Kessel (surname)

Kessel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Al Kessel (ca. 1938-2012), founder of Kessel Food Markets
• Amanda Kessel (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Barney Kessel (1923–2004), American jazz guitarist
• Benjamin Kessel (born 1987), German footballer
• Edward L. Kessel (1904–1997), American biologist
• Franziska Kessel (1906-1934), German politician
• Georgina Kessel, Mexican economist
• Jerrold Kessel (1945–2011), South African-born Israeli journalist
• John Kessel (born 1950), American author
• John Van Kessel (born 1969), Canadian former ice hockey player
• Joseph Kessel (1898–1979), French writer
• Lipmann Kessel (1914–1986), South African surgeon
• Loris Kessel (1950–2010), Swiss racing driver
• Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981), German general
• Phil Kessel (born 1987), American ice hockey player
• Richard Kessel (born 1950), American businessman

See also

• Van Kessel
• Kessell