Wessely is the German variant of the Czech surname ''

Veselý Veselý (feminine: Veselá) is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "merry" or "cheerful". Notable people with the surname Veselá include: * Hana Veselá, Czech figure skater * Jana Veselá (born 1983), Czech basketball player * Jarmila Veselá ...

''. Notable people with the surname include: * Clare Gerada, Lady Wessely (born 1959), British medical doctor * Josephine Wessely (1860–1887), Austrian actress * Karl Wessely (1860–1931), Austrian papyrus scholar * Karl Bernhard Wessely, (1768-1826). Prussian composer. *

Kurt von Wessely Kurt von Wessely, also Curt von Wessely (; 18 October 1881 – 25 October 1917), was an Austrian tennis player who was active during the beginning of the 20th century. Career In July 1905 he played for the Austrian Davis Cup team in a semifinal ...

(died 1917), Austrian tennis player *

Naphtali Hirz Wessely Naphtali Hirz (Hartwig) Wessely ( yi, נפתלי הירץ וויזעל, translit=Naftali Hirtz Vizel; 9 December 1725 – 28 February 1805) was an 18th-century German-Jewish Hebraist and educationist. Family history One of Wessely's ancestors, ...

(1725–1805), German Hebraist and educator. *

Paula Wessely Paula Anna Maria Wessely (20 January 1907 – 11 May 2000) was an Austrian theatre and film actress. ''Die Wessely'' (literally "The Wessely"), as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actr ...

(1907–2000), Austrian actress * Peter Wessely (born 1959), Austrian author *

Rudolf Wessely Rudolf Wessely (19 January 1925 in Vienna, Austria – 25 April 2016 in Munich, Germany) was an Austrian actor.

(1925–2016), Austrian actor *

Simon Wessely Sir Simon Charles Wessely (born 23 December 1956) is a British psychiatrist. He is Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and head of its department of psychological medicine, vice dean for academi ...

(born 1956), British psychiatrist

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