Batten (disambiguation)

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Batten is a common English surname.

People named Batten include:

• Adrian Batten, English (Anglican) composer.
• Ann Batten, New Zealand politician.
• Billy Batten, a famous rugby league superstar.
• Charles Lynn Batten, an associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles.
• Chris Batten, bassist and a vocalist for the English post-hardcore band Enter Shikari.
• Cyia Batten, an American dancer and actor.
• The Batten Twins, twin brothers Bart Batten and Brad Batten, a professional wrestling tag team.
• Frank Batten, namesake of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
• Frederick Batten, an English neurologist and pediatrician.
• George Batten, a Newspaper Advertising Agency proprietor.
• George Burnett Batten, a baseball player.
• Gerard Batten, member of the European Parliament.
• Guin Batten, rowing champion, younger sister of Miriam.
• James Batten, chief executive officer of Knight-Ridder publishing.
• Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator.
• John Batten (brother of Jean Batten), was a New Zealand film star.
• Jennifer Batten, a guitarist and author.
• Joseph Batten, English academic administrator.
• Karen-Lee Batten, a country music singer.
• Kim Batten, retired female American champion hurdler.
• Miriam Batten, winner of gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championships.
• Norman Batten, an American racecar driver.
• Peter Batten, British actor and voice-actor.
• Shawn Batten, an American soap opera actress.
• Susan Batten, American soap opera actress.
• William Batten, a British sailor, son of Andrew Batten, a master in the Royal Navy.

Batten my also refer to:

• Arthur Hugh Henry-Batten-Pooll, an English recipient of the Victoria Cross.
• Batten (theater), a pole suspended above a stage, from which lights, props or curtains may be hung.
• Mount Batten, a 24-metre-tall outcrop of rock at Plymouth Sound in England.
• Colonel John Mount Batten, a British soldier and landowner.
• Batten, a British car produced in the late 1930s.
• Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, also known as Batten Disease.
• Batten Kill Railroad, company which operates a pair of abandoned Delaware and Hudson Railway branch lines.
• BBDO, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, an American advertising agency.
• Batten, a piece of construction material.
• Batten, The act of tying something down, as in batten the hatches.
• Batten, to achieve prosperity at the expense of others.
• Batten, to become obese through gluttony.