Winzen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carola Doerr (née Winzen, born 1984), German computer scientist Otto C. Winzen (1917–1979), German-American aeronautics engineer, married to Vera Tracey Winzen (born 1981), American football player Vera Winzen (1920–2012), German-American inventor, artist, and balloonist, married to Otto