Appel (surname)
Appel is a surname. Meaning "apple" in Dutch and Low German, it can be a metonymic occupational surname for an apple grower or seller. It can also be a German patronymic name, based on a pet form of Apprecht. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Appel, American scholarly expert on Vladimir Nabokov and author
- Allen Appel, American novelist
- Andrew Appel, American computer scientist and author
- Anne Milano Appel, American translator
- Arthur Appel, American computer scientist and author, presented the first algorithm for ray casting as a form of image rendering
- Benjamin Appel, American novelist
- Bluma Appel, Canadian philanthropist
- Bram Appel, Dutch footballer
- Brent R. Appel, American Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
- Bruno Appels, Belgian football goalkeeper
- Carmela Appel, Dutch cricketer
- Chris Appel, American basketball player
- Colette Appel, American pair skater
- Conrad Appel, American businessman and politician
- David Appel, Israeli businessman
- David Appel, Czech ice hockey player
- Elly Appel-Vessies, Dutch tennis player
- Eric Appel, American television/film writer, director, and producer
- Ernesto Ruffo Appel, Mexican politician
- Frank Appel, German CEO of Deutsche Post
- Fredrik Appel, Danish architect
- Gaby Appel, German field hockey player
- Gerald B. Appel, American nephrologist
- Gotfred Appel, Danish communist ideologist, known for his affiliation with the Blekinge Street Gang
- Hans Appel, German footballer
- Izaak Appel, Polish chess master
- Jacob Appel, Dutch painter
- Jacob M. Appel, American bioethicist
- Jan Appel, German revolutionary
- Jayne Appel, American professional basketball player
- Jesper Appel, Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Johann von Appel, Austrian governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- John Appel, Australian politician
- John Appel, Dutch documentary filmmaker
- Karel Appel, Dutch painter
- Kenneth Appel, American mathematician
- Kevin Appel, American painter and university professor
- Lawrence Appel, American nutrition researcher
- Libby Appel, American artistic director
- Marianne Appel, American artist and puppet designer
- Mark Appel, American professional baseball player
- Marty Appel, American public relations and sports management executive
- Mike Appel, American record producer/manager
- Otto Appel, German botanist and agriculturalist
- Peter H. Appel, American management consultant and government official
- Reinhard Appel, German journalist and television presenter
- Richard Appel, American television writer and producer
- Rolf Appel, German inorganic chemist
- Ron Appel, Swiss bioinformatician
- Sam Appel, American actor
- Scott Appel, American musician and musicologist
- Staci Appel, American politician
- Stanley Appel, British television producer and director
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