SPD)

G

Georg Behrens-Ramberg (1875–1955), German painter and etcher
Georg Henning Behrens (1662–1712), German doctor and author
Gerhard Dominicus Behrens (1776–1845), German merchant and member of parliament
Gudrun Behrens (* 1956), German volleyball player
Gustav Behrens (prehistoric) (1884–1955), German prehistoric
Gustav Behrens (agricultural functionary) (1899–1948), German farmer and agricultural functionary

H

Hanno Behrens (* 1990), German soccer player
Hans Boeckh-Behrens (1898–1955), German lieutenant general
Hans-Peter Behrens (* 1961), German politician (Greens)
Hartmuth Behrens (* 1951), German fencer
Hedwig Behrens (1900–1986), German historian and archivist
Heidi Behrens (* 1946), German educator
Heinrich Behrens (politician, Magdeburg) , German politician, mayor of Magdeburg
Heinrich Behrens (bath owner) (1804–1874), German tree nursery owner and operator of the Travemünder bathing establishment
Heinrich Behrens (numismatist) (1828–1913), German numismatist
Heinrich Behrens (farmer) (1873–1926), German farmer, local politician and member of parliament
Heinrich Behrens (dialect author) (1888–1964), German carpenter, teacher and dialect author
Heinrich Behrens (SS member) (1898–?), German SS and police leader
Heinrich Behrens (veterinarian) (1920–1997), German veterinarian
Heinrich Behrens (politician, 1924) (1924-2008), German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
Heinrich Behrens-Nicolai (1873–1960), German architect
Heinrich Ludwig Behrens (1787–1839), German cartographer, topographer and officer
Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens (1873–1956), German architect
Heinz Behrens (* 1932), German actor
Heinz A. Behrens (* 1950), German politician and archaeologist
Helmut Behrens (chemist) (1915–2000), German chemist and university professor
Helmut Behrens (architect) (* 1947), German architect and preservationist
Henning Behrens (* 1940), German economist and political scientist
Henry Behrens (1890–1938), German engineer and university professor
Herbert Behrens (* 1954), German politician (Die Linke)
Herbert Behrens-Hangeler (1898–1981), German painter, graphic artist and writer
Hermann Behrens (prehistoric) (1915-2006), German prehistoric
Hermann Behrens (engineer) (1915– ??), German engineer
Hermann Behrens (ancient orientalist) (1944–1996), German ancient orientalist
Hermann Behrens (ecologist) (* 1955), German ecologist, environmental historian and landscape planner
Hermann Behrens (racing driver) , German automobile racing driver
Hildegard Behrens (1937-2009), German opera singer (soprano)
Hugo Behrens (pseudonym B. Renz ; 1820–1910), German writer and military doctor

I.

Inge Behrens (* 1942), German film editor
Isaak Behrens (around 1695–1765), German court Jew

J

Jacob Behrens (1791–1852), German businessman and politician
Jakob Behrens (also James Behrens ; 1824–1897), German-American businessman and entomologist
Johan Didrik Behrens (1820–1890), Norwegian composer
Johann Behrens (nursing scientist) (* 1949), German paramedic and nursing scientist
Johann Gerhard Behrens (1889–1979), German pastor and astronomer
Johann Heinrich Behrens (1735–1844), German NCO and author
Johann Jacob Behrens (1788– ??), German organist, composer and music teacher
Johannes Behrens (1864–1940), German botanist and phytomedicist
Josef Behrens (1890–1947), German engineer and inventor
Jürgen Behrens (philologist) (1935–2005), German philologist and Germanist
Jürgen Behrens (* 1955), German musician, drummer and percussionist, see CC Behrens
Jutta Behrens (* 1950), German badminton player

K

Karl Behrens (1909–1943), German resistance fighter
Karl Behrens (Bergrat) (1854–1906), German engineer and entrepreneur
Karl Behrens (politician) (1879–1928), German politician (SPD)
Karl Christian Behrens (1907–1980), German economist and university professor
Karl Heinz Behrens (1889–1940), German physician
Katja Behrens (* 1942), German writer
Kevin Behrens (* 1991), German soccer player
Kim Behrens (* 1992), German volleyball and beach volleyball player
Klaus Behrens (* 1941), German rower
Klaus Behrens (basketball player) , German basketball player
Konrad Barthold Behrens (1660–1736), German doctor and historian
Kurt Behrens (1884–1928), German high diver

L.

Leffmann Behrens (1634–1714), German court Jew and banker
Lilli Behrens (1869–1959), German draftsman, textile and paper artist, wife of Peter Behrens

M.

Manfred Behrens (* 1956), German politician (CDU)
Manja Behrens (1914–2003), German actress
Maria Behrens (* 1963), German political scientist
Marlies Behrens (* 1939), German model and actress
Martha Behrens (* around 1932), German table tennis player
Martin Behrens (* 1967), German social scientist
Max Behrens (1886–1967), German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
Michael Behrens (* 1973), German sculptor
Michael Abraham Behrens (1812–1879), German entrepreneur, local politician and vice-head of the Jewish community in Hanover
Morten Behrens (* 1997), German soccer goalkeeper

O

Oscar Behrens (1880–1969), German administrative lawyer and mayor

P

Pamela Behrens (* 1946), American rower
Paul Behrens (1893–1984), German watchmaker
Peter Behrens (1868–1940), German architect, painter and designer
Peter Behrens (lawyer) (* 1939), German lawyer
Peter Behrens (drummer) (1947-2016), German musician and clown
Peter Behrens (writer) (* 1954), Canadian writer
Peter Behrens (chemist) (* 1957), German chemist
Philipp Behrens (1892–1948), German civil servant and landlord

R.

Rico Behrens (* 1980), German political didactic
Robert Behrens (1885–1942), Danish wrestler
Roger Behrens (* 1967), German philosopher and social scientist
Rudolf Behrens (politician) (1880 – after 1946), German member of the state parliament and co-founder of the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Rudolf Behrens (writer) (1889–1943), German teacher, editor and writer
Rudolph August Behrens (around 1700–1748), German physician

S.

Siegfried Behrens (lawyer) (1768–1828), German governor
Siegfried Behrens (rabbi) (1876 – around 1942), German rabbi
Siegfried Behrens (physician) (* 1942), German trauma surgeon
Sigrid Behrens (* 1976) German artist and writer
Stefan Behrens (* 1942), German actor

T

Theodor Behrens (1857–1921), German banker, art collector and patron
Theodor Heinrich Behrens (1842–1905), German chemist
Till Behrens (* 1931), German architect, industrial designer and urban planner

U

Uwe Behrens (* 1959), German soccer player

W.

Walter Behrens (politician) (1889–1977), German politician (NSDAP)
Walter Behrens (painter) (1911–1999), German painter
Wilhelm Behrens (1827–1900), missionary in South Africa
Wilhelm Behrens (botanist) (1854–1903), German botanist
Wilhelm Behrens (politician) (1885–1958), German politician (USPD, SPD)
Wilhelm Behrens (officer) (1888–1968), German lieutenant general
Wille Behrens , German handball goalkeeper
Wolfgang Behrens (* 1970), German musicologist
Wolfgang Behrens-Baumann (* 1945), German ophthalmologist