Carstens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Agustín Carstens (b. 1958), Mexican economist Arno Carstens, South African singer-songwriter Asmus Jacob Carstens (1754–1798), Danish-German painter Camilla Carstens (b. 1977), Norwegian team handball player Carl Wilhelm Carstens (1887–1950), Norwegian geologist David Carstens (1914–1955), South African boxer Deon Carstens (b. 1979), South African rugby union footballer Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009), president of Carstens Publications Ingvild Ryggen Carstens (b. 1980), Norwegian ski mountaineer, heptathlete and pentathlete Jordan Carstens (b. 1981), American football defensive tackle Karl Carstens (1914–1992), German politician and president of the Federal Republic of Germany Lesley Carstens (b. 1965), South African sprint canoer Lina Carstens (1892–1978), German film- and theater actress Manfred Carstens (born 1943), German politician (CDU) Nico Carstens, South African accordionist and songwriter Peter Carstens (1903–1945), German geneticist and animal breeder and SS-Oberführer Theodore Carstens, American fencer Veronica Carstens (1923–2012), wife of the German President Karl Carstens Wilhelm Carstens (1869–19??), German rower
See also Karsten Karstens