Jens (given name)

Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes. It was the top given name for boys in Denmark in 2008.

People with the name include:
 * Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game developer
 * Jens Blauenfeldt, television actor, screenwriter, and director for Danmarks Radio
 * Jens Eriksen, Danish Olympic badminton player
 * Jens Fink-Jensen, Danish author, composer and photographer
 * Jens Gad, musician and composer
 * Jens Geier, German politician
 * Jens Peter Hansen, Danish Olympic footballer
 * Jens Jensen (landscape architect), Danish-American landscape architect
 * Jens Jensen (politician), Australian politician and Minister for the Navy
 * Jens Jensen (trade unionist), Danish trade unionist and politician
 * Jens Kristian Jensen, Danish gymnast
 * Jens Jeremies, German footballer
 * Jens Johansson, Swedish keyboardist and pianist
 * Jens Kidman, Swedish vocalist of the band Meshuggah
 * Jens Lapidus, Swedish author
 * Jens Larsen, Danish volleyball player and coach
 * Jens Peter Larsen, Danish musicologist and conductor
 * Jens Lehmann, German footballer
 * Jens Lekman, Swedish pop musician
 * Jens Lieblein, Norwegian egyptologist
 * Jens Lindhard, Danish physicist
 * Jens Lindhardt, Danish rower
 * Jens Otto Krag, former Prime Minister of Denmark
 * Jens Meilvang (born 1981), Danish politician
 * Jens Johnnie "Little Evil" Pulver, first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion
 * Jens Salumäe, Estonian Olympic ski jumper
 * Jens Christian Skou, Danish Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry 1997)
 * Jens Spahn, German politician
 * Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Norway
 * Jens Stryger Larsen, Danish footballer
 * Jens Toornstra, Dutch footballer
 * Jens Voigt, German professional road bicycle racer
 * Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper