Ansel (name)
Ansel is a name derived from the same root as Anselm, a medieval Germanic name of uncertain meaning, perhaps view 'follower of a nobleman' or 'with divine protection'.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist
- Ansel Briggs, American politician
- Ansel Elgort, American actor and musician
- Ansel Elkins, American poet
- Ansel Galimov, Russian ice hockey player
- Ansel Franklin Hall, American naturalist
- Ansel Haugsjaa, American luger
- Ansel Krut, South African painter
- Ansel Sterling, American politician
- Ansel Talbert, American aviation journalist
- Ansel Walling, American politician
- Ansel Watrous, American newspaper editor and historian
- Ansel Williamson, American thoroughbred horse racing trainer
- Ansel Wong, Trinidadian cultural and political activist
- Edgar Ansel Mowrer, American journalist
Surname
- Dominique Ansel, French pastry chef
- Elise Ansel, American painter
- Julius Ansel, American politician
- Karen Ansel, American visual effects designer
- Martin Frederick Ansel, American politician
- Ruth Ansel, American graphic designer
- Talvikki Ansel, American poet