Kessel (surname)
Kessel is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of copper cooking vessels. Notable people with the surname include:
- Al Kessel, founder of Kessel Food Markets
- Amanda Kessel, American ice hockey player
- Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist
- Benjamin Kessel, German footballer
- Edward L. Kessel, American biologist
- Franziska Kessel, German politician
- Georgina Kessel, Mexican economist
- Gustav von Kessel, German general
- Jerrold Kessel, South African-born Israeli journalist
- John Kessel, American author
- John Van Kessel, Canadian ice hockey player
- Joseph Kessel, French writer
- Lipmann Kessel, South African surgeon
- Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver
- Matthew Kessel, American ice hockey player
- Mortimer von Kessel, German general
- Oliver D. Kessel, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
- Richard Kessel, American businessman