Kessler or Keßler is a surname of German and Jewish ( Ashkenazi) origins. It is an occupational name that means ''coppersmith'', or more precisely, a kettle (German ) maker. In alpine countries the name derived from the definition: the one living in the basin of a valley. People named Kessler include: * Achim Kessler (born 1964), German politician * Amalia Kessler, American lawyer * Anna Rose Kessler Moore, American singer * Andy Kessler, (born 1959), author, investor, financier * Andy Kessler, (died 2009), skateboarder *

Barbara Kessler Barbara Kessler (born 1962) is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She began her career performing in clubs on Cape Cod and driving an ice cream truck, then began performing at open mikes in Boston, and continues to be part of the Boston ...

, American singer-songwriter *

Bruce Kessler Bruce Kessler (born March 23, 1936) is an American racing driver and film and television director. Racing career Kessler was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. He was the son of a clothing designer. In the ear ...

, television and film director *

Chad Kessler (American football) Chad Stephen Kessler (born June 24, 1975) is a former American football punter who played college football at Louisiana State University and attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida. He was a consensus All-American in 1997. Kessler ...

(born 1975), American football player * Cody Kessler, American football player * Daniel Kessler, lead guitarist for post-punk band

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

David Aaron Kessler David Aaron Kessler (born May 13, 1951) is an American pediatrician, attorney, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental) serving as Chief Science Officer of the White House COVID-19 Response Team since 2021. Kessler was the commi ...

, scientist and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration *

David Kessler (actor) David Kessler (1860 – 1920) was a prominent actor in the first great era of Yiddish theater. As a star Yiddish dramatic performer in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United ...

, (1860–1920), Yiddish actor * Donald J. Kessler, NASA scientist *

Edwin Kessler Edwin Kessler III (December 2, 1928 – February 21, 2017) was an American atmospheric scientist who oversaw the development of Doppler weather radar and was the first director of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). Early life Kessle ...

(1928–2017), an American atmospheric scientist who oversaw the development of

Doppler weather radar Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern weather radars are mostly pulse- ...

in the US and was the first director of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) * Alice & Ellen Kessler, known for their participation in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1959 The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European B ...

* Frederick P. Kessler, Wisconsin legislator *

Friedrich Kessler Friedrich "Fritz" Kessler (August 25, 1901 – January 21, 1998) was an American law professor who taught at Yale Law School (1935–1938, 1947–1970), University of Chicago Law School, and University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He was ...

, (1901–1998), American academic and scholar *

Geldolph Adriaan Kessler Geldolph Adriaan "Dolf" Kessler (2 April 1884 – 21 August 1945) was a Dutch footballer and industrialist. Kessler – along with brother Boeli and cousins Tonny and Dé – played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won ...

, Dutch industrialist and footballer *

George Kessler George Edward Kessler (July 16, 1862 – March 20, 1923) was an American pioneer city planner and landscape architect. Over the course of his forty-one year career, George E. Kessler completed over 200 projects and prepared plans for 26 comm ...

, city planner and landscape architect * Germán Kessler (born 1994), Uruguayan rugby union player *

Gladys Kessler Gladys Kessler (born January 22, 1938) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Education and career After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University ...

, American jurist *

Glenn Kessler (journalist) Glenn Kessler (born July 6, 1959) is an American former diplomatic correspondent who has helmed the "Fact Checker" feature for ''The Washington Post'' since 2011. Career Kessler is a 1981 graduate of Brown University and received a Masters of I ...

, American journalist and author *

Glenn Kessler (screenwriter) Glenn Kessler (born April 6, 1970) is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor, and director. Early life and education Kessler grew up in the suburbs of Detroit suburb and graduated from the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield H ...

, American screenwriter and television producer *

Gustav Kessler Gustav Kessler (German spelling: ''Keßler'') (1832–1904) was a German trade unionist. In his early life he had been apprenticed as a carpenter before qualifying as a state registered architect (German: ''Regierungsbaumeister''). He became a soc ...

, German trade unionist *

Harry Graf Kessler Harry Clemens Ulrich Graf von Kessler (23 May 1868 – 30 November 1937) was an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art. English translations of his diaries "Journey to the Abyss" (2011) and "Berlin in Lights" (1971) rev ...

(1868–1937), an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art *

Heinz Kessler Heinz Kessler or Heinz Keßler (26 January 1920 – 2 May 2017) was a German communist politician and military officer in East Germany. His career in the military started when he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Ger ...

