Wenzel is a male given name (long version

Wenzeslaus 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 , , , , , , among others. It origina ...

) as the German and

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

form of the Czech given name

Václav Václav () or rarely Vácslav is a Czech name, Czech male given name. It is among the most common Czech names. The Latinized form of the name is Wenceslaus and the Polish form of the name is Wacław. The name was derived from the old Czech name Vece ...

or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian),

Wacław Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of , Latinized as Wenceslaus. For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus. It may refer to: * Wacław Cimochowski (1912–1982), Polish philologist * Wacław Gajewski ( ...

, Więcław,

Wiesław :"Wiesław" is sometimes transliterated as "Wieslaw", in the absence of ''L with stroke.'' Wiesław () is a Polish masculine given name, of Slavonic origin, meaning "great glory" or "all glory". It is the shortened, more common, form of the perso ...

(Polish), Venceslas/

Wenceslas 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 , , , , , , among others. It originated as a Latin spelling for Czech rulers. It ...

(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 , , , , , , among others. It origina ...

(Portuguese),

Wenceslao Wenceslao is a Spanish masculine given name, derived from Wenceslaus, itself a Latinized version of the Czech name Václav. It may refer to: * Wences Casares (born 1974), Argentine entrepreneur * Wenceslao Carrillo Alonso-Forjador, Spanish Socialis ...

(Spanish).

Given name

Wenzel Jamnitzer Wenzel Jamnitzer (sometimes Jamitzer, or Wenzel ''Gemniczer'') (1507/1508 – 19 December 1585) was a Northern Mannerist goldsmith, artist, and printmaker in etching, who worked in Nuremberg. He was the best known German goldsmith of his e ...

(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 Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (, ; 2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794) was an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman in the Habsburg monarchy. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he held the office of State Chancellor for about fou ...

(1711–1794), Austrian statesman * Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer * Wenzel Parler (1333–1399), German-Bohemian architect *

Wenzel Pichl 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 ...

(1741–1805), Czech composer *

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (; Czech: ''Václav Tomáš Matějka''; baptized 6 July 1773 – 19 January 1830) was a Czech composer and one of the most celebrated guitarists of the 19th century. Life Wenzel Thomas Matiegka was born in the town of Choce� ...

(1773–1830), Bohemian composer *

Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein ( ; 15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859), known as Klemens von Metternich () or Prince Metternich, was a Germans, German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian ...

(1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesman *

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

(1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of the Navy *

Wenzel Storch Wenzel Storch (born 21 March 1961) is a German film director, producer, and writer. His low-budget fantasy films tend to be critical towards the church and are filled with weird characters and settings as well as violence and bodily fluids. F ...

(born 1961), German film director and producer *

Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein Josef Wenzel I (Josef Wenzel Lorenz; 9 August 1696 – 10 February 1772), often referred to as just Wenzel, was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1712 and 1718, and 1748 and 1772, as well as regent of Liechtenstein between 1732 and 1745. He fi ...

(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 Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and his wife, Duchess Sophie Elizabeth Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, He i ...

(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 Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg (2 July 1742 in Vienna – 19 December 1825 in Vienna) was an Austrian general who saw service in the Seven Years' War and Wars of the French Revolution. Life Kaunitz was the third son of the statesman W ...

, (1742–1825), Austrian general, son of Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz *

Wenzel Johann Tomaschek 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), Wac� ...

(1774–1850), Bohemian composer

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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 wo ...

(born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein *

Brian Wenzel Brian Thomas Wenzel (24 May 1929 – 6 May 2024) was an Australian actor, comedian, director and singer. He was in the entertainment business itinerantly for some 60 years, including circus, stage, television and film. After numerous characte ...

(1929–2024), Australian character actor *

Carl Friedrich Wenzel Carl Friedrich Wenzel (26 February 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 *

Carmen Wenzel Carmen Wenzel (born 1931; née Carmen López Blumenkron) is a Mexican sculptor and painter, from Puebla. She is known for her monumental public sculptures made from metal. Wenzel is also known by the married name Carmen López Blumenkron de We ...

(born 1931) Mexican sculptor and painter *

David Wenzel David T. Wenzel (; born November 22, 1950) is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit''. Career Wenzel's first ambition had been to work for one of the big ani ...

(born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist *

Eberhard Wenzel Eberhard R. Wenzel (2 January 1950 – 20 September 2001) was a public health researcher, a co-founder of the WWW Virtual Library: Public Health, and an advocate of the socio-ecological view of health promotion as described in the Ottawa Charter f ...

(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. Wenzel 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 Germans, German geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer. His most important field of work was physical geodesy, where he worked after his disser ...

(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 The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially ...

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

Jörn Wenzel Jörn Wenzel (born 13 August 2004) is a German bobsledder. Career In February 2025, he competed at the IBSF European Championships 2025 and won a gold medal in the four-man event. The next month, he competed at the IBSF World Championships 2025 ...

(born 2004), German bobsledder *

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 Poster for the ballet ''Brighton'' in the Olympia Léopold de Wenzel (23 January 1847 – 21 August 1923), also known as Leopold Wenzel, was an Italian conductor and composer. Born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Wenzel spent most of h ...

or Léopold de Wenzel (1847–1923), Italian conductor and composer *

Petra Wenzel Petra Wenzel (born 20 November 1961 in Grabs, Saint Gallen, Switzerland) is a Liechtensteiner former alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics and 1984 Winter Olympics. Career Wenzel made her World Cup debut in 1979 at Lake Placid, f ...

(born 1961), Swiss-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein * Ramona Wenzel (born 1963), German diver * Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach *

Sally Wenzel Sally Ellen Wenzel–Morganroth is an American pulmonologist. She is a professor and Rachel Carson Chair of Environmental Health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Wenzel was formally the co-director of the Harry and ...

, American pulmonologist

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