Wachtel is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

of German origin, meaning quail. Notable people with this surname include: *

Arthur Wachtel Arthur Wachtel (September 24, 1904 – June 26, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on September 24, 1904, in New York City. He graduated LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1928. On June 26, 1932, he married ...

(1904–1997), New York politician and judge *

Christine Wachtel Christine Wachtel (born 6 January 1965), is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run. Her time of 1:56.64 put her second to her training pa ...

(born 1965), German track and field athlete *

Eleanor Wachtel Eleanor Wachtel (born 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. She is the host of the flagship literary show '' Writers & Company'' on CBC Radio One, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2015. Her interviews fo ...

(born 1947), Canadian writer and broadcaster * Emily Wachtel, American actress and writer, niece of Waddy Wachtel *

Harry H. Wachtel Harry Howard Wachtel (26 March 1917 – 3 February 1997) was a New York lawyer and businessman who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr., Clarence Benjamin Jones, and others within the Civil Rights Movement. Wachtel founded the Research Comm ...

(1917–1997), New York attorney *

Marion Wachtel Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (June 10, 1873/77 – May 22, 1954) was an American plein air painter in watercolors and Oil painting, oils. She lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel in the Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County), Arroyo ...

(1873/1877–1954), American painter * Waddy Wachtel (born 1947), American musician *

Andrew Wachtel Andrew Wachtel (born February 10, 1959) is an American scholar, translator and educator. He is Director of Compass College in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He was Rector (President) of Narxoz University in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 2018 and 2020. Previou ...

(born 1959), American scholar, translator and educator *

Charlie Wachtel ''BlacKkKlansman'' is a 2018 American biographical black comedy crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee, based on the 2014 memoir ''Black Klansman'' by Ron Stallworth. ...

(born 1987), Screenwriter, winner of Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) for 2018 film “BlaKkKlansman” (co-writer with David Rabinowitz)

Other names meaning "wachtel"

* Italian: Quaglia *

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

: Prepelič

Other names meaning "wachtel"

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