# Engel (surname)

Engel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Engel (born 1991), American baseball player
* Albert J. Engel (1888–1959), American Representative from Michigan
* Albert J. Engel Jr. (1924–2013), American jurist
* Andreas K. Engel (born 1961), German neuroscientist
* Antke Engel (born 1965), German philosopher and publicist
* Barbara Engel (born 1952), German fashion designer
* Carl Engel (1883–1944), French-born American composer
* Carl Engel (musicologist) (1818–1882), German-born English writer on music
* Carl Ludvig Engel (1778–1840), German-born Estonian/Finnish architect
* Charles Engel, American economist
* David Engel (actor), Broadway singer, dancer, and actor
* David Engel (historian), American Holocaust historian
* David Hermann Engel (1816–1877), German organist and composer
* Debra Engle (1953–2023), American actress, known for The Golden Girls and The Golden Palace
* Eliot Engel, American Representative from New York
* Elliot Engel, American writer and lecturer
* Erich Engel (1891–1966), German actor
* Ernst Engel (1821–1896), German statistician and economist
* Franz Engel (1834–1920), German explorer
* Friedrich Engel (mathematician) (1861–1941), German mathematician
* Friedrich Engel (SS officer) (1909–2006), German Schutzstaffel officer
* Georgia Engel (1948–2019), American film and television actress
* Gerhard Engel (1906-1976), German Generalleutnant and State Commissioner of the Society for Military Customer
* Greg Engel (born 1971), American football player
* Johann Christian von Engel (1770–1814), Hungarian historian
* Karl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German musician and writer
* Heinfried Engel (born 1947), German pole vaulter
* Howard Engel (1931–2019), Canadian mystery writer and producer
* Jerzy Engel (born 1952), former Polish football manager
* Joel Engel (composer) (1868–1927), Russian-born Jewish composer
* Joel S. Engel (born 1936), American engineer and scientist
* Johann Jakob Engel (1741–1802), German philosophical writer
* Josef Engel (born 1942), Czech wrestler
* Josef Engel (anatomist) (1816–1899), German anatomist
* Jules Engel (1909–2003), American filmmaker, artist
* Julius Engel (1842–1926), German judge and politician
* Karl Engel (1923–2006), Swiss pianist
* Karl Engel (footballer) (born 1952), Swiss football goalkeeper
* Karl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German composer and writer
* L. Patrick Engel (1932–2022), American politician
* Lehman Engel (1910–1982), American composer and conductor
* Marian Engel (1933–1985), Canadian novelist
* Maro Engel (born 1985), German auto racing driver
* Matthew Engel (born 1951), English writer, especially on cricket
* Michael S. Engel (born 1971), US paleontologist and entomologist
* Natascha Engel (born 1967), former British Member of Parliament
* Pál Engel (1938–2001), Hungarian historian
* Pascal Engel (born 1954), French philosopher
* Dame Pauline Engel (1930–2017), New Zealand nun and educator
* Peter Engel (1936–2025), American television producer
* Peter Engel (author) (born 1959), American origami artist and theorist, science writer, graphic designer, and architect
* Richard Engel (born 1973), American television journalist and author
* Roy Engel (1913–1980), American actor
* Royan Engel (born 1943/1944), American businesswoman
* S. Morris Engel (born 1931), author, philosopher, and linguist
* Scott Walker (singer) (1943–2019), American-born British singer and musician born Noel Scott Engel
* Stephen Engel (fl. 1990s–2010s), American TV producer and writer
* Stephen M. Engel (fl. 1990s–2010s), American academic and political scientist
* Steve Engel (born 1961), American baseball player
* Steven Engel (born 1974), American lawyer and former Justice Department official
* Volker Engel (born 1965), German-born American visual effects artist