Menzel may refer to: People Menzel is a surname of German origin. It can also be a transliteration of the Yiddish surname " מענטזעל "- a variant of the German surname. Adolph Menzel (1815–1905), German artist Christian Menzel (born 1971), German racecar driver Daniel Menzel (born 1991), Australian footballer Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976), U.S. astronomer Emil Wolfgang Menzel, Jr. (1929–2012), U.S. primatologist Gerhard Menzel (1894–1966), German screenwriter Idina Menzel (née Mentzel; born 1971), U.S. actress, singer, and songwriter Jiří Menzel (1938–2020), Czech director Joachim Menzel (1914–2005), German military officer Josef Joachim Menzel (1933-2020), German historian Herman Menzel (1904–1988), American artist Max Menzel (born 1941), Australian politician Paul Julius Menzel (1864–1927), German physician and paleobotanist Paul Menzel (born ?), U.S. actor, writer, and producer Peter Menzel (born 1948), U.S. photojournalist Robert Menzel (born 1991), Polish footballer Roderich Menzel (1907–1987), Czechoslovakian and German tennis player Rudolphina Menzel (1891–1973), Austrian cynologist and animal behaviorist Tim Menzel (born 1992), German rugby player Troy Menzel (born 1994), Australian footballer Wolfgang Menzel (1798–1873), German poet Places Cape Menzel, on Thurston Island in Antarctica; named for geologist Reinhard W. Menzel Menzel is also the transliteration of Arabic word into the Latin alphabet which means "House" or "House of ---" (e.g. "Menzel Bourguiba" means "House of Bourguiba"). Many such place names exist, especially in Tunisia, but also Morocco. Morocco El Menzel Tunisia Menzel Abderrahmane Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Bouzaiane Menzel Bouzelfa Menzel Chaker Menzel Ennour Menzel Farsi Menzel Hayet Menzel Horr Menzel Jemil Menzel Kamel Menzel Mehiri Menzel Salem Menzel Temime Other Menzel (crater), a lunar crater named for Donald Howard Menzel Menzel 3, a young bipolar planetary nebula named for Donald Howard Menzel 1967 Menzel, an asteroid named for Donald Howard Menzel Menzel (Djerba), a Tunisian housing type German-language surnames