Wenzel (first name)
Wenzel is a male given name (long form Wenzeslaus , minor form Wenzlaff ), the Germanized form of the Czech first name Václav or Venceslav (the crowned glory or victory wreath). A female form is uncommon in German, in contrast to various Slavic languages (e.g. Czech Václava).
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- Wenzel von Olmütz , late medieval copperplate engraver and goldsmith
- Archduke Wenceslas of Austria (1561–1578), Grand Prior of the Order of St. John of Castile since 1577
- Wacław z Szamotuł ( Wenceslaus von Samter ), Polish religious composer of the Renaissance
- Wenzel Fuchs (* 1963), Austrian concert clarinetist and music teacher
- Wenzel Hablik (1881–1934), painter, graphic artist and artisan
- Václav Halama (1940–2017), Czechoslovak football player and coach
- Václav Hanka (1791–1861), linguist and discoverer / forger of the Königinhof manuscript
- Václav Havel (1936–2011), Czech writer and statesman (President)
- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), Bohemian draftsman and engraver
- Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (1775–1845), German architect and Goethe confidante
- Wenzel Jaksch (1896–1966), German (until 1939 Bohemian) social democratic politician
- Wenzel Jamnitzer (around 1507 / 1508–1585), most famous goldsmith of his time
- Jan Václav Kalivoda (1801–1866), German-Bohemian composer and violinist
- Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), an Austrian politician
- Václav Klaus (* 1941), Czech politician and president
- Wacław Łopuszyński (1856–1929), Polish railway designer
- Wacław Makowski (1880–1942), Polish lawyer and politician
- Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (1773-1859), Austrian statesman
- Wenzel Müller (1759–1835), Austrian composer
- Václav Nelhýbel (1919–1996), American composer and conductor of Czech origin
- Wenzel Parler (late 14th / early 15th century), stonemason and cathedral master builder
- Josef Wenzel Count Radetzky von Radetz (1766–1858), Austrian general
- Wenzel Rossmeisl (1902–1975), German jazz guitarist and guitar maker
- Wenzel Scholz (1787–1857), Austrian actor
- Václav Šimerka (Wenceslaus Simerka or Schimerka) (1819–1887), Bohemian mathematician
- Wenzel Storch (* 1961), German film director and producer
- Wenzeslaus von Thun and Hohenstein (1629–1673), from 1664 to 1673 Bishop of Passau and from 1665 to 1673 Bishop of Gurk
- Wenzel Verner (1887–1938), victim of Stalinism
- Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein (1583–1634), general in the Thirty Years' War ( Wallenstein )
- Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony (1739–1812), last Archbishop and Elector of Trier