Bolten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alida Bolten (1903–1984), Dutch freestyle swimmer (1718–1796), German physician and conchologist Joshua Bolten (born 1954), American governmental official Virginia Bolten (1870–1960), Argentine anarchist
See also Bolten Peak, a summit in Antarctica Bolton (disambiguation) Peter Friedrich Röding, German malacologist whose work was misattributed to Joachim Friedrich Bolten