Engel (family name)
Engel is a family name .
Origin and meaning
The family name Engel originated from
- patronymic or metronymic name formation of first names beginning with angel, for example Engelbert or Engelhard ;
- from house names like Hans zum Engel (Mainz 1439).
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf von Engel (1834–1900), German politician and majorate owner
- Adolf Engel (1896 – after 1986), Swiss painter and collector
- Adolph Engel de Jánosi (1820–1903), Hungarian industrialist
- Agnes Engel (1862–1947), German writer and animal rights activist
- Albert Engel (bishop) († 1500), Franciscan (OFM) , lecturer in the Franciscan monastery in Paderborn , from April 19, 1493 auxiliary bishop in Paderborn
- Albert Engel (politician) (1891–1964), German politician (BP), MdL Bavaria
- Albert J. Engel (1888–1959), American politician
- Alex Engel (* 1988), German pop singer
- Alexander von Engel (1838–1905), Prussian major general
- Alexander Engel (writer) (1868–1940), Austrian writer
- Alexander Engel (actor) (1902–1968), German actor and director
- Alexander Engel (ice hockey player, 1962) (* 1962), German-Kazakh ice hockey player
- Alexander Engel (ice hockey player, 1983) (* 1983), German ice hockey player
- Alexander Franz Joseph von Engel (1722–1800), Bishop of the Diocese of Leoben
- Alfred Engel (1895–1997), Israeli pediatrician of German origin (emigrated to Palestine in 1933 )
- Alfred von Engel (1898–1991), British physicist and electrical engineer of Austrian origin (emigrated to Great Britain)
- Alfred Ebert-Engel (1881–1959), Swiss chemical engineer
- Alfred Engel-Feitknecht (1850–1899), Swiss entrepreneur and photography pioneer
- Amanda Tröndle-Engel (1861–1956), Swiss painter, art educator and teacher
- Andreas Engel (1561–1598), German pastor and chronicler, see Andreas Angelus
- Andreas Engel (biophysicist) (* 1943), Swiss biophysicist
- Andreas Engel (physicist) (* 1957), German physicist
- Andreas Engel (journalist) (* 1963), German media entrepreneur
- Andreas K. Engel (* 1961), German brain researcher
- Anja Engel , German biologist
- Annelore Engel-Braunschmidt (* 1941), German Slavist, literary scholar and university professor
- Antke Engel (* 1965), German philosopher and publicist
- Ari Engel (* 1983), Canadian poker player
- Arthur Engel (* 1928), German math teacher
- August Engel (political scientist) (1878–1953), German political scientist and home historian
- August Engel von Mainfelden (1855–1941), Austrian politician
B.
- Barbara Engel (* 1952), German fashion designer and reality TV actress
- Ben Engel (* 1979), German actor
- Bernd Engel (engineer, 1962) (* 1962), German engineer and university professor
- Bernd Engel (engineer, 1966) (* 1966), German engineer and university professor
- Bernhard Engel (* 1953), German economist and sociologist
- Bertram Engel (* 1957), German drummer
C.
- Carl Engel (musicologist, 1818) (1818–1882), British musicologist and instrument collector of German origin
- Carl Engel (musicologist, 1883) (1883–1944), American pianist, musicologist and composer of German origin
- Carl Engel (historian) (1895–1947), German historian
- Carl Engel von der Rabenau (1817–1870), German painter of the late Biedermeier period
- Carl Ludwig Engel (1778–1840), German-Finnish architect and painter
- Carl Wilhelm Jakob Engel (1817–1870), German painter
- Caspar Arnold Engel (1798–1863), German politician, Landdrost von Pinneberg
- Cassandra Engel (* 1986), German handball player
- Chaim Engel (1916–2003), Polish Holocaust survivor
- Charlotte Engel-Reimers (1870–1930), German economist and women's rights activist
- Christian Engel (1788–1871), German lawyer and politician
- Christian Friedrich Engel von Petersdorff (1775-1854), German lieutenant general
- Christiane Engel (* 1942), Swiss doctor and pianist
- Christine Engel (* 1946), Austrian Slavist
- Christoph Engel (actor) (1925–2011), German actor
- Christoph Engel (lawyer) (* 1956), German lawyer
- Christoph Engel (model) (* 1974), Swiss model
D.
