Frenkel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron G. Frenkel (born 1957), Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Ana Balog Frenkel (1930–1945), Uruguayan Jewish Holocaust victim
• Alexander Frenkel (born 1985), German boxer of Ukrainian origin
• Boris Borvine Frenkel (1895–1984), Polish painter
• Daan Frenkel (born 1948), Dutch computational physicist
• Danielle Frenkel (born 1987), Israeli high jumper
• Douglas Frenkel, American law professor
• Edward Frenkel (born 1968), mathematician and filmmaker
• Heinrich Frenkel (1860–1931), Swiss physician
• Hermann Frenkel (1850–1932), partner of the Jacquier and Securius Bank
• Igor Frenkel (born 1952), Russian-American mathematician
• Israel Frenkel (1853–1890), Polish-Jewish translator
• Jacob A. Frenkel (born 1943), Israeli economist and businessman
• James Frenkel (born 1948), American science fiction book editor
• Lisa Frenkel, American pediatrician, professor
• Maja Ruth Frenkel (born 1971), Croatian entrepreneur and politician
• Naftaly Frenkel (1883–1960), Soviet official
• Peter Frenkel (1939), East German race walker
• Richard Frenkel (born 1966), American patent lawyer
• Rina Frenkel (born 1956), Israeli politician
• Stefan Frenkel (1902–1979), American violinist
• Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Russian physicist, known for the Frenkel defect
• Yan Frenkel (1920–1989), Soviet composer
• Yitzhak Frenkel, also known as Isaac Frenkel or Alexandre Frenel (1899–1981), Israeli French painter and sculptor

See also

• Frankel
• Fränkel
• Frankl

Surname list

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