Hickel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anton Hickel (1745–1798), Austrian painter Ermalee Hickel (1925–2017), American philanthropist, wife of Wally Hickel Hal Hickel, American Academy Award-winning visual effects animator for Industrial Light & Magic Jack Hickel (born 1950), American physician and humanitarian, son of Wally and Ermalee Hickel Jason Hickel (born 1982), British anthropologist and professor, whose research and writing focuses on economic anthropology and development Joseph Hickel (1736-1807), Austrian portraitist and court painter to the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II Paul Robert Hickel (1865–1935), French botanist Rudolf Hickel (born 1942), German economist and author Svenja Hickel (born 1990), German female artistic gymnast Teri Hickel (born 1960), American politician, wife of Tim Hickel Tim Hickel (born 1960), American lawyer and politician, husband of Teri Hickel Walter Joseph Hickel a.k.a Wally Hickel (1919–2010), American businessman, real estate developer, and politician, former Governor of Alaska and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Zoe Hickel (born 1992), American women's ice hockey player