(1920–2017), general from East Germany * Henry Kessler (1847–1900), American baseball player * Jason Kessler (born 1979), Chief Risk Officer of Cassa Centrale Banca - Credito Cooperativo Italiano (Italy) * Jason Kessler (born 1983), organizer of the deadly white nationalist

Unite the Right rally The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, ...

Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen C ...

Jean Baptiste August Kessler Jean Baptiste August Kessler (15 December 1853 – 14 December 1900) was a Dutch entrepreneur and oil explorer who was largely responsible for the growth and development of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., now part of present-day Shell. Early life ...

, Dutch oil explorer *

Jimmy Kessler James Lee Kessler
, Hebrew Union College, 12 March 1997, Retrieved on 2012-03-13. (born December 10, 1945), ...

, the first native Texan to assume leadership of Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston, Texas * John Kessler, Wisconsin legislator * John Kessler (naval historian) (1761–1840) * John Kessler, birth name of Jack Baker (magician) (1913/1914–1980), American magician *

Josef Alois Kessler Joseph Aloysius Kessler (german: Josef Alois Kessler, russian: Иосиф Алоиз Кесслер; August 12, 1862 – December 10, 1933) was the last bishop of the Diocese of Tiraspol (Russia) and the last Volga German bishop till Bishop Jose ...

Volga German The Volga Germans (german: Wolgadeutsche, ), russian: поволжские немцы, povolzhskiye nemtsy) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov ...

bishop *

Joseph Christoph Kessler Joseph Christoph Kessler (26 August 180014 January 1872), also seen as Kötzler, was a German pianist and composer who was active mostly in the Austrian Empire. His études, nocturnes, variations, preludes and bagatelles were praised by such peopl ...

, German pianist and composer *

Julius Kessler Julius Kessler (August 4, 1855 – 10 December 1940) was the founder of Kessler Whiskey. Kessler was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1855. He came to America to make his fortune. He founded Kessler Whisky in the 1870s in Leadville, Colorado. In the e ...

, was the founder of Kessler Whiskey *

Karl Fedorovich Kessler Karl Fedorovich Kessler (19 November 1815 – 3 March 1881) was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed ''Kessler'', who was mostly active in Kyiv, Ukraine. He conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian region ...

(1815–1881), German-Russian zoologist; author of zoological taxa signed ''Kessler'' * Karl G. Kessler (1919–1997), American physicist *

Kent Kessler Kent Kessler (born January 28, 1957) is an American jazz double-bassist. Career Although born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Kessler grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He began playing trombone at age ten. When he was thirteen, he moved with his f ...

(born 1957), American musician * Linse Kessler (born 1966), Danish television personality, actress and businesswoman *

Liz Kessler Liz Kessler (Born 15 October 1966) is an English writer of children's books, most notably a series about a half-mermaid named Emily Windsnap. Biography Liz Kessler grew up in Southport in the North West of England, and has lived in Mancheste ...

, British author of children's books *

Matthias Kessler Matthias Kessler (born 16 May 1979 in Nuremberg) is a German former professional road racing cyclist who competed from 2000 to 2007 for and . Biography Kessler debuted as a pro during the 2000 season after becoming German under 23 champion in 1 ...

, German professional road racing cyclist * Meredith Kessler (born 1978), American athlete *

Meir Kessler Meir Kessler (born February 17, 1961) is the Chief Rabbi and head of Rabbinical Court of Modi'in Illit. He was born at Bnei Brak and studied at the Ponevezh yeshiva and afterward at Kol Torah under Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. After his marriag ...

, rabbi *

Michael Kessler Michael Kessler (born 24 June 1967) is a German actor, comedian and author. Career Theater Kessler had his acting training at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992. Afterwards he began acting roles at Schauspielhaus ...

, German actor and comedian * Michael G. Kessler, cited as first "forensic auditor", founder of Kessler International *

Mikkel Kessler Mikkel Kessler (born 1 March 1979) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the WBA title three times between 2004 and 2013, and the WBC title twic ...

, Danish boxer *

Minuetta Kessler Minuetta Shumiatcher Borek Kessler (September 5, 1914 – November 30, 2002) was a Russian-born Canadian and later American concert pianist, classical music composer, and educator. A child prodigy, she performed her first composition at a recital ...

(1914–2002), Canadian/American concert pianist, classical music composer, and educator *

Nadine Keßler Nadine Keßler (; born 4 April 1988) is a German retired footballer and current UEFA's head of women's football. She played for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team. Keßler was the recipient of the FIFA World Player of the Year award at ...

