Wenzel
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Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German form of the Czech given name Václav
or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Wenceslao (Spanish).
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Václav
Václav is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas . These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Vencslav.- People :...
or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Wenceslao (Spanish).
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- Wenzel Raimund BirckWenzel Raimund BirckWenzel Raimund Johann Birck was one of the early proponents of Symphonic music in Vienna, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Georg Matthias Monn, and an early tutor for Mozart. Birck also, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil tutored a young Joseph Haydn.-References:* Biba, Otto. 2001...
(1718–1763), Austrian composer - Wenzel JamnitzerWenzel JamnitzerWenzel Jamnitzer was a Northern Mannerist goldsmith, artist, and printmaker in etching, who worked in Nuremberg...
(ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmith - Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman
- Wenzel Thomas MatiegkaWenzel Thomas MatiegkaWenzel Thomas Matiegka was a Bohemian composer.Matiegka was born in the town of Choceň in a remote corner of the state of Bohemia, then part of the Habsburg Monarchy, under the Habsburg ruler Joseph II....
(1773–1830), Bohemian composer - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesman
- Wenzel PichlWenzel PichlWenzel Pichl was a classical Czech composer of the 18th Century. He was also a violinist, music director and writer....
(1741–1805), Czech composer - Wenzel StorchWenzel StorchWenzel Storch is a German film director and producer.His low-budget fantasy films tend to be critical towards the church and are filled with weird characters and settings as well as violence and bodily fluids.- Films :...
(born 1961), German film director and producer - Wolfgang Wenzel von HaffnerWolfgang Wenzel von HaffnerWolfgang Wenzel von Haffner was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.-Early life and career:He was born in Christiania in 1806, as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner and Sara Vilhelmine, née Hagerup...
(1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of the Navy
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- Andreas WenzelAndreas WenzelAndreas Wenzel is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, active from 1976 to 1988. He was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title...
(born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein - Brian WenzelBrian WenzelBrian Wenzel is an Australian character actor, most famous for his long run as Police Sergeant Frank Gilroy on television program A Country Practice. He was an original cast member and remained along with Shane Porteous through the entire series, winning a Silver Logie for the role...
(born 1929), Australian character actor - Bryan WenzelBryan WenzelBryan Wenzel is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his stint in Ohio Valley Wrestling under the ring name Mr. Strongko.-Before wrestling:...
, American professional wrestler and manager - Carl Friedrich WenzelCarl Friedrich WenzelCarl Friedrich Wenzel was a German chemist and metallurgist who determined the reaction rates of various chemicals, establishing, for example, that the amount of metal that dissolves in an acid is proportional to the concentration of acid in the solution...
(ca. 1740-1793), German chemist and metallurgist - David WenzelDavid WenzelDavid T. Wenzel is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.-Biography:...
(born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist - Eberhard WenzelEberhard WenzelEberhard R. Wenzel was a public health researcher, a co-founder of the WWW Virtual Library: Public Health, and an advocate of the socio-ecological view of health promotion as described in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion...
(1950–2001), German-born public health researcher - Frank Britton WenzelFrank Britton WenzelFrank Britton Wenzel, born Frank Wenzel in New York City, .In 1917, he changed his name to "Frank Britton" to form a double act with Milt Britton...
(1893–1983) - Hanni WenzelHanni WenzelHannelore Wenzel is a former champion alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. She won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria....
(born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein - Josef Wenzel, Prince of LiechtensteinJosef Wenzel, Prince of LiechtensteinWenzel I Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1712 and 1718, 1732 and 1745, and 1748 and 1772....
(1696–1772), prince of Liechtenstein - Prince Joseph Wenzel of LiechtensteinPrince Joseph Wenzel of LiechtensteinPrince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg , styled His Serene Highness , is the eldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, the Regent and Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria...
(born 1995), oldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria - Joseph W. WenzelJoseph W. WenzelJoseph W. Wenzel is an American argumentation and rhetorical scholar. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.He has lectured in Austria, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands...
(born 1940), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar - Rene WenzelRene WenzelRené Wenzel is a Danish cycle racing coach, working as a consultant. He is a former coach of USA Cycling's national junior team, Koege Cykel Ring in Denmark, and first cycling teacher at a sports college in Denmark, the Gentofte Studenter Kursus.-Biography:Wenzel went to school at Bispebjerg Skole...
, American cycling coach