title: Weitzel
text: # Weitzel
  
  Weitzel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * August Willem Philip Weitzel (1816–1896), military officer, Dutch Minister of War,
  * Fritz Weitzel (1904–1940), German SS commander during the Nazi era
  * George T. Weitzel (1873–1936), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua
  * Godfrey Weitzel (1835–1884), German-American major general in the Union army during the American Civil War
  * Hedwig Weitzel or Hedwig Ross (1900–1971), New Zealand-born Australian educator and political activist
  * John Quinn Weitzel M.M. (1928-2022), American Roman Catholic bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
  * Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934), American writer of German descent
  * Willi Weitzel (born 1972), German television presenter, journalist and film producer
  