- Dagmar Engel (* 1960), German journalist
- Dagmar Ensch-Engel (* 1955), German politician (Die Linke), MdL
- David Engel (historian) (born 1951), American historian
- David Engel (actor) (born 1959), American actor, singer and dancer
- David Engel (tennis player) (* 1967), Swedish tennis player
- David Hermann Engel (1816–1877), German composer, organist and music teacher
- Dennis Engel (* 1995), German soccer player
- Detlef Engel (* 1940), German pop singer
- Dominik Stroh-Engel (* 1985), German soccer player
- Don Engel (1929–2014), American lawyer
- Doreen Engel (* 1982), German volleyball player
E.
- Eduard Engel (1851–1938), German literary scholar
- Eliot Engel (* 1947), American politician
- Elwood Engel (1917–1986), American automobile designer
- Emanuel Engel (1844–1907), Czech doctor and politician
- Emil Engel (1881–1955), American association official of Austrian origin (emigrated to the USA in 1940)
- Emil M. Engel (1847–1925), Austrian publisher and photographer
- Emilie Engel (1893–1955), German teacher and religious
- Engelbert Engel (1887–1962), German Catholic pastor
- Erich von Engel (1839–1921), Austrian general of the cavalry
- Erich Engel (musician) (1888–1955), Austrian pianist, conductor and music writer
- Erich Engel (1891–1966), German film and theater director
- Erich Engel (photographer) , photographer in the 20th century
- Erich Otto Engel (1866–1944), German entomologist and painter
- Erika Engel , maiden name of Erika Wolf (1912-2003), German politician (CDU)
- Erika Engel-Wojahn (1911–2004), German children's book author and poet
- Erna Engel-Baiersdorf (1889–1970), Austrian painter, sculptor and anthropological reconstructor
- Ernestine Engel (1785–1845), German theater actress, see Ernestine Engels
- Ernst Engel (1821–1896), German statistician
- Ernst Engel (graphic artist) (1879–1967), German graphic artist
- Ernst Michel-Engel (1903–1980), Swiss painter
- Erwin Engel , Austrian bookseller, publisher, actor, cabaret artist and emcee
- Eva Engel (* 1965), German-Austrian singer and author, see Zeebee
- Eva J. Engel (married Eva Engel-Holland ; 1919–2013), German specialist in German, editor of the complete works of Moses Mendelssohn
- Evamaria Engel (born Evamaria Raschke ; * 1934), German historian
F.
- Frank Engel (soccer coach) (* 1951), German soccer coach
- Frank Engel (politician) (* 1975), Luxembourg politician (CSV)
- Frank-Lorenz Engel (* 1961), German actor and speaker
- Franz Engel (architect) , Austrian architect
- Franz Engel (politician) (1799–1877), German politician
- Franz Engel (scientist) (1834–1920), German explorer
- Franz Engel (cabaret artist) (1898–1944), Austrian comedian, singer and actor
- Franz Engel (historian) (1908–1967), German historian and archivist
- Franz Engel (officer) , German major general
- Franz Engel Bey (1850–1931), German leprosy doctor in Egypt
- Franz Joseph Engel (1867–1922), German classical philologist and high school teacher
- Frauke Engel (* 1961), German art historian, museum director and non-fiction author
- Friederike Engel (* 1987), German soccer player
- Friedrich Engel (master builder) (1821–1890), German master builder
- Friedrich Engel (mathematician) (1861–1941), German mathematician
- Friedrich von Engel (1867–1941), Austrian judge
- Friedrich Engel (SS member) (1909-2006), German SS Obersturmbannführer and police chief
- Friedrich Engel-Jánosi (1893–1978), Austrian historian
- Friedrich Carl Engel (1856–1934), Swiss-German businessman and company owner
- Fritz Engel (1867–1935), German journalist, theater critic and writer
- Fritz Karl Engel (1898 – after 1952), German police chief and SS leader
G
- Georg Engel (1866–1931), German writer
- Georg Friedrich Engel (1777-1859), German painter and theater director
- George Engel (1836-1887), German anarchist
- George L. Engel (1913-1999), American psychosomaticist
- Georgia Engel (1948–2019), American actress
- Gerhard Engel (General) (1906–1976), German general
