Pfuhl (German for "quagmire", geographically and figurative) is a German topographic surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Ernst Pfuhl (1876–1940), German-Swiss classical archaeologist and art historian, son of Johannes Gavin Pfuhl (1947–2002), South African first-class cricketer and cricket commentator Gerit Pfuhl, German mountain bike orienteer Graham Pfuhl (born 1950), South African cricketer Herb Pfuhl (1928–2011), American politician and teacher Johannes Pfuhl (1846–1914), German sculptor
See also Anna Maria von Phul (1786–1823), an American artist Wenanty Fuhl (born 1960), a Polish footballer Pfuel, an ancient German noble family Wadephul, a German surname