Werfel

Werfel, Wörfel, and Woerfel (German: Werfel "whirl") are German and Jewish surnames, mentioned in Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic:

  • Johan Werfel (da) (1764, ? – 1831, ?), a Danish writer, translator and magazine publisher
  • Holger Werfel Scheuermann (1877, Hørsholm – 1960, Copenhagen), a Danish surgeon; The Scheuermann's disease was named after him
  • Rudolf Werfel, a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods ∞ Albine Kussi
  • Franz Werfel (1890, Prague – 1945, Beverly Hills), a Jewish Bohemian-Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet
  • Hanna Fuchs-Robettin, née Werfel (1896, Prague – 1964, ?), a Jewish Bohemian woman, the sister of Franz, and wife of Herbert Fuchs-Robettin, and mistress of Alban Berg
  • Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel, née Schindler (1879, Vienna – 1964, New York City), an Austrian socialite, well known in her youth for her beauty and vivacity
  • Roman Werfel (1906, Lemberg (Polish: Lwów) – 2003, ?), a Polish communist apparatchik
  • Yitzhak Rafael, né Werfel (1914, Sabov, Austrian Galicia – 1999), Israeli politician
  • Rabbi Louis (Eliezer) Werfel (1916, ?, United States – 1943, Algeria), an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, military rabbi, of Galician Jewish descent

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