Mertens
Mertens is the family name of the following people:
A.
- Andrea Mertens (film editor) (* 1973), German film editor
- Andrea Mertens (handball player) (* 1995), Belgian handball player
- Angelika Mertens (1952–2019), German politician (SPD)
- August Mertens (1864–1931), German teacher, conservationist and museum director
B.
- Bernd Mertens (* 1967), German legal historian and lawyer
- Bernhard Mertens (* 1946), German painter
- Burk Mertens (1950–2004), German radio host
C.
- Carl Mertens (1902–1932), German officer, journalist and radical pacifist
- Christian Mertens (* 1977), German director
D.
- Dieter Mertens (economist) (1931–1989), German economist
- Dieter Mertens (historian) (1940-2014), German historian
- Dieter Mertens (building researcher) (* 1941), German building researcher
- Dries Mertens (* 1987), Belgian football player
E.
- Eberhard Mertens (1933–2015), German publishing director
- Eckhard Müller-Mertens (1923–2015), German historian
- Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens (* 1948), German teacher and politician (Bündnis 90 / DieGrünen), Member of the Bundestag
- Eduard Mertens (1860–1919), inventor of rotogravure printing
- Elise Mertens (* 1995), Belgian tennis player
- Elke Mertens (* 1954), German soccer player
- Ernst Mertens (1922–2016), German rector and chairman of the Bottrop Municipal Music Association
- Eva Rechel-Mertens (1895–1981), German translator
- Evariste Mertens (1846–1907), Swiss garden architect
- Ewald Mertens (1909-1965), German athlete and athletics trainer
F.
- Ferdinand von Mertens (1808–1896), Prussian lieutenant general
- Frank Mertens (* 1961), German pop musician, see Alphaville (band)
- Franz Mertens (art historian) (1808–1897), German architect and art historian
- Franz Mertens (mathematician) (1840–1927), Austrian mathematician
- Franz-Josef Mertens (1934-2017), German politician (SPD)
- Franz Karl Mertens (1764–1831), German botanist
- Friedrich Mertens (1858 – after 1900), German classical philologist
- Fritz Mertens (1963–2008), Swiss author
G
- Gerhard Mertens (* 1942), German educationalist and university professor for pedagogical anthropology and ethics
- Grégory Mertens (1991-2015), Belgian football player
- Gustav Mertens (1899 – after 1965), German administrative lawyer
H
- Hanne Mertens (1909–1945), German actress and Nazi victim
- Hans Mertens (painter) (1906–1944), also: Johannes Mertens , German graphic artist and painter, artist of the New Objectivity
- Hans Willy Mertens (1866–1921), also: Hans Willi Mertens and Hans Wilhelm Mertens , German teacher, writer, dialect writer and poet
- Hans-Günter Mertens (* 1950), German state politician (Hamburg) (SPD)
- Hans-Joachim Mertens (politician) (1905–1945), German lawyer and local politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Braunschweig
- Hans-Joachim Mertens (legal scholar) (* 1934), German lawyer and university professor
- Hardy Mertens (* 1960), Dutch composer
- Heinrich von Mertens (1811–1872), Mayor of Salzburg
- Heinrich Mertens (1906–1968), German publicist and mayor
- Holger Mertens (* 1966), German monument conservator, state curator of Westphalia-Lippe
- Horst Mertens (* 1941), Member of the State Parliament (DVU)
J
- Jacob Mertens († 1609), Flemish painter in Krakow
- Johannes Mertens, also Hans Mertens (painter) (1906–1944), German painter and representative of the New Objectivity
- Johannes Mertens (politician) (1935–1999), German teacher, school principal and local politician, member of the Hamburg parliament
- Josef Mertens (1865–1934), German diplomat
- Joseph Ludwig Mertens (1782–1842), Cologne banker
- Jürgen Christian Mertens (* 1953), German diplomat and ambassador
K
- Karl von Mertens (General, 1803) (1803–1874), Austrian Feldzeugmeister
- Karl von Mertens (General, 1842) (1842–1910), Austrian general of the cavalry
- Karl Mertens (sculptor) (1903–1988), German sculptor
- Karl Mertens (philosopher) (* 1958), German philosopher
- Karl Heinrich Mertens (1796–1830), German botanist, son of Franz Karl Mertens and discoverer of the mountain hemlock ( Tsuga mertensiana )
- Klaus Mertens (actor) (1929–2003), German actor
- Klaus Mertens (building historian) (1931–2014), German architectural historian and building researcher
- Klaus Mertens (singer) (* 1949), German singer (bass and bass baritone)
L.