, retired German footballer *

Robert Kessler Robert Louis Kessler (November 25, 1914 – September 5, 2001) was standout basketball player at Purdue University in the NCAA and then with the Indianapolis Kautskys in the National Basketball League (NBL). Kessler was from Anderson, Indi ...

, All American basketball player (Purdue) and GM executive *

Ronald Kessler Ronald Borek Kessler (born Ronald Borek; December 31, 1943) is an American journalist and author of 21 non-fiction books about the White House, U.S. Secret Service, FBI, and CIA. Personal life Kessler was born in New York City to Dr. Ernest B ...

, American journalist and author * Ronald C. Kessler (born 1947) American sociologist and psychiatrical epidemiologist *

Ryan Kesler Ryan James Kesler (born August 31, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey center. Selected in the first round, 23rd overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Kesler spent the first ten years of his National Hoc ...

, American NHL player *

Todd Ellis Kessler Todd Ellis Kessler is an American television producer and writer. He has worked in both capacities on varied series including ''The Practice'', ''Crossing Jordan'', ''Kevin Hill'', ''The Unit'' and ''The Good Wife''. He has been nominated for dayti ...

, American television writer and producer * Walker Kessler (born 2001), American basketball player

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* Kessler, main antagonist in the video game, ''

inFamous Infamous may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * ''Infamous'' (2006 film), an American drama film * ''Infamous'' (2020 film), an American crime thriller film * "Infamous", an episode of ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinj ...

'' * At the time of the shooting of the original Seinfeld pilot titled "

The Seinfeld Chronicles "The Seinfeld Chronicles" (also known as "Good News, Bad News", "Pilot", "The Premiere", or simply "Seinfeld") is the pilot episode of the American sitcom ''Seinfeld'', which first aired on NBC on July 5, 1989. The first of the 180 ''Seinfeld' ...

", Kenny Kramer had not yet given consent to use his name, and so

Cosmo Kramer Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character in the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998) played by Michael Richards. The character is loosely based on comedian Kenny Kramer, Larry David's e ...

's character was originally referred to as "Kessler" * David Kessler is the name of the main character in the 1981 comedy-horror film '' An American Werewolf in London'' * Edward Anselm 'Eddie' Kessler is the name of a character in HBO's Boardwalk Empire. * Monty Kessler is the name of Brendan Fraser's character in "With Honours" * Raphael Kessler is the protagonist in L'anniversaire * Ulrich Kesler (voiced by

Shūichi Ikeda is a Japanese actor and narrator. Ikeda is married to Sakiko Tamagawa, although he was once married to Keiko Toda. He currently works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He is best known for his role as Char Aznable in multiple ' ...

) is a character in the science-fiction series ''

Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. In humanity's distant fu ...

''. * Marie Kessler, Aunt of Protagonist Nick Burkhart in "

Grimm Grimm may refer to: People * Grimm (surname) * Brothers Grimm, German linguists ** Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist ** Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm * Christia ...

". * Kelly Kessler Burkhart, Mother of Protagonist Nick BurkHart in "Grimm". * Donald Kessler, a character in the 1996 science fiction comedy film ''

Mars Attacks! ''Mars Attacks!'' is a 1996 American science fiction comedy film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. The film featu ...

'' * Baroness Kessler, a character played by

Barbara Jefford Mary Barbara Jefford, OBE (26 July 1930 – 12 September 2020) was a British actress, best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 19 ...

in the 1999 mystery thriller film ''

The Ninth Gate ''The Ninth Gate'' is a 1999 neo-noir horror thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. An international co-production between the United States, Portugal, France, and Spain, the film is loosely based upon Arturo Pérez ...

'' * Mitch Kessler, the main character, played by

Steve Carell Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in ''The Office'' (2005–2011; 2013), NBC’s adaptation of the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, where Ca ...

, of the Apple TV+ television show '' The Morning Show'' * Gestapo Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler (played by

Clifford Rose John Clifford Rose (24 October 1929 – 6 November 2021) was a British actor. Life and career Rose was born in Herefordshire. He was educated at the King's School, Worcester, and King's College London, before appearing in rep and began his ass ...

), a character in the tv series '' Secret Army'' and ''

Kessler Kessler or Keßler (in German) may refer to: * Kessler (automobile), an American automobile made 1921–1922 * Kessler (name), people named Kessler * ''Kessler'' (TV series), a British television series from 1981 * Kessler, Ohio, an unincorporat ...

'' * Evan Kessler, a character in the Talisman at

Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtow ...

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