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).

Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmith
Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman
Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer
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

Sam Frederick Wenzel (ca. 2000 - present), counter-strike legend and a god amongst men
Carl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740-1793), German chemist and metallurgist
Brian Wenzel (born 1929), Australian character actor
Joseph W. Wenzel (born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
Eberhard Wenzel (1950–2001), German-born public health researcher
David Wenzel (born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist
Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein
Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein
Bryan Wenzel, American professional wrestler and manager
Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach
Frank Wenzel (1960-), US Army Colonel

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