Eckel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bruce Eckel (author of Thinking in Java and Thinking in C++) Horst Eckel (1932–2021), former German football player (born 1944), German politician (SPD) Kyle Eckel, American football player Malcolm David Eckel, professor at Boston University
See also
Eckel Industries, an acoustics noise control company Ekel (disambiguation) Eckels, a surname