Wenzel
Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus ) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav ,[ 1] [ 2] Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław , Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas /Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Venceslau (Portuguese), Wenceslao (Spanish).
Given name
Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmithWenzel, Archduke of Austria (1561–1578), Austrian prince and Grand Prior of the Order of MaltaWenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesmanWenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composerWenzel Parler (1333–1399), German-Bohemian architectWenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Czech composerWenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830), Bohemian composerPrince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesmanWolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of the NavyWenzel Storch (born 1961), German film director and producerJosef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696–1772), prince of LiechtensteinPrince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (born 1995), oldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in BavariaFranz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg , (1742–1825), Austrian general, son of Wenzel Anton Graf KaunitzWenzel Johann Tomaschek (1774–1850), Bohemian composer
Surname
Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from LiechtensteinBrian Wenzel (1929–2024), Australian character actorCarl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740–1793), German chemist and metallurgistDavid Wenzel (born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artistEberhard Wenzel (1950–2001), German-born public health researcherHanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from LiechtensteinHans-Georg Wenzel (1949–1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturerJoan Wenzel (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runnerJohann Wenzel (1902–1969), GRU spy in WWII Germany, radio specialistJoseph W. Wenzel (1940–2021), American argumentation and rhetorical scholarLeopold Wenzel or Léopold de Wenzel (1847–1923), Italian conductor and composerRene Wenzel , American cycling coachSally Wenzel , American pulmonologist
See also
References
^ Scheller, Andrea (2020). "Wenzel" . Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (in German). ^ "Wenzel" . Dictionary of American Family Names . Oxford University Press. 2013.
