Wedel (family name)
Wedel is a family name that is primarily used in the German-speaking area and can be both an origin and a nickname .
Name bearer
A.
- Albert Otto von Wedel-Parlow (1793–1866), district administrator of the Angermünde district
- Alfred von Wedel (1833–1890), Royal Hanoverian officer, chamberlain and castle captain
- Annegret von Wedel-Wolff (* 1948), German specialist in German, didactic and university lecturer
- Anton Franz von Wedel (1707–1788), Prussian chamberlain
- Artem Wedel (1770–1808), Ukrainian composer
B.
- Benjamin Wedel (1673–1736), German bookseller and publisher
- Bernd von Wedel (1893–1959), Pomeranian landowner
- Botho von Wedel (1862–1943), German diplomat
C.
- Carl von Wedel (State Councilor) (1790–1853), administrative lawyer, Osnabrück Landdrost, Hanover State Councilor and Minister.
- Carl Georg Friedrich Gerhard von Wedel (1827–1898), politician, member of the Prussian mansion
- Carl Heinrich von Wedel (1712–1782), Prussian lieutenant general and politician
- Carola Wedel (* 1953), German filmmaker, editor, presenter and book author
- Christa Gierke-Wedel (* 1954), German sports presenter
- Christine Christ-von Wedel (* 1948), German-Swiss historian
- Christoph von Wedel (1584–1672), District Administrator in Western Pomerania
- Clemens von Wedel-Gödens (1866–1945), Prussian district administrator
D.
- Dieter Wedel (* 1942), German director and screenwriter
- Diether von Wedel (1910–1983), personal adjutant of the Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels
- Dirk Wedel (* 1974), German judge and politician (FDP)
E.
- Eduard Ferdinand Otto von Wedel (1813-1892), German landowner, founder and royal Prussian officer
- Eduard Leo von Wedel (1804–1868), German colonel and director of the Military Riding Institute
- Elisabeth von Wedel-Bérard (1848–1905), German writer
- Emil von Wedel (1886–1970), German electrical engineer and administrative officer
- Erhard von Wedel-Friis (1710–1786), royal Danish lieutenant general and diplomat
- Erhard Gustav von Wedel (1756–1813), major general and governor
- Erhard von Wedel (wing adjutant) (1828–1885), Hanoverian major and wing adjutant
- Erhard von Wedel-Gödens (1861–1931), manor owner, member of the Prussian manor and member of the Hanover provincial council
- Erhard Graf von Wedel (1879–1955), lawyer, German diplomat
- Ernst von Wedel (politician, 1825) (1825–1896), Prussian landowner and politician, MdH
- Ernst von Wedel (Chamberlain) (1838–1913), German Prime Lieutenant, Chamberlain
- Ernst von Wedel (politician, 1844) (1844–1910), Prussian landowner, governor and politician, MdH
- Ernst Eduard Ludwig Wedel (1804–1877), German physician
- Erwin Wedel (1926–2018), German Slavist
- Ewald Joachim von Wedel (1676–1750), Prussian legal counsel, President of the Court of Stettin
F.
- Ferdinand Wedel-Jarlsberg (1781–1857), Norwegian officer and army reformer
- Ferdinand Julius Wedel-Jarlsberg (1823–1907), Norwegian captain, active in the Norwegian Navy and as an instructor in the Austrian Austro-Hungarian Navy
- Friedrich Wedel (architect) (1855–?), German architect
- Friedrich Anton von Wedel-Jarlsberg (1694–1738), Danish major general
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Wedel (1798–1872), Lieutenant General in Oldenburg
- Fritz Wedel (1916–1964), German politician (FDP / DPS)
- Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg (1855–1942), Norwegian lawyer and diplomat
G
- Georg von Wedel (diplomat) (1868–1950), German politician and diplomat
- Georg Clemens August von Wedel , German politician, President of the East Frisian Landscape
- Georg Ernst von Wedel-Jarlsberg (1666–1717), Danish governor
- Georg Vivellence von Wedel (1710–1745), German lieutenant colonel
- Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645–1721), German physician, personal physician and university professor
- Gottlob Heinrich Magnus von Wedel (1769–1831), Prussian district administrator of the Saalkreis
- Gottlob Magnus Leopold von Wedel (1747–1700), Prussian Landjägermeister in Silesia
- Gottlob Wilhelm Heinrich von Wedel (1774–1813), President of the Halberstadt War and Domain Chamber
