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 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, Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas/

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 (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 (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 (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 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, American pulmonologist

References

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