Vogel (surname)
Vogel is a surname originating in German and Dutch-speaking countries. An alternate spelling is Fogel. Vogel is the German and Dutch word for "bird". Equivalent surnames are Bird or Byrd in English or L'Oiseau in French. Notable people with the surname include:
Academics
- Arthur Vogel , British chemist
- Betsy Vogel, American academic and higher education administrator
- Dan Vogel, historian of Mormonism
- David Vogel , American political scientist
- Detlef Vogel, German historian
- Eduard Vogel, German astronomer and explorer in Central Africa
- Ezra Vogel, American Japanologist and author
- Friedrich Vogel , German human geneticist
- Hans Vogel , German helminthologist
- Hermann Carl Vogel, German astronomer
- Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, German photochemist and photographer
- J. Ph. Vogel, Dutch Sanskritist and epigraphist
- Johann Carl Vogel, South African physicist
- Johannes Vogel , German botanist
- Jörg Vogel, German biologist
- Joseph Vogel, American popular culture critic
- Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel, German botanist
- Klaus Vogel, German legal scholar
- Kurt Vogel , German historian of mathematics
- Louis Vogel, French jurist and professor
- Marcel Vogel, American inventor and esotericist
- Michelle Vogel, Australian-born film historian, author and free-lance editor
- Orville Vogel, American biologist
- Steven K. Vogel, American political scientist, son of Ezra Vogel
- Steven Vogel, American biomechanics researcher
- Thomas Vogel , German military historian
Arts
Poetry
- Johann Vogel, German poet
Music
- Allan Vogel, American oboist
- Cristian Vogel, British experimental electronic musician
- Edith Vogel, Austro-Hungarian classical pianist active in the UK
- Eric Vogel, Czech jazz trumpeter
- Harald Vogel, German organist and author
- Janet Vogel, American pop singer
- Jaroslav Vogel, Czech conductor
- Johann Vogel , German composer
- Karsten Vogel, Danish composer
- Roger Craig Vogel, American composer
- Sam Vogel, American DJ and music producer known as Jauz
- Scott Vogel, American rock singer
- Seja Vogel, German-Australian singer-songwriter
- Siegfried Vogel, German operatic bass
- Tyson Vogel, American rock musician
- Vic Vogel, Canadian jazz musician
- Vince Vogel, American bass guitarist
- Winston Dan Vogel, Israeli-born American conductor
- Wladimir Vogel, Russian-born Swiss composer
Performing arts
- Albert Vogel, Dutch officer, teacher and performer
- Amos Vogel, Austrian-born American film critic
- Darlene Vogel, American actress
- Ellen Vogel, Dutch television, film and stage actress
- Franz Vogel, German film producer
- Fred Vogel, American horror filmmaker
- Frederic B. Vogel, American theater producer and actor
- Friedemann Vogel, German ballet dancer
- Henry Vogel, American actor and bass-baritone singer
- Jürgen Vogel, German actor, screenwriter and film producer
- Matt Vogel , American puppeteer
- Mike Vogel, American actor
- Mitch Vogel, American actor
- Nicolas Vogel, French actor and comedian
- Nikolas Vogel, Austrian-German film actor and camera man
- Paul C. Vogel, American cinematographer
- Paula Vogel, American playwright
- Peter Vogel , German film actor
- Rudolf Vogel, German film and television actor
- Tony Vogel, English actor
- Virgil W. Vogel, American television and film director
Visual arts
- Arthur Vogel , German merchant, photographer and publisher
- Bernhard Vogel , German engraver
- Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, German painter
- Christa Frieda Vogel, German photographer
- Christian Leberecht Vogel, German painter, draughtsman and writer on art
- Dorothy Vogel, American art collector
- Franck Vogel, French photojournalist and documentary film director
- Herbert Vogel, American art collector
- Hermann Vogel , German-born French painter
- Hermann Vogel , German illustrator
- Hugo Vogel, German painter
- Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, Dutch landscape painter
- Kate Vogel, American studio glass artist
- Lillie Lewisohn Vogel, American art collector, philanthropist, and socialite
- Ludwig Vogel, Swiss painter
- Peter Vogel , German sound artist
- Speed Vogel, American sculptor and painter
- Zygmunt Vogel, Polish illustrator and painter
Business
- August H. Vogel, American businessman
- Frederick Vogel, German-born American tanner and businessman
- Jeff Vogel, American video game developer and entrepreneur
- John W. Vogel, American white minstrel-show entrepreneur
