Famous People with Name Karsten

Karsten Johansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Karsten Johansen: is a Danish professional football player, who is playing for the Danish 1st Division club FC Fredericia.

Karsten Stehen Sørensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Karsten Stehen Sørensen: is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Danish team which finished thirteenth in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored five goals.

Karsten Lund            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Karsten Lund: is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played 310 games and scored 140 goals for Vejle Boldklub. He played four games and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team.

Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten: was a German botanist and geologist. Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844-56 to the north of South America. He died 1908 in Berlin-Grunewald.

Ekaterina Karsten            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Ekaterina Karsten: is a famous rower from Minsk, Belarus, an Olympic champion and world champion in single sculls.

Herman Thomas Karsten            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Herman Thomas Karsten: was a Dutch engineer who gave major contributions to architecture and town planning in Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule. Most significantly he integrated the practice of colonial urban environment with native elements; a radical approach to spatial planning for Indonesia at the time. He introduced a neighborhood plan for all ethnic groups in Semarang, built public markets in Yogyakarta and Surakarta, and a city square in the capital Batavia (now 'Jakarta'). Between 1915 and 1941 he was given responsibility for planning 12 out of 19 municipalities in Java,

Willemijn Karsten            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Willemijn Karsten: is a Dutch team handball player. She plays on the Dutch national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.