Petzold is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Petzold, American programmer and technical author on Microsoft Windows applications Barbara Petzold, East German cross-country skier Christian Petzold , German composer and organist Christian Petzold , German film director Eduard Petzold, German landscape gardener Guillaume-Lebrecht Petzold, French piano maker Klaus Petzold, German handballer Johann Christoph Pezel , German violinist, trumpeter, and composer Maik Petzold, German athlete Martin Petzold, German tenor