title: Torben
text: # 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
  