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
- 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