Tapsell may refer to:

Surname Phillip Tapsell (1777–1873), born Hans Homan Jensen Falk, Danish mariner, whaler, and trader who settled in New Zealand Enid Marguerite Hamilton Tapsell (1903–1975), New Zealand nurse, community leader, writer, local politician Wally Tapsell (1904–1938), British communist activist, leading figure in the British Battalion during the Spanish Civil War Carlyle Tapsell (1909–1975), Indian field hockey player and twice Olympic competitor Peter Tapsell (British politician) (1930–2018), Conservative Party politician, former Member of Parliament Peter Tapsell (New Zealand politician) (1930–2012), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives R. F. Tapsell (1936–1984), English author of historical novels, editor of a book on royal family dynasties Miranda Tapsell (born 1987), Indigenous Australian actress of both stage and screen Tania Tapsell, New Zealand politician

Places Tapsell Foreland, snow-covered foreland jutting into the sea between Yule Bay and Smith Inlet, northern Victoria Land