Wenzel



Gender:
Origin: Slavic
199 famous people named Wenzel found on Wikipedia.
142 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 3368-th in year 1952
Best ranking: 939-th in year 1882
Used in: German

Meanings

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), Venceslau (Portuguese), Wenceslao (Spanish).
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 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
Carl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740-1793), German chemist and metallurgist
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
Frank Wenzel (1960-), US Army Colonel
Adejumo Daniel Wenzel (born August 12 90s-),Nigerian born Dream Chasers


Medieval German form of vaclav: combine of veche (more) and slava (glory).

Famous People: 199 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Claudia Wenzel 1959 German actress
2 Hans-Eckardt Wenzel 1955 German singer-songwriter and poet
3 Heidemarie Wenzel 1945 German actress
4 Hanni Wenzel 1956 Alpine skier
5 Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg 1711 Czech nobleman
6 Brian Wenzel 1929 Australian actor
7 Wenzel Pichl 1741 Czech violinist and composer
8 Keirut Wenzel 1972 German actor and television presenter
9 Wenzel Jamnitzer 1508 German artist
10 Bob Wenzel 1949 American basketball coach
11 Wenzel Hablik 1881 German artist
12 Gregg Wenzel 1969 CIA operative
13 David Wenzel 1950 American artist
14 Thomas Wenzel 2000 German musician
15 Wenzel Trnka 1739 Physician, professor, and amateur composer of the 18th century
16 Wenzel Lüdecke 1917 German voice actor and film producer
17 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka 1773 Czech composer and guitarist
18 Wenzel Hagelstam 1941
19 Wenzel Müller 1767 Composer
20 Václav Babinský 1796 Czech robber
21 Rüdiger Wenzel 1953 German association football player
22 Wenzel Jaksch 1896 Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and german nation politician
23 Bill Wenzel 1918 American cartoonist
24 Tanja Wenzel 1978 Actress
25 Eike Wenzel 1966 German journalist
26 Wenzel Krumpholz 1750 Czech violinist and composer
27 Wenzel Fuchs 1963 Clarinetist
28 René Wenzel 1960 Danish racing cyclist
29 Wenzel Scholz 1787 Austrian actor
30 Wenzel Raimund Birck 1718 Austrian composer
31 Uwe Justus Wenzel 1959 German journalist and philosopher
32 Carl Friedrich Wenzel 1740 German chemist
33 Wenzel Messenhauser 1811 Austrian author
34 Hans Jürgen Wenzel 1939 German composer
35 Petra Wenzel 1961 Liechtenstein Olympic alpine skier
36 Wenzel Lorenz Reiner 1689 Czech painter
37 Christoph Wenzel 1979 German writer
38 Joseph W. Wenzel 1933 American academic
39 Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg 1783 Austrian composer and theatre director
40 Ralph Wenzel 1918 American football player
41 Timo Wenzel 1977 German footballer
42 Christine Wenzel 1981 Sport shooter
43 Stefan Wenzel 1962 German politician
44 Jean-Paul Wenzel 1947 French playwright and actor
45 Hugo Salas Wenzel 1935 Chilean general
46 Susanne Wenzel 1963 German table tennis player
47 Karl Wenzel 1887 German painter (1887-1947)
48 Volkmar Wenzel 1955 German diplomat
49 Anna Wenzel 1980 Figure skater
50 Marian Wenzel 1932 Artist
51 Wenzel Gährich 1794 Composer and violinist
52 Knut Wenzel 1962 German theologian
53 Wenzel Wiesner 1877 American politician
54 August Wenzel 1912 German association football player
55 Max Wenzel 1879 German author
56 Klaus Wenzel 1949 German teacher
57 Wenzel Storch 1961 German film director
58 Joseph Wenzel, Prince of Fürstenberg 1728
59 Václav Robert Kounic 1848 Czech member of Czech council and nobleman
60 Hartmut Wenzel 1947 German rower
61 Wenzel Tornøe 1844 Danish painter
62 Harald Wenzel 1955 German sociologist
63 Walter Wenzel Violinist
64 Wenzel Norbert Octavian Kinsky 1642
65 Wenzel Matiaske 1958 German economist
66 Henrik Wenzel 1956
67 Rolf Wenzel 1934
68 Wenzel Goldbaum 1881 Attorney, legal scholar and playwright
69 Siegfried Wenzel 1929 German economist (1929-2015)
70 Leopold Wenzel 1847 Italian composer
71 Matthias Wenzel 1962 German non-fiction writer
72 José Alberto Wenzel
73 Wenzel Frind 1843 Czech roman catholic priest
74 Wenzel von Wurm 1859 Austro-Hungarian general
75 Eberhard Wenzel 1896 Polish composer
76 Willi Wenzel 1930 German association football player
77 Wenzel Hocke 1732 Czech roman catholic priest
78 Kirsten Wenzel 1961 German rower
79 Heinz-Dieter Wenzel 1946 German economist
80 Wilhelm Wenzel 1841 German poet
81 Karlheinz Wenzel 1932 German graphic designer
82 Wenzel Faber 1455 Bohemian astrologer
83 Lajos Wenzel 1979 German actor
84 Wenzel Josef Heller 1849
85 Hans-Georg Wenzel 1945 German university teacher (1945-1999)
