Norman Batten

{{Short description|American racing driver (1893–1928)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Norman Batten

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Norman Kirkpatrick Batten

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|04|30}}

| birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{Disappeared date and age|1928|11|12|1893|04|30}}

| death_place = 200 miles off the coast of
Hampton Roads, Virginia, U.S.

| module1 =

{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 29

| Years_In_Champ = 5

| Best_Champ_Pos = 7th (1928)

| First_Champ_Race = 1924 Syracuse 150 (Syracuse)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1928 International Motor Classic
(Rockingham Park)

| First_Champ_Win = 1926 Sesquicentennial Classic
Heat #2 (Atlantic City)

| Champ_Wins = 1

| Champ_Podiums = 4

| Champ_Poles = 1

}}}}

Norman Kirkpatrick Batten (April 30, 1893 – November 12, 1928) was an American racing driver active in the 1920s. Batten provided relief for Peter DePaolo in the 1925 Indianapolis 500, before his rookie year of 1926.Indy500 Recaps the Short Chute Pat Kennedy He died and his body, along with fellow driver Earl Devore, were lost at sea after the sinking of the ocean liner SS Vestris.

On January 9, 1918, in Juliustown, New Jersey, Batten married Marion Calvin, daughter of Willian John Calvin and Harriet Dimond Kennedy. She was a registered nurse. His wife survived the sinking of the Vestris.{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Lyle C|title=Two Women Struggle Vainly To Save Mates|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=428bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=80oEAAAAIBAJ&dq=norman%20batten%20vestris&pg=4499%2C2529295|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|date=November 16, 1928}}