Menzel
# Menzel

Menzel may refer to:

## People

Menzel is a surname of German origin. It can also be a transliteration of the Yiddish surname " מענטזעל "- a variant of the German surname.

* Adolph Menzel (1815–1905), German artist
* Christian Menzel (born 1971), German racecar driver
* Daniel Menzel (born 1991), Australian footballer
* Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976), U.S. astronomer
* Emil Wolfgang Menzel, Jr. (1929–2012), U.S. primatologist
* Gerhard Menzel (1894–1966), German screenwriter
* Idina Menzel (née Mentzel; born 1971), U.S. actress, singer, and songwriter
* Jiří Menzel (1938–2020), Czech director
* Joachim Menzel (1914–2005), German military officer
* Josef Joachim Menzel (1933-2020), German historian
* Herman Menzel (1904–1988), American artist
* Max Menzel (born 1941), Australian politician
* Paul Julius Menzel (1864–1927), German physician and paleobotanist
* Paul Menzel (born ?), U.S. actor, writer, and producer
* Peter Menzel (born 1948), U.S. photojournalist
* Robert Menzel (born 1991), Polish footballer
* Roderich Menzel (1907–1987), Czechoslovakian and German tennis player
* Rudolphina Menzel (1891–1973), Austrian cynologist and animal behaviorist
* Tim Menzel (born 1992), German rugby player
* Troy Menzel (born 1994), Australian footballer
* Wolfgang Menzel (1798–1873), German poet

## Places

* Cape Menzel, on Thurston Island in Antarctica; named for geologist Reinhard W. Menzel

Menzel is also the transliteration of Arabic word into the Latin alphabet which means "House" or "House of ---" (e.g. "Menzel Bourguiba" means "House of Bourguiba"). Many such place names exist, especially in Tunisia, but also Morocco.

   ### Morocco
* El Menzel

   ### Tunisia
* Menzel Abderrahmane
* Menzel Bourguiba
* Menzel Bouzaiane
* Menzel Bouzelfa
* Menzel Chaker
* Menzel Ennour
* Menzel Farsi
* Menzel Hayet
* Menzel Horr
* Menzel Jemil
* Menzel Kamel
* Menzel Mehiri
* Menzel Salem
* Menzel Temime

## Other

* Menzel (crater), a lunar crater named for Donald Howard Menzel
* Menzel 3, a young bipolar planetary nebula named for Donald Howard Menzel
* 1967 Menzel, an asteroid named for Donald Howard Menzel
* Menzel (Djerba), a Tunisian housing type
