Wessel is a diminutive of the given name Werner of Frisian, German, and Dutch origin. People with this name include:

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* Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899-1944), German military commander and member of the German Resistance *

Wessel Gansfort Wessel Harmensz Gansfort (1419 – October 4, 1489) was a theologian and early humanist of the northern Low Countries. Many variations of his last name are seen and he is sometimes incorrectly called Johan Wessel. Gansfort has been called one of ...

(1419-1489), Dutch theologian and early humanist * Wessel Myburgh (born 1990), Namibian cricketer *

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner (or "Boer"), he helped establish the South African Republic (''Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek'' or ZAR; also referred to as Transva ...

(1819-1901), first president of the South African Republic * Wessel Roux (born 1975), South African rugby player *

Wessel van Diepen Wessel Dietrich van Diepen (born 12 November 1966) is a Dutch radio host, music producer, voice actor and former TV presenter. Under the pseudonym DJ Delmundo, he is part of Danski & Delmundo, the production duo behind internationally famous act ...

(born 1966), Dutch radio host * Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899 – 1990), Norwegian metaphysician, author, lawyer and mountaineer

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* Andreas Wessel (1858–1940), Norwegian physician and politician * Bernhard Wessel (1936-2022), German football goalkeeper * Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, American (Iowa) politician *

Caspar Wessel Caspar Wessel (8 June 1745, Vestby – 25 March 1818, Copenhagen) was a Danish– Norwegian mathematician and cartographer. In 1799, Wessel was the first person to describe the geometrical interpretation of complex numbers as points in the comp ...

(1745–1818), Dano-Norwegian mathematician who was the first person to describe the complex numbers * Christer Wessel (born 1943), Swedish curler *

David Wessel David Meyer Wessel (born February 21, 1954) is an American journalist and writer. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. He is director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution and a contributing ...

(born 1954), American journalist *

Dick Wessel Richard Michael Wessel (April 20, 1913 – April 20, 1965) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 270 films between 1935 and 1966. He is best remembered for his only leading role, a chilling portrayal of strangler Harry "Cu ...

(1913–1965), American film actor * Ellisif Wessel (1866–1949), Norwegian writer, trade unionist and politician * Franz Wessel (1903–1958), German judge * Friedrich Wessel (born 1945), German fencer * Hedvig Wessel (born 1995), Norwegian freestyle skier * Hendricus Wessel (1887–1977), Dutch long-distance runner * Henry Wessel, Jr. (1942–2018), American photographer *

Horst Wessel Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a Berlin ''Sturmführer'' ("Assault Leader", the lowest commissioned officer rank) of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), the Nazi Party's stormtroopers. After his killing in 1 ...

(1907-1930), a Nazi brownshirt who was glorified as a martyr by the party in the Horst-Wessel-Lied * Jessie Wessel (1894–1948), Swedish actress * Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Dano-Norwegian writer (brother of Caspar Wessel) * Kai Wessel (countertenor) (born 1964), German countertenor *

Kathrin Weßel Kathrin Wessel (née Ullrich; born 14 August 1967) is a retired German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. She was the 1987 World Championship bronze medallist, the 1990 European Championship silver medallist, and won the ...

(born 1967), German long-distance runner * Mark Wessel (1894–1973), American pianist and composer * Mark Wessel, American educator * Mike Wessel (born 1977), American mixed martial arts fighter * Morris A. Wessel (1917–2016), American pediatrician * Ole Christopher Wessel (1744–1794), Norwegian jurist and land surveyor * Pål Wessel, Norwegian geophysicist *

Paul Wessel Paul Wessel (born 9 April 1904 in Plauen; d. 20 January 1967 in Berlin) was a member of the small secretariat of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the communist party of the former German Democratic Rep ...

(1904-1967), East German politician *

Peter Wessel Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720), commonly referred to as Tordenskjold (), was a Norwegian nobleman and flag officer who spent his career in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank ...

(1690-1720), also known as ''Tordenskjold'', a Dano-Norwegian naval war hero *

Ulrich Wessel The Red Army Faction (RAF) existed in West Germany from 1970 to 1998, committing numerous crimes, especially in the autumn of 1977, which led to a national crisis that became known as the "German Autumn". The RAF was founded in 1970 by Andreas ...

(1946 –1975), German member of the Red Army Faction * Walter Wessel (1892 –1943), German Wehrmacht general * Wilhelm Wessel, 17th-century German book publisher

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