- Gerhard Engel (historian) (* 1934), German historian and politician (SED)
- Gerhard Engel (Senator) (1939–2010), German politician
- Gerwin Engel (* 1943), Swiss architect
- Gustav Engel (musician) (1823–1895), German musician and vocal teacher
- Gustav Engel (historian) (1893–1989), German historian
H
- Hans Engel (State Secretary) (1887–1945), German lawyer and politician
- Hans Engel (musicologist) (1894–1970), German musicologist
- Hans Engel (producer) (1897 – after 1960), Austrian film producer
- Hans Engel (naval officer) (1910–2001), commandant of the Gorch Fock
- Hans Engel (painter) (1924–1995), German painter
- Hans Engel (lawyer) (* 1935), German administrative lawyer and ministerial official
- Hans Engel (handball player) (* 1948), German handball player
- Hans Engel (composer) (* 1954), German film music composer
- Hans Günter Engel (* 1951), German Brigadier General
- Hans-Hermann Karl Engel (* 1936), German entrepreneur and web maker
- Harry Engel (soccer player) (1892–1950), German soccer player
- Harry Engel (1936–1989), German actor and director
- Hartwig von Engel (1873–1926), German administrative lawyer and parliamentarian
- Heinfried Engel (* 1947), German athlete
- Heinrich Engel (painter) (1900–1988), German landscape painter
- Heinrich Engel (theologian) (1834–1911), German theologian and journalist
- Heinz Engel (1927–2013), German mycologist
- Helga Engel (1931–2015), German acting teacher
- Helmut Engel (art historian) (1935–2019), German art historian and monument conservator
- Helmut Engel (theologian) (* 1940), German theologian
- Helmut Engel (musician) (* 1956), German jazz musician
- Hendrik Engel (1898–1981), Dutch zoologist and historian
- Herbert Engel (chess composer) (1927–2010), German chess composer
- Hermann Engel (1899–1975), German politician (SPD)
- Hilde Engel-Elstner (1908–1965), German actress
- Horst Engel (politician, 1927) (1927–1984), German politician (SPD)
- Horst Engel (soccer player) (* 1943), German soccer player
- Horst Engel (politician, 1947) (* 1947), German politician (FDP)
- Howard Engel (1931-2019), Canadian writer
J
- Jakob Engel (also Giacomo Angelini ; 1632–1714), Swiss master builder
- Jakobine Engel (* 1965), German actress
- Jerzy Engel (* 1952), Polish football player and coach
- Jesse Engel , American pool player
- Joachim Engel-Denis (1933–2013), German actor and director
- Joel Engel ( Julius Engel ; 1868–1927), Russian-Israeli composer
- Joel S. Engel (* 1936), American engineer and mobile communications pioneer
- Johann Christian Engel (1770–1814), Austrian historian
- Johann Friedrich Engel (1844–1921), German painter
- Johann Jakob Engel (1741–1802), German writer and philosopher
- Johann Ludwig Engel (1699–1758), German theologian and university professor
- Johannes Engel (astronomer) (1463–1512), German astronomer
- Johannes Engel (politician) (1894–1973), German politician (NSDAP) and SS leader
- Johannes K. Engel (1927–2018), German journalist
- Jonas Engel (* 1990), German jazz musician
- Josef Engel (1816–1899), Austrian pathologist
- Josef Engel (historian) (1922–1978), German historian
- Josef Engel (wrestler) (* 1942), Czechoslovakian wrestler
- Josef Engel de Jánosi (1851–1939), Hungarian writer, musicologist and art collector
- Joseph Franz Engel (around 1776–1827), Austrian architect
- József Engel (1815–1901), Hungarian sculptor
- Judith Engel (* 1969), German actress
- Jules Engel (1909–2003), Hungarian-American animation filmmaker
- Julius Engel (1842–1926), German judge and politician
- Julius Theodor Engel (1807–1862), German judge and parliamentarian
- Jürgen Engel (biophysicist) (* 1935), Swiss chemist and biophysicist
- Jürgen Engel (diplomat) (* 1946), German diplomat
- Jürgen Engel (politician) (1947–2018), German politician (The Greens), Member of the State of Hesse
K
- Karl Engel (master builder) (also Carlo Angelini ; before 1664 – after 1702), Swiss master builder
