Hessel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bernd Hessel (born 1961), West German sprint canoeist Franz Hessel (1880–1941), German author, translator and lecturer Katja Hessel (born 1972), German politician Lasse Hessel (1940–2019), Danish doctor and inventor Johann F. C. Hessel (1796–1872), German physician and mineralogist Mats Hessel (born 1961), Swedish ice hockey player Phoebe Hessel (1713–1812), woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the British Army Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013), French Resistance fighter, diplomat, and writer
See also
Hessel, a river in Germany