- Gustav Otto Heinrich von Wedel (1826–1891), Prussian major general
- Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel (1641–1717), Danish field marshal
H
- Hans von Wedel-Schivelbein (before 1351-1391), Vogt of Neumark
- Hans Albrecht Wedel (1888–1917), German naval aviator
- Hasso von Wedel (officer) (1898–1961), German major general and head of Wehrmacht propaganda
- Hasso von Wedel (audiologist) (* 1943), German audiologist
- Hasso von Wedel-Falkenburg († 1378), court master of the Mark Brandenburg and Lausitz
- Hasso von Wedel-Schivelbein , Vogt of Neumark
- Hasso (I) von Wedel-Uchtenhagen , Vogt of Neumark
- Hasso von Wedel (General, 1859) (1859–1935), Prussian Lieutenant General
- Hedda von Wedel (* 1942), German lawyer and politician (CDU)
- Heidemarie von Wedel (* 1948), German photographer
- Heinrich von Wedel (1784–1861), Prussian general of the cavalry, military governor of the federal fortress of Luxembourg
- Heinrich Kaspar von Wedel (1778–1858), Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
- Henning von Wedel (* 1945), German lawyer
- Hermann von Wedel (General, 1813) (1813–1894), Prussian Lieutenant General
- Hermann von Wedel (General, 1814) (1814–1896), Prussian major general
- Hermann von Wedel (General, 1848) (1848–1913), Prussian Lieutenant General
- Hermann von Wedel (General, 1862) (1862–1928), Prussian major general
- Hermann von Wedel (General, 1893) (1893–1944), German major general, commander of the 10th Air Force Field Division
- Hermann Wedel (* 1939), German entrepreneur and manager ( Leiser Handelsgesellschaft )
- Hermann von Wedel-Jarlsberg (1779–1840), Norwegian politician and statesman
I.
- Ira Wedel (* 1976), German author
J
- Jakob Wedel (1931–2014), Russian-German artist and sculptor
- Janine R. Wedel (* 1957), American political scientist and anthropologist
- Joachim von Wedel (1552–1609), German landowner and annalist
- Johann Adolph Wedel (1675–1747), German physician
- Juan Wedel (1944–2013), Costa Rican archer
K
- Karl von Wedel (governor) (1842–1919), German wing adjutant and military diplomat, imperial governor of Alsace-Lorraine (1907–1914)
- Karl von Wedel-Parlow (1873–1936), German politician (NSDAP), MdR, MdL
- Karl von Wedel-Piesdorf (1845–1917), German district administrator and politician
- Karl Alexander von Wedel (1741–1807), German major general
- Karl Ernst Wedel (1813–1902), German confectioner and entrepreneur
- Karl von Wedel (General, 1783) (1783–1858), German Lieutenant General
- Karl-Wilhelm Wedel (1925–2017), German surgeon and admiral doctor
- Kassandra Wedel (* 1984), German dancer, hip-hop dance trainer and actress
- Konrad Heinrich von Wedel (1741–1813), Prussian major general
- Kurt von Wedel (1846–1927), Prussian landowner and member of the Prussian manor house
L.
- Leopold Wedel (* 1941), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Ludolf von Wedel-Parlow (1890–1970), German literary scholar
- Ludwig Wedel (1909–1993), German politician (SPD)
M.
- Magnus von Wedel (1806–1885), German district administrator and politician
- Mathias Wedel (* 1953), German journalist and writer
- Matthias Wedel (also Matthias von Wedel ; † 1465), German legal scholar
- Max von Wedel (1850–1906), Persian General and Director General of the Persian Post
O
- Oskar von Wedel (1835–1908), lawyer, court official
- Otto von Wedel (1769–1813), Prussian officer
S.
- Sebastian George von Wedel (1745–1808), Prussian district administrator
- Stéphanie von Wedel (1852–1937), born Countess Hamilton, Swedish-born German princess, benefactress and animal rights activist
W.
- Wedego von Wedel (1899–1945), German administrative officer
- Wilhelm von Wedel (District Administrator) (1837–1912), German officer and district administrator
- Wilhelm von Wedel (Police President) (1891–1939), German Police President and SS Brigade Leader
- Wilhelm von Wedel-Piesdorf (1837–1915), German administrative lawyer and politician, MdR
- Winfried von Wedel-Parlow (1918–1977), Berlin local politician
- Wolf Christian von Wedel Parlow (* 1937), German economist and author