Notable people with the surname include:
Arts and entertainment •
Aime Hansen (born 1962), Estonian poet, writer, and artist •
Al Hansen (1927–1995), American artist •
Andrew Hansen (born 1974), Australian comedian •
Anna Hansen, Canadian chef •
Asta Hansen (1914–1962), Danish stage and film actress •
Beck Hansen, (born 1970), American alternative musician known as
Beck •
Betsy Hansen (dates unknown), woman who charged actor
Errol Flynn with statutory rape in 1942 •
Carl G. O. Hansen (1871–1960), Norwegian-American journalist, musician and author •
Carl William Hansen (1872–1936), Danish author •
Chai Hansen (born Surachai Romruen, 1989), Thai-Australian actor •
Chris Hansen (born 1959), American journalist •
Christian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845), Danish architect •
Constantin Hansen (1804–1880), Danish artist •
Courtney Hansen (born 1974), American model and television personality •
C. & V. Hansen (1906–2001 & 1900–1992), Danish comics authors •
Craig J. Hansen (born 1954), American writer and musician •
Dinah-Jane Hansen (born 1997), Singer of Female American group Fifth Harmony •
David Hansen (born 1968), actor, director, and playwright •
Derek Hansen (born 1944), Australian writer •
Erhardine Adolphine Hansen (1815–1893), Danish actress •
Erik Hansen (1927–2016), Danish architect •
Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965), Norwegian author •
Gunnar Hansen (1947–2015), Icelandic-American actor •
Ib Hansen, pseudonym of Austrian poet
H. C. Artmann (1921–2000) •
Jane Hansen (businesswoman), Australian businesswoman and arts philanthropist •
Jerry Hansen (1927–2012), Ghanaian highlife musician •
Joachim Hansen (1930–2007), German actor •
Johannes Hansen (1903–1995), Danish sculptor •
Joseph Hansen (1923–2004), author •
Joseph Hansen (1842–1907), Belgian dancer •
Julia Kathrine Hansen (born 2003), Danish singer •
Kai Hansen (born 1963), German power metal musician •
Karl Gustav Hansen (1914–2002), Danish silversmith, designer •
Leopold Hansen (1879–1964), Estonian actor and theater director •
Liane Hansen (born 1951), American radio journalist and radio show host •
Lisa M. Hansen, American producer, actress, assistant director, and writer •
Lys Hansen (born 1936), Scottish artist •
Margaret Severin-Hansen, American ballerina •
Marie Bach Hansen (born 1985), Danish actress •
Mary Hansen (1966–2002), Australian guitarist and singer •
Max Hansen (1897–1961), Danish singer •
Peter Hansen (1921–2017), American actor •
Ron Hansen (born 1947), American novelist, essayist, and professor
Politics •
Ann Hansen (born 1953), Canadian anarchist and bomber •
Bernie Hansen (1944–2021), American politician in Chicago politics •
Bertha Lee Hansen (1882–1966), American politician from Minnesota •
Cecilie Liv Hansen (born 2001), Danish politician •
Charles Robert Hansen (1909–2000), American businessman and politician from Minnesota •
Charlotte Bagge Hansen (born 1969), Danish politician •
Clifford Hansen (1912–2009), American politician from Wyoming •
Colin Hansen (born 1952), Canadian politician from British Columbia •
Connor Hansen (1913–1987), American jurist from Wisconsin •
Dave Hansen (born 1947), American politician from Wisconsin •
Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964), Danish politician •
Flemming Hansen (1939–2021), Danish politician •
George V. Hansen (1930–2014), American politician from Idaho •
Glenna Hansen (born 1956), Canadian Inuvialuit politician •
Goeff Hansen (born 1959), American politician from Michigan •
H. C. Hansen (1906–1960), Danish Prime Minister (1955–1960) •
Hans Peter Hansen (politician) (1872–1953), Danish journalist and politician •
Hans Rasmus Hansen (1896–1971), Danish politician •
Holger Hansen (1929–2015), Danish politician and academic •
Ian Hansen (1958–2025), Falkland Islands politician •
James V. Hansen (1932–2018), American politician from Utah •
Jørgen Peder Hansen (1923–1994), Danish politician •
Joseph Hansen (1910–1979), American
Trotskyist and leader of the
American Socialist Workers Party •
Karstein Hansen (born 1932), Norwegian politician •
Laurits Hansen (1894–1965), Danish trade unionist and politician • Lawrence N. Hansen (1940–2010), American lawyer and political activist •
Litten Hansen (born 1944), Danish former actress, activist and politician •
Mathias Willassen Hanssen (born 1997), Norwegian politician •
Merle Hansen (1919–2009), American farmer, Founder of the North American Farm Alliance •
Nils Hansen (born 1988), German politician •
Peter Hansen (UN) (born 1941), Danish UN official •
Robert W. Hansen (1911–1977), American jurist from Wisconsin •
Ron Hansen (1943–2022), Canadian politician from Ontario •
Stephanie Hansen (born 1961), American politician from Delaware •
Urban Hansen (1908–1986), Danish politician •
Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953), American political commentator •
Vootele Hansen (1962–2026), Estonian politician •
Werner Hansen (1905–19971), German politician
Science •
Alvin Harvey Hansen (1887–1975) American economist •
Emil Christian Hansen (1842–1910), Danish fermentation physiologist •
Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), Norwegian physician, discover of the cause of leprosy •
Hans Jacob Hansen (1855–1936), Danish zoologist •
James E. Hansen (born 1941), American
