Wenzel is a male given name (long version

Wenzeslaus Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are german: Wenzel, pl, Wacław, Więcesław, Wieńczysław, es, Wenceslao, russian: ...

) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name

Václav Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav. Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda Fo ...

or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław, Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas/ Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian),

Venceslau Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Slavic names#In Slovakia and Czech_Republic, Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are german: Wenzel, pl, Wacław, Więces� ...

(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 Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (23 November 1806 – 11 September 1892) was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. Early life and career He was born in Christiania in 1806, as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner and S ...

(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 Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria; born 24 May 1995) is the eldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, the Regent and Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and his wife Sophie, Hereditary ...

(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

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Andreas Wenzel Andreas Wenzel (born 18 March 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the wom ...

(born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein * Brian Wenzel (born 1929), Australian character actor *

Carl Friedrich Wenzel Carl Friedrich Wenzel (February 26, 1793) was a German chemist and metallurgist who determined the reaction rates of various chemicals, establishing, for example, that the amount of metal that dissolves in an acid is proportional to the concentrat ...

(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 Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel. vancouver2010.com. 23 January 2010 (born 14 December 1956) is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Weirather is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at ...

(born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein *

Hans-Georg Wenzel Hans-Georg Wenzel (3 February, 1945 – 11 November, 1999), also known as George Wenzel, was a German geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer. His most important field of work was physical geodesy, where he worked after his dissertation o ...

(1949–1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer *

Joan Wenzel Joan Wenzel (born 24 November 1953) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural ...

(born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner * Johann Wenzel (1902–1969), GRU spy in WWII Germany, radio specialist *

Joseph W. Wenzel Joseph W. Wenzel (November 30, 1933 - December 30 2021) was an American argumentation and rhetorical scholar. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has lectured in the Netherlands. He has published in ''Co ...

(1940–2021), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar * Leopold Wenzel or Léopold de Wenzel (1847–1923), Italian conductor and composer * Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach * Sally Wenzel, American pulmonologist

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