Essen (surname)

Essen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * August Franz Essen (1720–1792), Saxonian diplomat
 * Hans Henric von Essen (1755–1824), Swedish officer, courtier and statesman
 * Louis Essen (1908–1997), English physicist
 * Nikolai Essen (1860–1915), Russian naval commander and admiral
 * Siri von Essen (1850–1912), Swedish/Finnish actress, married to August von Strindberg 1877–91
 * Thomas Von Essen (born 1954), commissioner of the New York City Fire Department