- Joseph Vogel , American executive, president of MGM
- Paul Bernard Vogel, Swiss industrialist
Military
- Clayton Barney Vogel, American Marine Corps general
- Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein, Prussian general
- Emil Vogel, German World War II general
- Kurt Vogel , German military officer
- Sidney Vogel, American military medical doctor and psychiatrist
Politics and law
- Bernhard Vogel, German Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia
- Bob Vogel , America politician
- Bruce Vogel, American politician
- Carl M. Vogel, American politician
- Charles Joseph Vogel, American judge
- Elder Vogel, American Pennsylvania state politician
- Frank A. Vogel, American North Dakota politician and banker
- Georg Wilhelm Vogel, German jurist and mayor of Jena
- Hans Vogel, German politician
- Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
- Hugo E. Vogel, American politician
- Hunter Vogel, Canadian politician
- Jill Vogel, American politician and lawyer
- Julius Vogel, New Zealand politician and Prime Minister
- Mel Vogel, German-born American politician
- Robert Vogel , Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court
- Otto A. Vogel, American politician
- Sarah Vogel, North Dakota politician and lawyer
- William Vogel, Canadian politician
- Wolfgang Vogel, German lawyer
Religion
- Arthur A. Vogel, American Episcopal bishop
- Catherine Vogel, Polish Jewish martyr
- Cyril John Vogel, American Roman Catholic prelate
- Hansjörg Vogel, Swiss theologian
- Pierre Vogel, German Islamist preacher and boxer
Sports
- Bob Vogel, American football player
- Daniel Vogel, Mexican footballer
- Eberhard Vogel, German footballer
- Florian Vogel , Swiss racing cyclist
- Florian Vogel , German swimmer
- Frank Vogel, American professional basketball coach
- Gary Vogel, American soccer defender
- Heiko Vogel, German football manager
- Joe Vogel, American-Lebanese basketball player
- Johann Vogel, Swiss football midfielder
- Justin Vogel, American football punter
- Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
- Markus Vogel, Swiss alpine ski racer
- Matt Vogel , American swimmer
- Nick Vogel, American volleyball player
- Otto Vogel, American baseball player
- Peter Vogel , Swiss cyclist
- Peter Vogel , German footballer
- Pia Vogel, Swiss rower
- Rémy Vogel, French football defender
- Renate Vogel, East German swimmer
- Richard Vogel, Czech tennis player
- Robert Vogel , American sport shooter
- Sam Vogel , American Olympic boxer
- Sigfrido Vogel, Argentine sports shooter
- Sydne Vogel, American figure skater
- Ted Vogel, American marathon runner
- Thomas Vogel, German football coach and player
- Thomas Vogel, German footballer
- Timothy Vogel, New Zealand cricketer
- Turia Vogel, Cook Islands windsurfer
- Wouter de Vogel, Dutch footballer
Writing
- Alfred Vogel, Swiss herbalist and writer
- Bruno Vogel, German pacifist and writer
- Dan Vogel, American author on Mormonism
- David Vogel, Russian-born Hebrew poet, novelist, and diarist
- Debora Vogel, Polish philosopher and poet
- Eduard Vogel, German explorer
- Elise Polko, German novelist, sister of the explorer Eduard Vogel
- Henriette Vogel, German muse of the poet Heinrich von Kleist
- Ilse-Margret Vogel, German-American author
- Kenneth P. Vogel, American journalist
- Nicole Vogel, American magazine publisher and author
- Nikolai Vogel, German writer
Other
- Anita Vogel, American television reporter
- Elise Vogel, Latvian chess player
- Peter Vogel , Polish murderer and later banker
- Peter Vogel , Australian inventor and technologist
Fictional characters
- Alex Vogel, a fictional character in the 2015 film The Martian
- Burgomaster Vogel, a fictional character in the films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein
- Christopher Vogel, a fictional character in the Fablehaven novels by Brandon Mull
- Colonel Vogel, fictional character in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Dane Vogel, a fictional character in the 2008 video game Saints Row 2
- Lew Vogel, a fictional character in the 2008 film The Bank Job
- Preston Vogel, a fictional character in the television series Gargoyles
- Viktor Vogel, titular character of the comedy film Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man
- Walter Vogel, a fictional character in the 2009 novel Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George. He also appears in the sequel Princess of the Silver Woods.
- Warden Vogel, a fictional character in the television series Futurama''