Henkel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrea Henkel (born 1977), German biathlete Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1837–1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist Christoph Henkel (born 1958), German billionaire businessman Claudia Henkel (born 1983), South African beauty queen and model Ernest Henkel (1873–1935), manager of the Metropolitan Opera Friedrich Karl Henkel (1848–1930), German entrepreneur and company founder Heike Henkel (born 1964), German former athlete Heinrich Henkel (born 1896), German First World War flying ace Henner Henkel (1915–1942), German tennis player Herbert L. Henkel, CEO of Ingersoll Rand Hugo Henkel (1881–1952), German businessman and former CEO of German company Henkel Joerg Henkel, German engineer John Spurgeon Henkel (1871–1962), South African botanist and forester Jost Henkel (1909–1961), German businessman Kim Henkel, American screenwriter, film director and producer Kim Henkel, creator of ZTreeWin Konrad Henkel (1915–1999), German businessman Manuela Henkel (born 1974), German cross-country skier Rainer Henkel (born 1964), former freestyle swimmer See also Henckel von Donnersmarck, a Silesian noble family Henckel-Rennen, a horse race in Germany J. A. Henckels, a knife manufacturer in Germany Henkle v. Gregory, a federal lawsuit that ended in a 2002 agreement German-language surnames Surnames from given names