Menken is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), American actress, painter and poet Alan Menken (born 1949), American musical theatre and film composer and pianist Carol Menken-Schaudt (born 1957), American basketball player and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Helen Menken (1901–1966), American actress Marie Menken (1909–1970), American experimental filmmaker and socialite Shepard Menken (1921–1999), American voice actor and character actor S. Stanwood Menken (1870–1954), American attorney, founder of the National Security League
See also Mencken (surname)