Wessel

Wessel or Weßel is the family name of the following people:

Alexander Wessel (1880–1954), German Protestant pastor and founder of popular solidarity
Alina Wessel (* 1990), German tennis player
August Wessel (1861–1941), German Protestant clergyman and politician (DNVP), general superintendent of the Lippe regional church
Bernhard Wessel (theologian) († 1482), German theologian, university professor and clergyman
Bernhard Wessel (sculptor) (1795–1856), German sculptor
Bernhard Wessel (architect) (1904–1976), German architect
Bernhard Wessel (soccer player) (* 1936), German soccer goalkeeper
Carl Emil Wessel (1831–1867), Danish architect and artist
Caspar Wessel (1745-1818), Danish-Norwegian mathematician and geodesist
Claudia Wessel (* 1958), German writer and journalist
David Wessel (1942–2014), American musicologist, composer and improvisation musician
David Wessel (* 1984), German DJ, music producer and music editor, see Mashup-Germany
Eduard Wessel (1883–1944), German local politician
Elias Wessel (* 1978), German artist
Erich Wessel (1906–1985), German painter and graphic artist
Franz Wessel (Mayor) (1487–1570), German politician
Franz Wessel (judge) (1903–1958), German judge
Friedrich Wessel (* 1945), German fencer
Georg von Wessel (1796–1853), German-Baltic-Russian artillery officer in the Imperial Russian Army, engineer and university professor
Gerhard Wessel (1913–2002), President of the Federal Intelligence Service
Gisela Wessel (* 1926), German actress
Günther Wessel (* 1959), German journalist
Hans Wessel († 1587), German goldsmith
Harald Wessel (* 1930), German journalist
Heinrich Wessel (1868–1939), German politician (DVP)
Heinrich Wessel (SS member) (1904–1996), German SS Obersturmführer
Heinrich Wessel (entrepreneur) (1838–1905), German entrepreneur in the cement industry
Helene Wessel (1898–1969), German politician (center, GVP, SPD) and one of the four "mothers of the Basic Law"
Helmut Wessel-Therhorn (1927–2012), German conductor
Henry Wessel (1942–2018), American photographer
Herbert Wessel (* 1944), German athlete
Hermann Wessel (approx. 1400), medieval mayor in Brilon
Horst Wessel (1907–1930), German SA storm leader
Horst Wessel (philosopher) (1936–2019), German philosopher and logician
Horst A. Wessel (* 1943), German historian and archivist
Ilse Wessel (1929–2014), Dutch news anchor and journalist
Ingeborg Wessel (1909–1993), German author, sister of Horst Wessel
Ingrid Wessel (* 1942), German Southeast Asian scholar
Irmgart Wessel-Zumloh (1907–1980), German painter and graphic artist
Jacob Wessel (1710–1780), painter in Danzig
Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Norwegian poet
Johann Wessel (1419–1489), Dutch theologian
Johann Tylmann Wessel OSB / OESA († 1431 at the latest), titular bishop of Symbalon and auxiliary bishop in Hildesheim and in Breslau
Johannes Wessel (1671–1745), German Reformed theologian
Julia Schulze Wessel (* 1971), German social and political scientist and university professor
Kai Wessel (director) (* 1961), German film and television director
Kai Wessel (singer) (* 1964), German countertenor, composer and music teacher
Karl Wessel (1842–1912), German entrepreneur and politician (NLP), MdR
Karl-Friedrich Wessel (philosopher) (* 1935), German philosopher of science
Karl-Friedrich Wessel (soccer player) (* 1954), German soccer player
Kathrin Weßel (born Kathrin Ullrich ; * 1967), German long-distance runner
Ken Wessel (* 1956), American jazz guitarist and music teacher
Klaus Wessel (1916–1987), German Christian archaeologist and Byzantine art historian
Kurt Wessel (1908–1976), German journalist.
Leon Wessel-Masannek (* 1992), German actor
Lorenz Wessel (1529 – after 1576), German furrier and mastersinger
Ludwig Wessel (1879–1922), Protestant pastor
Ludwig Wessel (entrepreneur) , German ceramics manufacturer
Margarete Wessel († 1970), German mother of Horst Wessel
Mark Wessel (1894–1973), American composer, pianist and music teacher
Marlon Wessel (* 1991), German actor
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819–1901), South African politician
Martin Schulze Wessel (* 1962), German historian
Max Wessel (1843–1928), district administrator, police president and member of the German Reichstag
Morris Wessel (1917–2016), American pediatrician
Nike Wessel (* 1981), German politician (Green Youth)
Oliver Wessel-Therhorn (1960–2010), German dancer, dance sport trainer and choreographer
Paul Wessel (1904–1967), German politician (SED)
Peter Wessel Tordenskiold (1690–1720), Danish-Norwegian naval officer
Philipp Wessel (1826–1855), German fraternity, geographer and paleobotanist
Rolf Wessel (* 1955), German entrepreneur
Rudolf Wessel (1825–1879), German stearin candle manufacturer and steam brick owner
Statius Wessel (around 1546–1616), German goldsmith and mint master
Ulrich Wessel (1946–1975), German terrorist
Ute Wessel (* 1953), German foil fencer and Olympic champion
Walter Wessel (General) (1892–1943), German Lieutenant General
Walter Wessel (physicist) (1900–1984), German physicist
Werner Wessel (1910–1929), German SA man, brother Horst Wessels
Wilfried Wessel (1930–2016), German politician (CDU) and mayor
Wilhelm Wessel (1904–1971), German painter and graphic artist
Wilhelm Wessel (printer) (~ 1560– ~ 1630), printer in Bremen and Kassel
Willi Wessel (* 1937), German politician (SPD)
Wiltrud Wessel (* 1934), founder of the private initiative Help for Poland, which is now called Bridge Bavaria-Poland

Wessel stands for:

Horst Wessel , a ship of the German Navy, named after the SA leader Horst Wessel, see Eagle (ship)
Porcelain and earthenware factory Ludwig Wessel , former factory in Bonn-Poppelsdorf
a place in the Czech Republic, see Veselka (Kněževes)
Villa Wessel , a building in Iserlohn
Wessel (Radibor) , is a district of the Saxon community Radibor in the Bautzen district
Wessel Islands , Australia
Kölner Wessel , a Rhenish name for the Hunspflug

See also: