Wenzel

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, Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Wenceslao (Spanish), Vensel (America).

Given name

• Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmith
• Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman
• Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer
• 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

Surname

• Carl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740-1793), German chemist and metallurgist
• Frank Britton Wenzel (1893–1983)
• Brian Wenzel (born 1929), Australian character actor
• Joseph W. Wenzel (born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar
• Eberhard Wenzel (1950–2001), German-born public health researcher
• David Wenzel (born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist
• Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein
• Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein
• Bryan Wenzel, American professional wrestler and manager
• Rene Wenzel, American cycling coach

See also

• Wenzell Baird Bryant (1927-2008), American filmmaker
• Margaret Wenzell (born 1925), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Slavic names