climatologist •
Jeremy Hansen (born 1976), Canadian
astronaut •
Julie Vinter Hansen (1890–1960), Danish astronomer •
Per Brinch Hansen (1938–2007), Danish computer scientist •
Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874), Danish astronomer •
Siegfried Hansen (1912–2002), Danish engineer •
Thomas Blom Hansen (born 1958), Danish anthropologist •
W. W. Hansen (1909–1949), American physicist
Sport •
Abraham Løkin Hansen (born 1959), Faroese footballer (né Hansen) •
Adam Hansen (born 1981), Australian road cyclist •
Adrian Hansen (born 1971), South African squash player •
Alan Hansen (born 1955), Scottish footballer •
Ashia Hansen (born 1971), British athlete, Olympic contestant •
Bob Hansen (born 1961), American basketballer •
Brendan Hansen (born 1981), American swimmer •
Chad Hansen (born 1995), American football player •
Chase Hansen (born 1993), American football player •
Craig Hansen (born 1983), American professional baseball player •
Curt Hansen (born 1964), Danish chess grand master •
Dale Hansen (born 1948), American sportscaster •
Dave Hansen (born 1968), American baseball player •
Einar Hansen (born 1988), Faroese soccer player •
Eric Hansen (born 1992), Canadian chess player •
Erika Hansen (born 1970), American swimmer\ •
Fred Hansen (born 1940), 1964 Olympic Gold medalist and world record pole vaulter •
Fred Hansen (footballer) (1903–1993), Australian rules footballer •
Harrison Hansen (born 1985), British based New Zealand rugby league player •
Hayden Hansen (born 2003), American football player •
Jan Knobelauch Hansen (born 1971), Danish Olympic triathlete •
Janken Wiel-Hansen (1868–1938) Norwegian-Swedish athlete, feminist, pioneer in
fencing and
swordsmanship. •
Jannik Hansen (born 1986), Danish ice hockey Player •
Jerry Hansen (racing driver) (born 1936), a former racing driver •
Joachim Hansen (born 1979), Norwegian Mixed martial artist •
Joan Hansen (born 1958), American long-distance runner •
John Hansen (1924–1990), Danish footballer •
John Hansen (born 1950), Scottish footballer •
Johnny Hansen (born 1943), Danish footballer •
Kenneth Hansen (born 1960), Swedish rallycross driver •
Kevin Hansen (born 1982), American indoor volleyball player •
Kim-Rune Hansen (born 1988), Norwegian snowboarder •
Kinzie Hansen (born 2001), American softball player •
Lars Hanssen (1903–1940), Norwegian chess player •
Mack Hansen (born 1998), Australian born Irish rugby player •
Martin Lundgaard Hansen (born 1972), Danish badminton player, Olympic contestant •
Mikkel Hansen (born 1987), Danish handballer •
Nancy Hansen (born 1968), Canadian sport climber and mountaineer •
Niels Jørgen Hansen, Danish darts player •
Niko Hansen (born 1994), Danish footballer •
Nikolaj Hansen (born 1987), Danish footballer •
Nikolaj Hansen (born 1993), Danish footballer •
Paul Snow-Hansen (born 1990), New Zealand sailor •
Per Joar Hansen (born 1965), Norwegian football coach •
Phil Hansen (born 1968), American former gridiron football player •
Rasmus Grønborg Hansen (born 1986), Danish football (soccer) player •
Rick Hansen (born 1957), Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian •
Ron Hansen (born 1938), American professional baseball player •
Søren Hansen (born 1974), Danish professional golfer •
Stan Hansen (born 1949), American professional wrestler •
Steen Hansen Danish curler •
Steve Hansen (born 1959), New Zealand rugby union football player and coach •
Sune Berg Hansen (born 1971), Danish chess player •
Tori Hansen (born 2001), American professional footballer •
Travis Hansen (born 1978), American basketball player •
Trine Hansen (born 1973), Danish rower
Other people •
Danielle Tumminio Hansen (born 1981)
Episcopal priest and academic •
Dörte Hansen (born 1964), German journalist •
Elaine Tuttle Hansen, president of
Bates College •
Evan Hansen, the titular fictional character of the musical
Dear Evan Hansen •
Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891), Danish photographer •
Georg Hansen (1904–1944), German army officer •
Gesa Hansen (born 1981), German-Danish designer •
Gus Hansen (born 1974), Danish professional poker player •
Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), Norwegian polar explorer •
Henriette Hansen (disambiguation) •
Jake Hansen (disambiguation), multiple people •
Jane Hansen (businesswoman), Australian businesswoman and arts philanthropist •
Jane Hansen (model), New Zealand model, winner of Miss International 1971 •
John Hansen (born 1945), retired New Zealand judge •
Jörmundur Ingi Hansen (born 1940), Icelandic neopagan leader and clothing retailer •
Lars Peter Hansen (born 1952), American economist and econometrician •
Matthew Hansen, Canadian screenwriter, author and editor •
Max Hansen (1908–1990), SS officer •
Mogens Herman Hansen (1940–2024), Danish classical philologist •
Monica Hansen, Norwegian model •
Percy Hansen (1890–1951), Danish recipient of the Victoria Cross •
Robert Hanssen (1944–2023), American FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia •
Sig Hansen (born 1966), American Captain of the Seattle-based crab fishing boat
Northwestern, featured in the documentary
Deadliest Catch •
Theodore Marcus Hansen (1886–1973), Danish-American pastor, theologian, and churchman •
Theophil Freiherr von Hansen (1813–1891), Danish-Austrian architect == References ==