Besser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Astrid Besser (born 1989), Italian tennis player Chaskel Besser (1923–2010), Polish-American Rabbi Hans Besser (1510 – after 1558), German portrait painter Hans Besser (chess player) (1935–2002), German chess master Howard Besser (born c. 1952), American scholar of digital preservation, digital libraries, and preservation of film and video Jesse Besser (1882–1970), American inventor, who invented a machine for making Besser blocks Joe Besser (1907–1988), American comedian Les Besser (born 1936), American electronics engineer, and founder of Compact Software, the first RF and microwave EDA company Linton Besser (born 1976 or 1977), Australian journalist Matt Besser (born 1967), American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer Richard E. Besser (born 1959), American doctor and executive Robert Dennis Besser, see Robert Denning (1927–2005), American interior designer Stuart M. Besser, American film producer Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842), Austrian botanist
See also Besser Mfg. Co. v. United States Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Besserer