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Mortensen or Mortenson (in US) is a surname of Danish and Norwegian origin, meaning son of Morten. The Swedish variant is Mårtensson. Mortensen is currently the 20th most common surname in Denmark.[1]
It may refer to the following people:
- Arne Mortensen(1900–1942), Norwegian rower
- Beverly Mortensen, American musician and composer
- Carlos Mortensen, professional poker from Ecuador
- Christian Mortensen(1882–1998), Danish-American supercentenarian
- Chris Mortensen, American journalist
- Dale T. Mortensen, American economist
- Erik Mortensen, Norwegian bass player
- Greg Mortensen, American humanitarian
- Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (1856-1921), Danish teacher and ornithologist
- Jess Mortensen(1907-1962), American NCAA champion track athlete and coach
- Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
- Ole Mortensen, Danish cricketer
- Theodor Mortensen (1868-1952), Danish zoologist
- Scott Mortensen, American politician
- Stan Mortensen (1921—1991), English professional footballer
- Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter.
- Marilyn Monroe born Norma Jeane Mortenson
References
This page or section lists people with the surname Mortensen. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Categories:- Surnames
- Danish-language surnames
- Norwegian-language surnames
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