Petzold (or Petzoldt) is a German surname. Notable people with the surnames include:
Barbara Petzold (born 1955), East German cross-country skierCharles Petzold (born 1953), American programmer and technical authorChristian Petzold (composer) (1677–1733), German composer and organistChristian Petzold (director) (born 1960), German film directorEduard Petzold (1815–1891), German landscape gardenerGuillaume-Lebrecht Petzold (1794-?), French piano makerHarald Petzold (born 1962), German politicianKlaus Petzold, German handballerKonrad Petzold (1930–1999), German film director, writer and actorJoachim Petzold (1913–1991), major in the LuftwaffeJohann Christoph Petzold (1708–1762), German sculptorJohann Christoph Pezel (also Petzold) (1639-1694), German violinist, trumpeter, and composerLinda Petzold (born 1954), computer scientist and mechanical engineerMaik Petzold (born 1978), Germany triathlon athleteMartin Petzold (born 1955), German tenorMartin Petzoldt (1946–2015), German theologian and Bach scholarPaul Petzoldt (1908–1999), American mountaineer