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] meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), 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 goldsmith
- Wenzel, Archduke of Austria (1561–1578), Austrian prince and Grand Prior of the Order of Malta
- Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman
- Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer
- Wenzel Parler (1333–1399), German-Bohemian architect
- Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Czech composer
- Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830), Bohemian composer
- Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesman
- Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of the Navy
- Wenzel Storch (born 1961), German film director and producer
- Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696–1772), prince of Liechtenstein
- Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (born 1995), oldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria
- Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg, (1742-1825), Austrian general, son of Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz
Surname
- Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein
- Brian Wenzel (born 1929), Australian character actor
- Carl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740-1793), German chemist and metallurgist
- David Wenzel (born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist
- Eberhard Wenzel (1950–2001), German-born public health researcher
- Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein
- Hans-Georg Wenzel (1949–1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer
- Joan Wenzel (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner
- Johann Wenzel (1902–1969), GRU spy in WWII Germany, radio specialist
- Joseph W. Wenzel (1940–2021), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
- Leopold Wenzel or Léopold de Wenzel (1847–1923), Italian conductor and composer
- Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach
- Sally Wenzel, American pulmonologist
See also
- Wenzl (surname)
- Wentzel
- Wenzell Baird Bryant (1927-2008), American filmmaker
- Margaret Wenzell (born 1925), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Wenzel's, British bakery chain
References
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