Engel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Engel, baseball playerAlbert J. Engel (1888–1959), U.S. Representative from MichiganAlbert J. Engel, Jr. (1924–2013), American juristAndreas K. Engel (born 1961), German neuroscientistBarbara Engel (born 1952), German fashion designerBeverly Engel, psychotherapistCarl Engel (1883–1944), French-born US composerCarl Engel (musicologist) (1818–1882), German-born English writer on musicCarl Ludvig Engel (1778–1840), German-born Estonian/Finnish architectCharles Engel, American economistDavid Engel (actor), Broadway singer, dancer, and actorDavid Engel (historian), US Holocaust historianEliot Engel, U.S. Representative from New YorkErich Engel (1891–1966), German actorErnst Engel (1821–1896), German statisticianFranz Engel (naturalist) (1834–1920), German explorerFriedrich Engel (mathematician) (1861–1941), German mathematicianFriedrich Engel (SS officer) (1909–2006), Schutzstaffel officerGeorgia Engel (born 1948), US film and television actressGreg Engel (born 1971), American football playerJohann Christian von Engel (1770–1814), Hungarian historianKarl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German musician and writerHeinfried Engel (born 1947), German pole vaulterHoward Engel (born 1932), Canadian mystery writer and producerJerzy Engel (born 1952), former Polish football managerJoel Engel (composer) (1868–1927), Russian-born Jewish composerJoel S. Engel (born 1936), US engineer and scientistJohann Jakob Engel (1741–1802), German philosophical writerJosef Engel (born 1942), Czech wrestlerJosef Engel (anatomist) (1816–1899), German anatomistJules Engel (1909–2003), American filmmaker, artistJulius Engel (1842–1926), German judge and politicianKarl Engel (1923–2006), Swiss pianistKarl Engel (footballer) (born 1952), Swiss football goalkeeperKarl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German composer and writerLehman Engel (1910–1982), US composer and conductorMarian Engel (1933–1985), Canadian novelistMaro Engel (born 1985), German auto racing driverMichael S. Engel (born 1971), US paleontologist and entomologistNatascha Engel (born 1967), British Member of ParliamentPál Engel (1938–2001), Hungarian historianRichard Engel (born 1973), US television journalist and authorS. Morris Engel (born 1931), author, philosopher, and linguistVolker Engel (born 1965), visual effects artist