Lens is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Lens is a now rare short form of Laurens.Lens at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.Lens at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
Andries Cornelis Lens (1739–1822), Flemish painter Anton Lens (1884–1955), Dutch footballer Bernard Lens I (1630/31–1707), Dutch painter and writer who moved to England Bernard Lens II (1659–1725), English engraver, mezzotinter, and publisher, son of the above Bernard Lens III (1682–1740), English portrait miniaturist, son of the above Dennis Lens (born 1977), Dutch badminton player
Jeremain Lens (born 1987), Dutch-Surinamese footballer Louis Lens (1924–2001), Flemish rose breeder Nicholas Lens (born 1957), Belgian composer Sidney Lens (1912–1986), American labor leader, political activist and writer, born as Sid Okun Sigi Lens (born 1963), Dutch-Surinamese footballer and sports agent
See also Lense, a German-language surname Arnoud de Lens (c.1510–1582), Dutch humanist philosopher and poet known as Arnoldus Arlenius
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