Engels (surname)

Engels is a German and Dutch patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A

• Addy Engels (born 1977), Dutch swimmer
• Alexander Engels (1871–1933), German theater actor
• Anita Engels (born 1969), German sociologist and climate researcher
• Artur Schulze-Engels (1910–1995), German sculptor and church painter
• August Engels (1797–1874), German textile manufacturer and politician

B

• Bettina Engels (born 1978), German political scientist
• Björn Engels (born 1994), Belgian footballer

C

• Craig Engels (born 1994), American middle-distance runner
• Curt Engels (1884–1964), German lawyer and politician

D

• David Engels (born 1979), Belgian historian
• Dieter Engels (born 1950), German judge and legal scholar
• Dieter Engels (footballer) (born 1960), German footballer

E

• Elisabeth Engels (1892–1970), German educator and private school founder
• Erich Engels (1889–1971), German film director and screenwriter
• Erich Engels (SS member) (1908–1951), German police officer and SS leader
• Ernestine Engels (1785–1845), German stage actress
• Ernst Engels (1845–1899), German jurist, mountain councillor and politician, member of the German Reichstag
• Eve-Marie Engels (born 1951), German philosopher and biologist

F

• Floortje Engels (born 1982), Dutch field hockey player
• Franz Engels, German CDU state politician
• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German social scientist and philosopher
• Friedrich Engels (factory owner) (1796–1860), German textile manufacturer
• Friedrich Eugen Engels (1909–1994), German singer (tenor)
• Friedrich Ludwig Engels (1790–1855), German major general

G

• Gabriel Engels (1592–1654), German painter
• Georg Engels (1846–1907), German actor
• Gerhild Engels (born 1949), German politician, member of the Bremen Parliament (SPD)
• Gert Engels (born 1957), German footballer
• Gottfried Engels (1949–2015), German music producer and label founder
• Grégory Engels (born 1976), German politician and activist

H

• Hans Engels (painter) (1924–1995), German painter
• Hans Engels (photographer) (born 1956), German architectural photographer
• Hans-Horst Engels (1933–2007), German carnival president
• Hans-Werner Engels (1941–2010), German author, editor, local historian
• Hartmut Engels (1942–2014), German politician
• Heinrich Engels (1872–1943), official in the archdiocese of Cologne
• Heinz Engels (1942–2007), German theater director and theater artistic director
• Helmut Engels (born 1931), German politician (SPD)
• Hermann Engels (industrialist, 1822) (1822–1905), German textile industrialist
• Hermann Engels (industrialist, 1858) (1858–1926), German textile industrialist
• Hermann Engels (politician) (1909–1973), German politician (SPD)
• Horus Engels (1914–1991), German painter
• Hubert Engels (musician) (1824–1891), German composer, violinist and music director
• Hubert Engels (engineer) (1854–1945), German hydraulic engineer and university lecturer

J

• Jaco Engels (born 1980), Namibian rugby player
• Jakob Engels (writer) (1901–1991), German dialect writer and amateur archaeologist and geologist
• Jakob Gerhard Engels (1826–1897), German Lutheran pastor and revivalist preacher
• Jan Engels (1922–1972), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Jens Ivo Engels (born 1971), German historian and university lecturer
• Joachim W. Engels (1944–2018), German chemist
• Johan Engels (1952–2014), South African costume and stage designer
• Johann Adolf Engels (1767–1828), German paper manufacturer
• Johann Caspar Engels (1753–1821), German manufacturer
• Johannes Engels (born 1959), German ancient historian
• John Engels (1931–2007), American poet
• Jörg Engels (born 1968), German jazz musician
• Joseph Engels (1901–1982), German lawyer
• Julian Engels (born 1993), German soccer player

K

• Karl Engels (1889–1969), German composer
• Klaus Engels (born 1938), German soccer player
• Kurt Engels (1915–1958), German SS member

L

• Lisl Engels (1916–2006), Austrian painter
• Ludger Engels (born 1963), German musician, and opera and theater director
• Ludwig Engels (1905–1967), German–Brazilian chess master

M

• Marc Engels (1965/1966–2020), Belgian film sound engineer
• Marcel Engels (born 1994), German handball player
• Mareike Engels (born 1988), German politician
• Mario Engels (born 1993), German footballer
• Marthinus Barnard Engels (born 1978), South African Structural Engineer
• Martin Engels (born 1980), German Protestant Reformed theologian
• Mary Tate Engels (born 1943), American romance writer
• Michel Engels (1851–1901), Luxembourg illustrator and painter

O

• Odilo Engels (1928–2012), German historian
• Otto Engels (1875–1960), German agricultural chemist

P

• Peter Engels, American physicist
• Piet Engels (1923–1994), Dutch politician
• Pieter Engels (1938–2019), Dutch conceptual artist

R

• Richard Engels, American (South Dakota) politician
• Rick Engles (born 1954), American football player
• Robert Engels (artist) (1866–1926), German painter, graphic artist, lithographer, craftsman and art professor
• Robert Engels (born 1949), American writer, producer, and director
• Rudolf Engels (1831–1903), German entrepreneur

S

• Sarah Engels (born 1992), German singer
• Stefaan Engels (born 1961), Belgian marathoner and triathlete
• Stefan Engels (born 1967), German organist
• Stephan Engels (born 1960), German footballer

T

• Ton Engels (born 1952), Dutch guitarist and singer-songwriter

W

• Walter Engels (1901–1973), German architect, art historian and monument conservator
• Wera Engels (1905–1988), German actress
• Werner Engels (1901–1934), German Nazi member assassinated at the Night of the Long Knives
• Wilhelm Engels (1873–1953), German local historian and school principal
• Willi Engels (union leader) (1895–1981), German association official, president of the German Singers' Association
• Willi Engels (1902–1986), German anti-fascist resistance fighter and interbrigadist
• Wolfgang Engels (actor) (1908–1983), German actor
• Wolfgang Engels (born 1943), East German defector

See also

• Engel (surname)