Wenzel

Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Wenceslao (Spanish).

Given name

• Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer
• Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmith
• Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman
• Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830), Bohemian composer
• Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesman
• Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Czech composer
• Wenzel Storch (born 1961), German film director and producer
• Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of the Navy

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
• Frank Britton Wenzel (1893–1983)
• Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein
• 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
• Joseph W. Wenzel (born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
• Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach

See also

• Slavic names