Schickel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Alfred Schickel (1933–2015), German historian Bill Schickel (born 1951), American politician J. William Schickel (1850–1907), German-American architect John Schickel (born 1954), American politician Richard Schickel (1933–2017), American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic William Schickel (artist) (1919–2009), American spiritual artist and liturgical architect

See also Schickel & Ditmars, American architecture firm