- Karl Engel (composer) (1818–1882), London-based composer, pianist, music writer
- Karl Engel (musician) (1824–1913), German musician
- Karl von Engel (1826–1896), German administrative officer
- Karl Engel (painter) (1889–1985), Austrian painter
- Karl Engel (pianist) (1923–2006), Swiss pianist
- Karl Engel (soccer player) (* 1952), Swiss soccer player
- Karl Christian Engel (1752–1801), German doctor and writer
- Kati Engel (* 1982), German politician (Die Linke), MdL
- Katrin Engel (* 1984), Austrian handball player
- Klaus Engel (chess player) (* 1934), German chess player
- Klaus Engel (Manager) (* 1956), German chemist and manager
- Konrad Engel (1862–1912), German mountain master
- Konrad Maria Engel (* 1977), German pianist and music teacher
- Konstantin Engel (* 1988), Kazakh-German football player
- Kurt Engel , real name of Alexander Engel (actor) (1902–1968), German actor
- Kurt Engel (pianist) (1909–1942), Austrian pianist
- Kurt Engel (vibraphonist) (1909–1967), German percussionist and composer
L.
- Laurence Engel (* 1966), French cultural manager
- Leopold Engel (1858–1931), actor, occultist and founder of the Illuminati
- Lilli Engel (1939–2018), German painter and installation artist
- Ludwig Engel (theologian) (around 1634–1674), Austrian Benedictine and theologian
- Ludwig Engel (architect) (1864–1954), German architect
- Ludwig Engel (1906–1975), German politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Darmstadt
- Ludwig Engel (futurologist) (* 1982), German futurologist and urban researcher
- Luis Engel (* 2002), German chess player
- Lukas Engel (* 1998), Danish soccer player
M.
- Manfred Engel (* 1953), German Germanist and literary scholar
- Marian Engel (1933–1985), Canadian writer
- Mark Engel (* 1991), American ski racer
- Marlene Engel (* 1984), music curator, cultural manager and activist
- Marlies Engel (* 1943), German actress
- Maro Engel (* 1985), German racing driver
- Marty Engel (born 1932), American athlete
- Mathias Engel (1905–1994), German track cyclist
- Michael Engel (politician) , German civil servant and member of parliament
- Michael Engel (science historian) (1941–2011), German chemist, chemical historian and archivist
- Michael Engel (musician) (* 1964), German musician
- Michael S. Engel (* 1971), American paleontologist and entomologist
- Michel Engel (* 1938), Swiss sculptor and painter
- Moritz von Engel (also Maurus Engel von Jánosi ; 1858–1924), Austrian manufacturer and writer
- Morris Engel (1918–2005), American photographer, cameraman, screenwriter and director
- Mylan Engel (* 1960), American philosopher and university professor
N
- Nadja Engel (* 1964), German actress
- Natascha Engel (* 1967), German-British politician
- Nicolas Engel (1854 – after 1918), German mine surveyor and politician
- Nicolas Engel (cyclist) (1902–1946), Luxembourg cyclist
- Nikolaus II. Engel († 1509), German Cistercian abbot
- Norbert Engel (1921–2009), German politician
O
- Otto Engel (1872–1932), German engineer
- Otto Heinrich Engel (1866–1949), German painter
P
- Pascal Engel (* 1954), French philosopher
- Patricia Engel (* 1961), Austrian restorer
- Patrick W. Engel (* 1974), German musician and music producer
- Paul Engel (1907–1997), see Diego Viga , Ecuadorian doctor and writer of Austrian origin
- Paul Engel (* 1949), Austrian composer
- Peter Engel (clergyman) (1856–1921), American Benedictine abbot
- Peter Engel (politician) (1918 – after 1961), German politician
- Peter Engel (writer) (* 1940), German writer
- Peter Engel (mineralogist) (* 1942), Swiss mineralogist
- Peter Engel (painter) (1944–2014), German painter
- Peter Engel (physician) (* 1949), German physician and association official
- Peter Engel (table tennis player) (* 1954), German table tennis player
- Peter Engel (origamist) (* 1959), American origami author
- Peter Engel (producer) (* 1960), American producer, screenwriter and actor
- Peter Engel (artist) (* 1969), German graphic artist and set designer
R.
