Bunsen may refer to:

• Christian Charles Josias Bunsen (1791–1860), Prussian diplomat and scholar
• Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), or Baroness Bunsen, Welsh painter and author, wife of Christian Charles Josias Bunsen
• Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), German chemist, after whom is named:
  • Bunsen burner
  • Bunsen cell
  • Bunsen crater on the Moon
  • 10361 Bunsen, an asteroid
  • Bunsen Reaction
  • The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award, a German award for spectroscopy
• Sir Maurice de Bunsen (1852–1932), British diplomat
• Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, fictional character from the Muppet Show