Menzel

Menzel may refer to:

People

Menzel is a surname of Yiddish origin. It derives from the surname " מענטזעל "- a variant of the German name "Mentzel".

• Adolph Menzel (1815–1905), German artist
• Christian Menzel (born 1971), German racecar driver
• Daniel Menzel (born 1991), Australian footballer
• Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976), U.S. astronomer
• Emil Wolfgang Menzel, Jr. (1929–2012), U.S. primatologist
• Gerhard Menzel (1894–1966), German screenwriter
• Idina Menzel (née Mentzel; born 1971), U.S. actress, singer, and songwriter
• Jiří Menzel (born 1938), Czech director
• Joachim Menzel (1914–2005), German military officer
• Max Menzel (born 1941), Australian politician
• Paul Julius Menzel (1864–1927), German physician and paleobotanist
• Paul Menzel (born ?), U.S. actor, writer, and producer
• Peter Menzel (born 1948), U.S. photojournalist
• Robert Menzel (born 1991), Polish footballer
• Roderich Menzel (1907–1987), Czechoslovakian and German tennis player
• Rudolphina Menzel (1891–1973), Austrian cynologist and animal behaviorist
• Tim Menzel (born 1992), German rugby player
• Troy Menzel (born 1994), Australian footballer
• Wolfgang Menzel (1798–1873), German poet

Places

• Cape Menzel, on Thurston Island in Antarctica; named for geologist Reinhard W. Menzel

Menzel is also the transliteration of Arabic word into the Latin alphabet which means "House" or "House of ---" (e.g. "Menzel Bourguiba" means "House of Bourguiba"). Many such place names exist, especially in Tunisia, but also Morocco.

Morocco

• El Menzel

Tunisia

• Menzel Abderrahmane
• Menzel Bourguiba
• Menzel Bouzaiane
• Menzel Bouzelfa
• Menzel Chaker
• Menzel Ennour
• Menzel Farsi
• Menzel Hayet
• Menzel Horr
• Menzel Jemil
• Menzel Kamel
• Menzel Mehiri
• Menzel Salem
• Menzel Temime

Other

• Menzel (crater), a lunar crater named for Donald Howard Menzel
• Menzel 3, a young bipolar planetary nebula named for Donald Howard Menzel
• 1967 Menzel, an asteroid named for Donald Howard Menzel