Werfel is a German and Jewish surname, mentioned in Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic. Notable people with the surname include:
Alma Werfel (1879–1964, Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel, née Schindler), wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, Franz Werfel Daniel Werfel (born 1971), American administrator Franz Werfel (1890–1945), Jewish Bohemian-Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet Hanna Werfel (1896–1964), sister of Franz Werfel, wife of Herbert Fuchs-Robettin, mistress of Alban Berg Holger Werfel Scheuermann (1877–1960), Danish surgeon; Scheuermann's disease was named after him (1764–1831), Danish writer, translator and magazine publisher Louis Werfel (1916–1943), American Orthodox rabbi, military rabbi, The Flying Rabbi Roman Werfel (1906–2003), Polish communist apparatchik Rudolf Werfel, father of Franz Werfel Wayne Werfel, world skip catching champion from Wick in Scotland
Other 12244 Werfel (1988 RY2), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1990
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