Karsten

Karsten or Carsten is a both a given name and a surname. It is believed to be either derived from a Low German form of Christian, or "man from karst". Notable persons with the name include:

Given name

 * Carsten:
 * Carsten Höller (born 1961), German artist
 * Carsten Jancker (born 1974), German footballer and coach
 * Carsten Niebuhr (1733–1815), German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark
 * Carsten Pohl (born 1965), German basketball coach
 * Carsten Charles Sabathia (born 1980), American baseball player
 * Carsten Schatz (born 1970), German historian and politician
 * Carsten Schneider (born 1976), German politician


 * Karsten:
 * Karsten Alnæs (born 1938), Norwegian author, historian, and journalist
 * Karsten Andersen (1920–1997), Norwegian conductor
 * Big Daddy Karsten (born 1989), 2017 Eurovision Jury List; Norwegian Pre-select for Eurovision (Melodi Grand Prix 2021)
 * Karsten Buer (1913–1993), Norwegian harness coach
 * Karsten Fonstad (1900–1970), Norwegian politician
 * Karsten Forsterling (born 1980), Australian rower
 * Karsten Isachsen (1944–2016), Norwegian Lutheran priest, essayist and public speaker
 * Karsten Jakobsen (1928–2019), Norwegian engineer
 * Karsten Johannessen (1925–2018), Norwegian footballer and coach
 * Karsten Kroon (born 29 January 1976), Dutch former professional road bicycle racer
 * Karsten Solheim (1911–2000), Norwegian-born American golf club designer and businessman
 * Karsten Warholm (born 1996), Norwegian athlete

Surname

 * Adrian Karsten (1960–2005), American college football reporter
 * Christoffer Christian Karsten (1756–1827), Swedish opera singer
 * Ekaterina Karsten (born 1972), Belarusian Olympic rower
 * Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten (1783–1856), Swedish painter
 * Elke Karsten (born 1995), Argentine handball player
 * Frank Karsten (born 1984), Dutch Magic: The Gathering player
 * Frank M. Karsten (1913–1992), American politician
 * George Karsten (1863–1937), German botanist
 * Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817–1908), German botanist and geologist
 * Gustav Karsten (1820–1900), German physicist
 * Kai Karsten (born 1968), German Olympic sprinter
 * Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten (1782–1853), German mineralogist
 * Karl G. Karsten (1891–1968), American economist, statistician and businessman
 * Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), Finnish mycologist
 * Sophie Karsten (1783–1862), Swedish dancer and artist
 * Sophie Mariane Karsten (1753–1848), Polish opera singer
 * Thomas Karsten (1885–1945), Dutch engineer
 * Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732–1787), German mathematician