Frenkel

Frenkel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron G. Frenkel (born 1957), Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Alexander Frenkel (born 1985), German boxer of Ukrainian origin
 * Boris Borvine Frenkel (1895–1984), Polish painter
 * Daan Frenkel (born 1948), Dutch computational physicist
 * Danielle Frenkel (born 1987), Israeli high jumper
 * Douglas Frenkel, American law professor
 * Edward Frenkel (born 1968), mathematician and filmmaker
 * Heinrich Frenkel (1860–1931), Swiss physician
 * Hermann Frenkel (1850–1932), partner of the Jacquier and Securius Bank
 * Igor Frenkel (born 1952), Russian-American mathematician
 * Israel Frenkel (1853–1890), Polish-Jewish translator
 * Jacob A. Frenkel (born 1943), Israeli economist and businessman
 * James Frenkel (born 1948), American science fiction book editor
 * Maja Ruth Frenkel (born 1971), Croatian entrepreneur and politician
 * Naftaly Frenkel (1883–1960), Soviet official
 * Peter Frenkel (1939), East German race walker
 * Richard Frenkel (born 1966), American patent lawyer
 * Rina Frenkel (born 1956), Israeli politician
 * Stefan Frenkel (1902–1979), American violinist
 * Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Russian physicist, known for the Frenkel defect
 * Yan Frenkel (1920–1989), Soviet composer
 * Yitzhak Frenkel, also known as Isaac Frenkel or Alexandre Frenel (1899–1981), Israeli French painter and sculptor