Bissell is a surname deriving from the Middle English "buyscel", meaning "measure of grain", as well as the Yiddish "Bissel" and "Biselman". Respelling of German "Biesel". Notable persons with that name include:
A. Keith Bissell (born 1941), American politician Anna Sutherland Bissell (1846–1934), American manufacturing businesswoman Arthur D. Bissell (1844–1926), American transport businessman and banker Austin Bissell (died 1807), British Captain in the Royal Navy Bert Bissell (1902–1998), English mountain climber and peace activist Clark Bissell (1782–1857), American judge and politician, governor of Connecticut Claude Bissell (1916– 2000), Canadian author and educator Clayton Lawrence Bissell (1896–1972), American soldier Daniel Bissell (disambiguation), several people Emily Bissell (1861–1948), American social worker and activist Emma Bissell (born 2001), English footballer Frank Bissell (disambiguation), multiple people Gene Bissell (1926–2016), American football player and coach George Bissell (industrialist) (1821–1884), American oil businessman George Edwin Bissell (1839–1920), American sculptor Hezekiah Bissell (1835–1928), American civil engineer Israel Bissell (1752–1823), American post rider James D. Bissell (born 1952), American art director Jean Galloway Bissell (1936–1990), American judge and attorney John Winslow Bissell (born 1940), American judge and attorney Keith Bissell (1912–1992), Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator Laura Bissell (born 1983), English road and track racing cyclist Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American entrepreneur and inventor Mina Bissell, Iranian-American biologist Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. (1947–1996), American prosecutor Patrick Bissell (1957–1987), American dancer Peter Bissell (1986–2007), English road and track racing cyclist Raymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019), American art historian Richard M. Bissell Jr. (1910–1994), American spy and intelligence officer Richard Pike Bissell (1913–1977), American author Silas Bissell (1942–2002), American activist Stanley Bissell (1906–1999), English wrestler Susan Bissell (21st century), UNICEF's Child Protection Section chief Tom Bissell (born 1974), American journalist, critic, and fiction writer Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American actor William Bissell (disambiguation), several people Wilson S. Bissell (1847–1903), American politician from New York
See also Bissell (disambiguation)