Kessler (name)
| Kessler (Kesler, Keßler, Keszler) |
| Family name |
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| Meaning |
kettle (pot, cauldron) maker |
| Region of origin |
Germany, Switzerland (Alemannic & Middle German forms); Yiddish-speaking world |
| Language(s) of origin |
German, Yiddish |
| Related names |
Kössler, Kesler, Kesselmacher; Kettler, Ketteler (Low German forms) |
Kessler or Keßler is a surname of German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) origins. It is an occupational name that means coppersmith.[1]
People named Kessler includes:
- Andy Kessler, (born 1959), author, investor, financier
- Andy Kessler, (died 2009), skateboarder
- Barbara Kessler, American singer-songwriter
- Daniel Kessler, lead guitarist for post-punk band Interpol
- Daniel Patrick Kessler, artist
- David Aaron Kessler, scientist and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
- Donald J. Kessler, NASA scientist
- Alice & Ellen Kessler, known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959
- Frederick P. Kessler, Wisconsin legislator
- Friedrich Kessler, academic and scholar
- Geldolph Adriaan Kessler, Dutch industrialist and footballer
- George Kessler, city planner and landscape architect
- Gladys Kessler, American jurist
- Glenn Kessler (journalist), American journalist and author
- Glenn Kessler (screenwriter), American screenwriter and television producer
- Gustav Kessler, German trade unionist
- Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937), an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art
- Heinz Kessler (born 1920), general from East Germany
- Jean Baptiste August Kessler, Dutch oil explorer
- Jimmy Kessler, the first native Texan to assume leadership of Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston, Texas
- Josef Alois Kessler, Volga German bishop
- Joseph Christoph Kessler, German pianist and composer
- Julius Kessler, was the founder of Kessler Whiskey
- Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815–1881), German-Russian zoologist; author of zoological taxons signed Kessler
- Karl G. Kessler (1919–1997), American physicist
- Liz Kessler, British author of children's books
- Matthias Kessler, German professional road racing cyclist
- Michael Kessler, German actor and comedian
- Michael G. Kessler, cited as first "forensic auditor", founder of Kessler International
- Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
- Ronald Kessler, American journalist and author
- Ryan Kesler, American NHL player
Fictional people
- Kessler, main antagonist in the video game, inFamous
- At the time of the shooting of the original Seinfeld pilot titled "The Seinfeld Chronicles", Kenny Kramer had not yet given consent to use his name, and so Cosmo Kramer's character was originally referred to as "Kessler".
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