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 spyAnton Frenzel (1790-1873), bishop of ErmlandBartholomäus Frenzel (mention 1576), German poetBill Frenzel - Minnesota CongressmanElisabeth Frenzel (1915-2014), German literary notableEric FrenzelErnst Frenzel (born 1904), German banker, SA brigade leader and Reichstag delegateFritz Frenzel (1855-1915), German writer and publisher (alias August Bäbchen)Gotfried Frenzel (born 1929), German art historian and restorerHans Frenzel (1921-1989), German broadcast directorHerbert Frenzel (novelist), German novelistHerbert A. Frenzel (1908-1995), German theatre notableHermann Robert Frenzel (1850-?), German organist and technical writerHermann Walter Gotthold Frenzel (1895-?), German HNO physician and Luftwaffe officer, inventor of the Frenzel maneuver to balance pressureIvo Frenzel (1924-2014), German author, Daten deutscher DichtungJohann Gottlieb Frenzel (1715-1780), German lawyer, historian and philosopherJohann Gottlieb Abraham Frenzel (1782-1855), German coppersmithKarl Frenzel (1827-1914), German writer and criticKarl Frenzel (1911—1996) - German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer, one of Sobibor's SS commandersOskar Frenzel (1855-1915), German animal and landscape painterPaul Frenzel (1824-1872), German animal and landscape painterWalther Frenzel (1884-1970), German engineer and professor of textile chemistryWilliam Kelly Frenzel (1970-) American Real Estate BusinessmanFurther, there are several businesses named Frenzel, among them a Düsseldorf manufacturer.