- Lia-Tabea Mertens (* 1994), German volleyball player
- Linda Mertens (* 1978), Belgian singer
- Lothar Mertens (1959–2006), German historian and social scientist
- Ludwig Mertens (1821–1896), German builder
- Ludwig von Mertens (1826–1909), Austrian writer
- Lukas Mertens (* 1996), German handball player
M.
- Maik Mertens (* 1977), German basketball player
- Marie Mertens (1859 / 60–1935), Austrian photographer
- Martin Mertens (Mayor) (* 1982), German political and communication scientist; Mayor of the municipality of Rommerskirchen
- Martin Mertens (engineer) , German bridge construction engineer, professor at Bochum University
- Mathias Mertens (* 1971), German media scientist
- Matthias Mertens (1906–1970), German Roman Catholic priest and inmate in Dachau concentration camp
- Meinolf Mertens (1923–2009), German state and European politician (North Rhine-Westphalia) (CDU)
- Michael Mertens (composer) (* 1953), German composer
- Michael Mertens (athlete) (born 1965), German shot putter
O
- Oskar Mertens (1887–1976), Swiss garden architect, see Mertens brothers
- Otto Mertens (1912–2000), German photographer
P
- Paul Mertens (lawyer) (1870–1931), German lawyer and district court president
- Paul Mertens (papyrologist) (1925-2011), Belgian papyrologist
- Peter von Mertens (1773–1828), Imperial Councilor, Court Chamber Vice-President
- Peter Mertens (business IT specialist) (* 1937), German business IT specialist and university professor
- Peter Mertens (politician) (* 1969), Belgian publicist and politician (PVDA)
- Pieter Mertens (* 1980), Belgian racing cyclist
R.
- Rainer Mertens (* 1961), historian and head of collections and exhibitions at Deutsche Bahn
- René Mertens (1922–2014), Belgian racing cyclist
- Reni Mertens (1918–2000), Swiss documentary filmmaker
- Robert Mertens (1894–1975), German zoologist and herpetologist
- Rolf Mertens (1948–2016), German physician
- Rudolf Mertens (* 1959), German business manager
S.
- Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen (1797–1857), German classical archaeologist
- Stéphane Mertens (* 1959), Belgian motorcycle racer
T
- Theodor Mertens (1813–1887), German theologian, educator and pastor, school director and writer
- Theresa Mertens (* 1987), German voice actress
- Thomas Mertens (* 1950), German doctor, virologist and university professor
- Tim Mertens (film editor) , American film editor
- Tim Mertens (cyclist) (* 1986), Belgian cyclist
U
- Ulrich Mertens (* 1957), German photographer, artist, author and lecturer
V
- Volker Mertens (* 1937), German specialist in German
W.
- Walter Mertens (1885–1943), Swiss garden architect, see Mertens brothers
- Walter Mertens (musician) (* 1965), Belgian musician and composer
- Werner Mertens (* 1934), German photographer and documentary filmmaker
- Wilhelm von Mertens (1811–1887), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Wilhelm Mertens (entrepreneur, 1818) (1818–1866), German entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Mertens (entrepreneur, 1846) (1846–1922), German entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Mertens (entrepreneur, 1862) (1862–1936), German entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Mertens (entrepreneur, 1880) (1880–1950), German entrepreneur
- Willem Karel Mertens (1893–1945), Dutch doctor and hygienist
- Wim Mertens (* 1953), Belgian composer and pianist
- Winfried Mertens (* 1948), German general in the army of the Bundeswehr
- Wolfgang Mertens (* 1946), German psychologist and psychoanalyst
Y
- Yannick Mertens (* 1987), Belgian tennis player
Mertens is the name of the following places:
- Mertens (Texas) in the USA
See also:
- Mertens Group , preparatory body of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States (Coreper I) of the European Union
- Mertens' theorem (after Franz Mertens), mathematical theorem from analysis
- Mostly
- Maertens
- Merten
- Mertins
- Veterinarian Dr. Mertens , television series
- Veterinarian Dr. Mertens (film)
