# Wankel

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**Wankel** may refer to:

- [Wankel engine](/source/Wankel_engine), a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design instead of reciprocating pistons
- [Wankel AG](/source/Wankel_AG), a German company that produces Wankel engines for ultralight aircraft and racing cars

## People

- [Charlotte Wankel](/source/Charlotte_Wankel) (1888–1969), Norwegian painter
- [Felix Wankel](/source/Felix_Wankel) (1902–1988), German engineer; inventor of the Wankel engine
- [Georg Reinholdt Wankel](/source/Georg_Reinholdt_Wankel) (1843–1907), Norwegian politician
- [Heinrich Wankel](/source/Heinrich_Wankel) (1821–1897), Czech palaeontologist

## See also

- [Wenkel](/source/Wenkel), a surname

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