Berens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chris Berens, Dutch painter
Ernst Berens, German music publisher
Fritz Berens, conductor of the Sacramento Symphony
Henry Hulse Berens, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1858-1863)
Fort Berens, a short-lived fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada
Hermann Berens (1826- 1880), German composer
Mikhail Berens (1879-1943), brother of Yevgeny Berens, admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and the White Navy during the Russian Civil War
Ricky Berens (b. 1988), swimmer and Olympic gold medallist for the United States
Yevgeny Berens (1876-1928), brother of Mikhail Berens, Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Naval Forces in 1919-1920