- Regula Engel-Egli (1761–1853), wife of a Swiss officer in the service of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Richard Engel (1866–1954), German vice admiral
- Robert Engel , German ski jumper
- Roger Engel (* 1923), German botanist and teacher
- Rolf Engel (1912–1993), German rocket engineer and SS Hauptsturmführer
- Rudi Engel (* 1957), German jazz musician
- Rudolf Engel (Rear Admiral) (1857–1937), German Rear Admiral
- Rudolf Engel (1903–1993), German politician (KPD / SED)
- Rudolf Engel-Hardt (1886–1968), German graphic artist and illustrator
S.
- Sabine Engel (* 1954), German discus thrower
- Samuel Engel (1702–1784), Swiss librarian and geographer
- Samuel G. Engel (1904–1984), American screenwriter and film producer
- Semmy Engel (1864–1948), German architect
- Sibylle Engel (1920–2011), German politician (FDP)
- Siegfried Engel (1892–1976), German rear admiral
- Stef. Engel (* 1969), German artist
- Stefan Engel (physician) (1878–1968), British pediatrician of German origin
- Stefan Engel (politician) (* 1954), German politician (MLPD)
- Stefan Engel (painter) (* 1960), German painter, sculptor and lecturer
- Stefanie Engel (* 1968), German environmental economist
- Svea Engel (* 1998), German actress
T
- Theodor Engel (1842–1933), German theologian and geologist
- Theodor Engel (Zionist) (1877–1944), Austrian federal railway official and Zionist (murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp )
- Thomas Engel (director) (1922–2015), German director and screenwriter
- Thomas Engel (chemist) (* 1942), American chemist
- Thomas Engel (actor) (* 1962), German actor
- Thomas Engel (musician) (* 1969), Austrian recorder player
- Thomas Engel (floorball player) (* 1973 or 1974), Swiss floorball player
- Thomas Engel (ski jumper) (* 1984), Swiss ski jumper
- Tina Engel (* 1950), German actress
- Titus Engel (* 1975), Swiss conductor
- Tomasz Engel (* 1955), Polish fencer
- Tommy Engel (* 1949), German musician
- Torsten Engel (* 1963), German journalist
U
- Ulrich Engel (lawyer) (1902–1986), German administrative lawyer and ministerial official
- Ulrich Engel (philologist) (1928–2020), German Germanist and philologist
- Ulrich Engel (theologian) (* 1961), German theologian, priest and university professor
- Ulrich-Karl Engel (* 1950), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdL Saxony-Anhalt
- Ute Engel (* 1963), German art historian
V
- Viktor Engel (1900–1976), German lawyer and district administrator
- Volker Engel (* 1965), German visual effects supervisor and film producer
- Volker Maria Engel (* 1970), German director and theater educator
W.
- Walter Engel (referee) (* 1939), German football referee
- Walter Engel (Germanist) (* 1942), Romanian-German literary scholar and journalist
- Walther Engel (1911–1984), German dentist and Academy co-founder
- Werner Engel (painter) (1880–1941), Swiss painter and graphic artist
- Werner Engel (singer) (1884 – after 1937), German singer (bass-baritone) and singing teacher
- Werner Engel (writer) (1902–1945), German writer
- Wilhelm Engel (cabinet maker) (1838–1933), German cabinet maker
- Wilhelm Engel (painter) (1885–1971), German architect, painter and draftsman
- Wilhelm Engel (1905–1964), German archivist and historian
- Willy Engel-Berger (1890–1946), Austrian composer
- Wolfgang Engel (mathematician) (1928–2010), German mathematician
- Wolfgang Engel (local history researcher) (1934–2012), German local history researcher
- Wolfgang Engel (physician) (1940-2015), German human geneticist and university professor
- Wolfgang Engel (Intendant) (* 1943), German theater director, actor and Intendant