Torben

Torben is a Danish variant of the given name Torbjörn.

People named Torben include:

• Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter
• Torben Boye (born 1966), Danish former footballer
• Torben Frank (born 1968), Danish former football striker
• Torben Grael (born 1960), Brazilian sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist
• Torben Hoffmann (born 1974), German former football defender
• Torben Joneleit (born 1987), Monegasque-born German footballer
• Torben Larsen (born 1942), Danish scientist in the field of hydrology and water pollution
• Torben Meyer (1884-1975), Danish character actor
• Torben Nielsen (born 1945), Danish former football player and manager
• Torben Oxe (died 1517), Danish nobleman controversially executed for murder
• Torben Piechnik (born 1963), Danish former football defender
• Torben Schousboe (1937–2017), Danish music researcher and writer
• Torben Skovlyst, Danish orienteering competitor

See also

• Torbern Bergman (1735-1784), Swedish chemist and mineralogist
• Turbin
• Thoburn
• Thorburn
• Thulborn