What is "westphal"

Westphal or Westphall may refer to the following people:

• Brigitta Westphal (born 1944), German painter
• Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833–1890), German neurologist and psychiatrist
• Carlo Westphal (born 1985), German professional road bicycle racer
• Carlos Becker Westphall, Brazilian computer scientist and Brazilian academic.
• Christoph Westphal, pharmaceutical executive
• Daniel Westphal, Northern Mariana Islander footballer
• Dirk Westphal (born 1963), American artist
• Edwin Westphal (born 1966), Guatemalan former professional football forward
• Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal (1919–1990), South African linguist
• Euler Renato Westphal, Brazilian Lutheran theologian
• Frank Westphal, (1889–1948), American musician
• George Augustus Westphal (1785–1875), English Royal Navy officer
• Heidi Westphal, German rower and Olympic medalist
• J. G. Westphal (1824–1859), German astronomer and mathematician
• James Westphal (1930–2004), American academic, scientist, engineer, inventor and astronomer
• James D. Westphal, American business professor
• Joachim von Westphal (born 1978), German songwriter, producer and promoter
• Joachim Westphal (of Eisleben) (died 1569), Lutheran theologian
• Joachim Westphal (of Hamburg) (c. 1510–1574), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Heinrich Westphal (1794–1831), German astronomer
• Jonathan Westphal (born 1951), philosopher
• Joseph W. Westphal (born 1948), United States Under Secretary of the Army
• Katherine Westphal (born 1919), American textile designer
• Michael Westphal (1965–1991), tennis player for West Germany
• Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal (1800–1879), prominent physician and author on the human eye and on optics
  • Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833–1890), German neurologist and psychiatrist, son of Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal
    • Alexander Carl Otto Westphal (1863–1941), German physician, son of Carl Friedrich Otto and grandson of Otto Carl Friedrich Westphal
• Paul Westphal (born 1950), retired American basketball player and former head coach of the Sacramento Kings
• Rudolf Westphal (born 1826), German classical scholar
• Siegfried Westphal (1902-1982), German general
• Søren Westphal (born 1986), Danish handballer
• Wilhelm Westphal (1882–1978), German physicist

Westphal may also refer to:

• 20D/Westphal, a periodic comet
• Westphal, Nova Scotia