Machen (surname)
Machen is a surname often but not always of Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alwyn Machen, British trade union leader
- Arthur Machen, Welsh author and mystic, best known for his supernatural, fantasy and horror fiction
- Bernie Machen, American academic, President of the University of Utah and of the University of Florida
- Eddie Machen, American boxer
- Hervey Machen, U.S. Representative from Maryland 196569
- John Gresham Machen, American Presbyterian theologian
- Ronald Machen, American lawyer, U..S. Attorney for the District of Columbia 201015
- Thomas Machen, English merchant who was three times mayor of Gloucester
- William H. Machen, Dutch painter and teacher who relocated to America
- Willis Benson Machen, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 187273
