Marden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adrienne Marden (1909–1978), American actress Albert Marden, American mathematician Anne Marden (rower), American rower Brice Marden, American artist Harold C. Marden (1900–1994), American lawyer and judge John Louis Marden (1919–1999), British businessman and philanthropist John Marden (1855–1924), Australian headmaster, pioneer of women's education, and Presbyterian elder Julia Marden, American artist Luis Marden (1913–2003), American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguist Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924), American writer Robert A. Marden (1927-2017), American politician and attorney Thomas Marden (1866–1951), British major general