Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German and

Old English Old English (, ), 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 was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

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 For ...

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

Vencel 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� ...

(Hungarian),

Wacław Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of cz, Václav, Latinized as Wenceslaus. For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus. It may refer to: *Wacław Leszczyński (disambiguation), Wacław Leszczyński *W ...

, 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 pers ...

(Polish),

Venceslas 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 ...

Wenceslas 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� ...

(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 Wenceslao is a Spanish masculine given name, derived from Wenceslaus, itself a Latinized version of the Slavic names Vyacheslav, Václav, Wacław, Więcesław, Ventsislav etc. It may refer to: * Wences Casares (born 1974), Argentine entrepreneur * ...

(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 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), Wacła ...

(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 (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

Surname

* Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein * Brian Wenzel (born 1929), Australian character actor * Carl Friedrich Wenzel (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 (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 on ...

(1949–1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer * Joan Wenzel (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 Léopold de Wenzel (23 January 1847 – 21 August 1923), also known as Leopold Wenzel, was an Italian conductor and composer. Born in Naples, Wenzel spent most of his career working in London, with the exception of some years spent in Paris. Wenz ...

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