Engel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Engel (born 1991), American baseball player
Albert J. Engel (1888–1959), American Representative from Michigan
Albert J. Engel Jr. (1924–2013), American jurist
Andreas Engel (1943–2026), Swiss structural biologist
Andreas K. Engel (born 1961), German neuroscientist
Antke Engel (born 1965), German philosopher and publicist
Barbara Engel (born 1952), German fashion designer
Carl Engel (1883–1944), French-born American composer
Carl Engel (musicologist) (1818–1882), German-born English writer on music
Carl Ludvig Engel (1778–1840), German-born Estonian/Finnish architect
Charles Engel, American economist
David Engel (actor), Broadway singer, dancer, and actor
David Engel (historian), American Holocaust historian
David Hermann Engel (1816–1877), German organist and composer
Eliot Engel, American Representative from New York
Elliot Engel, American writer and lecturer
Erich Engel (1891–1966), German actor
Ernst Engel (1821–1896), German statistician and economist
Franz Engel (1834–1920), German explorer
Friedrich Engel (mathematician) (1861–1941), German mathematician
Friedrich Engel (SS officer) (1909–2006), German Schutzstaffel officer
Georgia Engel (1948–2019), American film and television actress
Gerhard Engel (1906–1976), German Generalleutnant and State Commissioner of the Society for Military Customer
Greg Engel (born 1971), American football player
Johann Christian von Engel (1770–1814), Hungarian historian
Karl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German musician and writer
Heinfried Engel (born 1947), German pole vaulter
Howard Engel (1931–2019), Canadian mystery writer and producer
Jerzy Engel (born 1952), former Polish football manager
Joel Engel (composer) (1868–1927), Russian-born Jewish composer
Joel S. Engel (born 1936), American engineer and scientist
Johann Jakob Engel (1741–1802), German philosophical writer
Josef Engel (born 1942), Czech wrestler
Josef Engel (anatomist) (1816–1899), German anatomist
Jules Engel (1909–2003), American filmmaker, artist
Julius Engel (1842–1926), German judge and politician
Justin Engel (born 2007), German tennis player
Karl Engel (1923–2006), Swiss pianist
Karl Engel (footballer) (born 1952), Swiss football goalkeeper
Karl Dietrich Leonhard Engel (1824–1913), German composer and writer
L. Patrick Engel (1932–2022), American politician
Lehman Engel (1910–1982), American composer and conductor
Marian Engel (1933–1985), Canadian novelist
Maro Engel (born 1985), German auto racing driver
Matthew Engel (born 1951), English writer, especially on cricket
Michael S. Engel (born 1971), US paleontologist and entomologist
Natascha Engel (born 1967), former British Member of Parliament
Pál Engel (1938–2001), Hungarian historian
Pascal Engel (born 1954), French philosopher
Dame Pauline Engel (1930–2017), New Zealand nun and educator
Peter Engel (1936–2025), American television producer
Peter Engel (author) (born 1959), American origami artist and theorist, science writer, graphic designer, and architect
Richard Engel (born 1973), American television journalist and author
Roy Engel (1913–1980), American actor
Royan Engel (born 1943/1944), American businesswoman
S. Morris Engel (born 1931), author, philosopher, and linguist
Scott Walker (singer) (1943–2019), American-born British singer and musician born Noel Scott Engel
Stephen Engel (fl. 1990s–2010s), American TV producer and writer
Stephen M. Engel (fl. 1990s–2010s), American academic and political scientist
Steve Engel (born 1961), American baseball player
Steven Engel (born 1974), American lawyer and former Justice Department official
Thomas M. Engel (born 1953), Canadian lawyer
Volker Engel (born 1965), German-born American visual effects artist