Adolf Christen (7 August 1811 – 13 July 1883) was a Bavarian stage actor,[1] theater director[2] and theater manager of the old Munich "Aktientheater".

[3] Christen was born in Berlin.

When the father of the actress Klara Ziegler died he got the wardship of her.

First he declined her wish to become actress but later he taught her.

The family grave is at the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich.