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, 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
- Bryan Wenzel, American professional wrestler and manager
- 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
- Joan Wenzel (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner
- Joseph W. Wenzel (born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
- Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach
- Wolfgang Wenzel[1] (born 1929), German astronomer
See also
- Wenzl (surname)
- Wentzel
- Wenzell Baird Bryant (1927-2008), American filmmaker
- Margaret Wenzell (born 1925), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
References
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