86 Clemens Wenzel 1988 German rower
87 Rudolf Wenzel 1904 German politician
88 Wenzel Lustkandl 1832 Austrian politician
89 Gabriele Wenzel 1958 German archaeologist and egyptologist
90 Fritz Wenzel 1910 German politician
91 Wolfgang Wenzel Canoe slalom racer
92 Hermann Wenzel 1882 German manager
93 Gina Wenzel 1985 German film director
94 Ernst Wenzel 1891 German internist
95 Wenzel Joseph von Colloredo-Mels und Waldsee 1738
96 Edgar Wenzel 1919 German actor
97 Wenzel Salomon 1874
98 Gerhard Wenzel 1905 German psychiatrist
99 Bruno Wenzel 1879 German journalist
100 Otto Wenzel 1840
101 Gerald Wenzel 1950 Austrian bank manager
102 Václav Leopold Chlumčansk z Prěslavlk a Chlumčan 1749
103 Hugo Wenzel 1891 German politician
104 Klaus-Peter Wenzel 1936 German surgeon, historian and university teacher (1936-2015)
105 Richard Wenzel 1904
106 Wenzel Ludwig Radolt 1667
107 Wenzel Zrust 1881
108 Andreas Wenzel 1759
109 Lothar Wenzel 1924 German diplomat
110 Rune Wenzel 1901 Swedish association football player
111 Wenzel Franz Jäger 1861 Czech painter
112 Tino Wenzel 1973 Olympic skeet shooter
113 Wenzel Roriczer 1400 German architect
114 Wenzel Scherffer 1603 German author and translator
115 Sigrid Wenzel 1934 German sculptor
116 Wenzel Ignaz Brasch 1708
117 Wenzel Gerard von Burenitz 1400
118 Wenzel von Olmütz 1500
119 Wenzel Parler 1360
120 Ute Wenzel 1942 German sports coach
121 Johann Ambrosius Wenzel Führich 1768 Austrian painter
122 Joachim Wenzel 1927 German journalist
123 Wenzel Siegfried von Breuner 1670
124 Wenceslaus of Olomouc 1107 Czech prince
125 Wenzel Eliatschek von Siebenburg 1779
126 Peter Wenzel 1939 German association football player
127 Wenzel von Linhart 1821 Austrian surgeon
128 Wenzel Profant 1913 Luxembourgish painter
129 Charles Wenzel
130 Wenzel Sedlak 1776
131 Wenzel Ferdinand Popel von Lobkowitz 1654
132 Wenzel Guentner 1820 Austrian physician and surgeon
133 Wenzel Render 1669 Czech architect
134 Wenzel Holek 1864
135 Wenzel Sukowaty
136 Simon Wenzel 1989 German ice hockey player
137 Karl Egbert Wenzel 1930 German lawyer
138 Paul Wenzel
139 Wenzel Zit 1852
140 Wenzel Bredl 1924 German politician
141 Heinrich Wenzel 1855 German indologist and orientalist
142 Johannes Wenzel 1843 German politician
143 Wenzel Niederwerfer 1667
144 Horst Wenzel 1921 Politician
145 Wenzel III.
146 Scott Wenzel
147 Wenzel Aloys Stütz 1772 German writer and physician
148 Leo Wenzel 1883 Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and german nation politician
149 Hans-Joachim Wenzel 1938
150 Wenzel Dinzenhofer 1750 Czech historian and university teacher (1750-1805)
151 Wenzel Bürger 1869 Chemnitz architect
152 Wenzel Hecke 1824 Austrian agronomist and politician from Bohemia
153 Wenzel Urban von Stuffler 1764
154 Carl Wenzel 1820
155 Kurt Wenzel 1911
156 Wenzel Joseph zu Leiningen-Heidesheim 1738
157 Wenzel Philipp von Mareschall 1785
158 Wenzel Rurbach 1745 Austrian painter
159 Johann Christoph Wentzel 1659 German author
160 Wenzel Benno Seidl 1773 Bohemian botanist (1773–1842)
161 Anne Wenzel 1972
162 Wenzel Feierfeil 1868 Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament, german nation politician and roman catholic priest
163 Heribert Wenzel 1929 German politician
164 Marek Wenzel 1977 German volleyball player
165 Wenzel Dreßler 1832 Czech member of Czech council and doctor
166 Wenzel Staněk 1879 Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament, german nation politician and union member
167 Wenzel Wilhelm von Dobschütz 1633
168 Wenzel Größl 1856 Austrian politician from Bohemia
169 Wenzel Baier 1870
170 Federico Wenzel 1924 German zoologist
171 Wenzel Wenhart 1834
172 Wenzel Brand 1863 Austrian priest
173 Fredrik Wenzel 1978 Swedish photographer
174 Wenzel Weigel 1888
175 Marcin Wenzel 1920 Polish actor
176 Wenzel Folberger
177 Wenzel Lehnert 1871 Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and german nation politician
178 Wenzel Fleischer 1806 Czech member of Czech council and doctor
179 Werner Wenzel 1937
180 Wenzel Haffner 1774
181 Ramona Wenzel 1963 Diver
182 Wenzel Rotkiær Wildenradt
183 Käthe Wenzel 1972
184 Carmen Wenzel
185 Wenzel Kuhn 1854
186 Wenzel Gruber 1814 Austrian anatomist
187 Wenzel Deym 1944 Austrian politician
188 Václav Schanza 1746 Czech
189 Wenzel Tobias Abele von Lilienberg 1775
190 Frank Wenzel 1938
191 Wenzel Gillar 1824
192 Wenzel Seidl
193 Martin Wenzel
194 Wenzel Lorenz 1829
195 Wenzel Szamotulozyk
196 Johann Wenzel 1918 German historian of technology
197 Wenzel Worowka 1815 Czech manager and politician
198 Gusztáv Wenzel 1812 Hungarian historian, jurist
199 Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel 1808 German pianist (1808-1880)