Lens (surname)

Lens is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Lens is a now rare short form of Laurens.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

* Andries Cornelis Lens (1739–1822), Flemish painter
* Anton Lens (1884–1955), Dutch footballer
* Bernard Lens I (1630/31–1707), Dutch painter and writer who moved to England
* Bernard Lens II (1659–1725), English engraver, mezzotinter, and publisher, son of the above
* Bernard Lens III (1682–1740), English portrait miniaturist, son of the above
* Dennis Lens (born 1977), Dutch badminton player
* Jeremain Lens (born 1987), Dutch-Surinamese footballer
* Louis Lens (1924–2001), Flemish rose breeder
* Nicholas Lens (born 1957), Belgian composer
* Sidney Lens (1912–1986), American labor leader, political activist and writer, born as Sid Okun
* Sigi Lens (born 1963), Dutch-Surinamese footballer and sports agent

## See also

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* Lense, a German-language surname
* Arnoud de Lens (c.1510–1582), Dutch humanist philosopher and poet known as Arnoldus Arlenius

## References

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1. ^ Lens at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
2. ^ Lens at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Lens.
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