Thiel (surname)

Thiel is a German-language surname. Notable people with the name include:


 * Adolf Thiel (1915–2001), German-American engineer
 * Alvar Thiel (1893–1973), sailor
 * Andreas Thiel (born 1960), German handball player
 * Andreas Thiel (bishop) (1826–1908), Catholic bishop of Ermland
 * Ben Thiel (born 1982), Australian Model, Golfer & Race Car Driver
 * Bert Thiel (1926–2020), baseball pitcher
 * Claudia van Thiel (born 1977), female volleyball player
 * Edward C. Thiel (1928–1961), geologist
 * Edwin Thiel (1913–1944), German Luftwaffe ace
 * Ernest Thiel (1859–1947), Swedish financier, art collector, and translator
 * Frans-Jozef van Thiel (1906–1993), Dutch politician
 * Heiner Thiel (born 1957), German sculptor and curator
 * Heinz Thiel (1920–2003), German film director and screenwriter
 * Jana Thiel (1971–2016), German sports presenter and journalist
 * Joachim Thiel (born 1951), German footballer
 * Jon Thiel (born 1975), rugby player
 * Lisa Thiel, a professional quizzer and regular panelist on UK quiz show Eggheads
 * Lucien Thiel (1943–2011), Luxembourgian politician
 * Marie-Jo Thiel (born 1957), French ethicist
 * Maximilian Thiel (born 1993), German professional footballer
 * Midori Kono Thiel (born 1933), Japanese American calligrapher
 * Otto Thiel (1891–1915), German football player
 * Peter Thiel (born 1967), American entrepreneur
 * Phil Thiel (born 1984), American rugby union player
 * Pieter J.J. van Thiel (1928–2012), Dutch art historian
 * Sten Thiel, Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutförbundet
 * Tamiko Thiel (born 1957), American media artist
 * Walter Thiel (1910–1943), German engineer
 * Walter Thiel (chemist) (1949–2019), German theoretical chemist
 * Yannic Thiel (born 1989), German footballer

Fictional characters

 * Frank Thiel, detective chief inspector in German television series Tatort Münster