Thiel is a Germanic surname. Notable people with the name include:
Adolf Thiel (1915–2001), German-American engineer Alvar Thiel (1893–1973), sailor Andreas Thiel (born 1960), German handball player Andreas Thiel (bishop) (1826–1908), Catholic bishop of Ermland Bert Thiel (1926–2020), baseball pitcher Claudia van Thiel (born 1977), female volleyball player Edward C. Thiel (1928–1961), geologist Edwin Thiel (1913–1944), German Luftwaffe ace Ernest Thiel (1859–1947), Swedish financier, art collector, and translator Frans-Jozef van Thiel (1906–1993), Dutch politician Heiner Thiel (born 1957), German sculptor and curator Heinz Thiel (1920–2003), German film director and screenwriter J. F. W. Thiel, founder of Princess Theatre (Sydney) Jana Thiel (1971–2016), German sports presenter and journalist Joachim Thiel (born 1951), German footballer Jon Thiel (born 1975), rugby player Lisa Thiel, a professional quizzer and regular panelist on UK quiz show Eggheads Lucien Thiel (1943–2011), Luxembourgian politician Marie-Jo Thiel (born 1957), French ethicist Maximilian Thiel (born 1993), German professional footballer Midori Kono Thiel (born 1933), Japanese American calligrapher Otto Thiel (1891–1915), German football player Peter Thiel (born 1967), American entrepreneur
Phil Thiel (born 1984), American rugby union player Pieter J. J. van Thiel (1928–2012), Dutch art historian Sten Thiel, Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutförbundet Tamiko Thiel (born 1957), American media artist Udo Thiel (born 1954), German philosopher Walter Thiel (1910–1943), German engineer Walter Thiel (chemist) (1949–2019), German theoretical chemist Yannic Thiel (born 1989), German footballer
Fictional characters Frank Thiel, detective chief inspector in German television series Tatort Münster
See also
Theil, common alternate & etymologically related variant of the surname Thiele, a common German language surname