Scheel is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

of Germanic origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Arnd Scheel Arnd Scheel is a professor with the School of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota. Scheel earned his Ph.D. in 1994 from the Freie Universität Berlin under the supervision of Bernold Fiedler. In 2009 he was awarded the J.D. Crawford Pri ...

, mathematician at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

* Ellen Scheel, Norwegian football player *

Fritz Scheel Johann Friedrich Ludwig “Fritz” Scheel (7 November 1852 – 13 March 1907) was a German conductor, and the first musical director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was born in Fackenburg, in present-day Schleswig-Holstein. He emigrated ...

(1852–1907), German-American orchestra conductor * Georg Scheel, Norwegian

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and ...

Günther Scheel Günther Scheel (23 November 1921 – MIA 16 July 1943) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He is ...

(1921–1943), German ace fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II *

Gustav Adolf Scheel Gustav Adolf Scheel (22 November 1907 – 25 March 1979) was a German physician and Nazi Party official. He served as a "multifunctionary" in Nazi Germany, including posts as the Reich Student Leader leading both the National Socialist German Stu ...

(1907–1979), German physician in the SS during the Nazi regime *

Herman Scheel Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel (18 January 1859 – 29 September 1956) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway. He was the elder brother of the portrait painter Signe Scheel (1860� ...

(1859–1956), Norwegian jurist; chief justice of the Supreme Court 1920–29 *

Heinrich Scheel Heinrich Karl Scheel ( lv, Heinrihs Kārlis Šēls; 17 May 1829 – 13 April 1909) was a Baltic German architect who lived and worked in Riga, Latvia. He is considered one of the greatest 19th century Riga architects and has designed more than ...

baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

architect * Ingeborg Scheel, Swiss Olympic fencer * John Scheel, MD, term coiner of naturopathy * Jørgen Jacob Scheel (1916–1989), Danish aristocrat, soldier and

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

Karl Scheel Karl Friedrich Franz Christian Scheel (10 March 1866 in Rostock – 8 November 1936 in Berlin) was a German physicist. He was a Senior Executive Officer and head of Department IIIb at the Reich Physical and Technical Institute. Additionally, ...

(1866–1936), German physicist *

Mildred Scheel Mildred Scheel (born Mildred Wirtz; 31 December 1931 in Cologne – 13 May 1985 in Cologne) was a German physician, the second wife of the President of the Federal Republic Walter Scheel and the founder of the German Cancer Aid. Life and work Mi ...

(1932–1985), German doctor; second wife of Walter Scheel *

Walter Scheel Walter Scheel (; 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A member of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and l ...

(1919–2016), German politician; president of the Federal Republic of Germany 1974–79 * Baron Boris Vietinghoff-Scheel (1829–1901), Russian composer

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