Thiel (surname)
Thiel is a German-language surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Adolf Thiel, German-American engineer
- Alvar Thiel, sailor
- Andreas Thiel, German handball player
- Andreas Thiel , Catholic bishop of Ermland
- Bert Thiel, baseball pitcher
- Claudia van Thiel, female volleyball player
- Edward C. Thiel, geologist
- Edwin Thiel, German Luftwaffe ace
- Ernest Thiel, Swedish financier, art collector, and translator
- Frans-Jozef van Thiel, Dutch politician
- Heiner Thiel, German sculptor and curator
- Heinz Thiel, German film director and screenwriter
- Joachim Thiel, German footballer
- Jon Thiel, rugby player
- Lisa Thiel, a professional quizzer and regular panelist on UK quiz show Eggheads
- Lucien Thiel, Luxembourgian politician
- Marie-Jo Thiel, French ethicist
- Maximilian Thiel, German professional footballer
- Midori Kono Thiel, Japanese American calligrapher
- Mike Thiel, businessman
- Otto Thiel, German football player
- Peter Thiel, American entrepreneur
- Phil Thiel, American rugby union player
- Pieter J.J. van Thiel, Dutch art historian
- Sten Thiel, Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutförbundet
- Tamiko Thiel, American media artist
- Walter Thiel, German engineer
- Walter Thiel , German theoretical chemist
- Yannic Thiel, German footballer
Fictional characters
- Frank Thiel, detective chief inspector in German television series Tatort Münster
