Kühnel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
August Kühnel (1645–c. 1700), German composer and viola da gamba performer Ambrosius Kühnel (1771-1813), German organist and music publisher Ernst Kühnel (1882−1964), German art historian Kea Kühnel (born 1991), German freestyle skier Mariana Harder-Kühnel (born 1974), German politician Rudolf Kühnel (1896–1950), Austrian racewalker
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