Werfel

Werfel is a German and Jewish surname, mentioned in Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alma Werfel (1879–1964, Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel, née Schindler), wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, Franz Werfel
 * Daniel Werfel (born 1971), American administrator
 * Franz Werfel (1890–1945), Jewish Bohemian-Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet
 * Hanna Werfel (1896–1964), sister of Franz Werfel, wife of Herbert Fuchs-Robettin, mistress of Alban Berg
 * Holger Werfel Scheuermann (1877–1960), Danish surgeon; Scheuermann's disease was named after him
 * (1764–1831), Danish writer, translator and magazine publisher
 * Louis Werfel (1916–1943), American Orthodox rabbi, military rabbi, The Flying Rabbi
 * Roman Werfel (1906–2003), Polish communist apparatchik
 * Rudolf Werfel, father of Franz Werfel

Other
 * 12244 Werfel (1988 RY2), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1990