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] 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).

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  • 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
  • Hans-Georg Wenzel (1949-1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer
  • Joan Wenzel (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner
  • Johann Wenzel (1902-1969) German agent of the GRU and radio specialist
  • Joseph W. Wenzel (born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
  • Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach
  • Suzanne Wenzel, American professor and researcher
  • Wolfgang Wenzel (born 1929), German astronomer


See also

References
  1. Scheller, Andrea (2020). "Wenzel". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (in German).
  2. "Wenzel". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
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