Merle (surname)
Merle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carole Merle, French former alpine skier
- Foulques du Merle, Marshal of France
- Frank Merle (mathematician), French mathematician
- Georges Merle, French painter
- Guy du Merle, French aeronautical engineer, test pilot and writer
- Hugues Merle, French painter; father of Georges Merle
- Leo Merle, American Paralympic athlete
- Matthieu Merle, Huguenot captain in the Wars of Religion
- Natasha C. Merle, American lawyer and judge
- Olivier Merle, French former rugby union footballer
- Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle, French general of the Napoleonic Wars
- Robert Merle, French novelist