Engel (German for "angel") 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
• Justin Engel (born 2007), German tennis player
• 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

See also

• Admiral Engel (disambiguation)
• Senator Engel (disambiguation)
• Engels (surname)
• Engle (surname)

Surname list

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