Frenzel

Frenzel is a German family name that originated in the Rhineland, and today is prevalent among Volga Germans and in east-central Germany, focused on Dresden. It is a patronymic name meaning son of Franciscus.

There are several historical figures named Frenzel:
 * Alfred Frenzel - Cold War-era Czechoslovakian spy
 * Anton Frenzel (1790-1873), bishop of Ermland
 * Bartholomäus Frenzel (mention 1576), German poet
 * Bill Frenzel (1947-2014), Minnesota Congressman
 * Elisabeth Frenzel (1915-2014), German literary notable
 * Eric Frenzel (1988-), German skier
 * Ernst Frenzel (1904–1978), German banker, SA brigade leader and Reichstag delegate
 * Fritz Frenzel (1855-1915), German writer and publisher (alias August Bäbchen)
 * Gotfried Frenzel (born 1929), German art historian and restorer
 * Hans Frenzel (1921-1989), German broadcast director
 * Herbert Frenzel (novelist), German novelist
 * Herbert A. Frenzel (1908-1995), German theatre notable
 * Hermann Robert Frenzel (1850-?), German organist and technical writer
 * Hermann Walter Gotthold Frenzel (1895-?), German HNO physician and Luftwaffe officer, inventor of the Frenzel maneuver to balance pressure
 * Ivo Frenzel (1924-2014), German author, Daten deutscher Dichtung
 * Johann Gottlieb Frenzel (1715-1780), German lawyer, historian and philosopher
 * Johann Gottlieb Abraham Frenzel (1782-1855), German coppersmith
 * Karl Frenzel (1827-1914), German writer and critic
 * Karl Frenzel (1911—1996) - German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer, one of Sobibor's SS commanders
 * Michael Frenzel
 * Oskar Frenzel (1855-1915), German animal and landscape painter
 * Salomon Frenzel von Friedenthal (1560/64–1600), Silesian writer
 * Paul Frenzel (1824-1872), German animal and landscape painter
 * Walther Frenzel (1884-1970), German engineer and professor of textile chemistry
 * Bob Frenzel (1970-), CEO and COO of Xcel Energy.

Further, there are several businesses named Frenzel, among them a Düsseldorf manufacturer.