Herschel (name)
Herschel, Herschell, Herschelle or Hershel, is a given name and a surname of German and Jewish origins. Notable people with the name include:Given name
- Herschel Whitfield Arant, American legal academic
- Herschel Austin, British furniture-maker and politician
- Benjamin Herschel Babbage South Australian explorer
- Herschel Baltimore, American basketball player
- Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, American Twitch streamer and internet celebrity known as Dr DisRespect
- Walter Herschel Beech, American aviator
- Herschel Bennett, American baseball player
- Herschel Bernardi, American actor
- Richard Hershel Bloom, U.S. politician from California
- Herschel F. Briles, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Herschel Bullen, American businessman
- Herschel Burgess, American college football player
- Herschel Caldwell, American college football player
- Herschel L. Carnahan, U.S. politician from California
- Herschel W. Cleveland, U.S. politician from Arkansas
- Herschel H. Cudd, American chemist
- Herschel Daugherty, American film and television director
- Hershel Dennis, American football player
- Robert Herschel Donaldson American political scientist
- Herschel Evans, American saxophonist
- Herschel Forester, American football player
- Herschel Friday, American lawyer
- Herschel Garfein, American composer
- Herschel Burke Gilbert, American composer
- Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
- John Herschel Glenn, American astronaut
- Herschel Gluck, British rabbi
- Hershel W. Gober, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Harry Golden, born Herschel Goldhirsch, American newspaper publisher
- David Herschel Goodman, American television writer and producer
- Herschel Green, American flying ace
- Hershel Greene, fictional character from The Walking Dead series
- Herschel Lynn Greer, American businessman
- Michael Herschel Greger, American physician
- Herschel Grynszpan, assassin of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
- Herschel Hardin, Canadian political activist
- Herschel H. Hatch, U.S. politician from Michigan
- Herschel M. Hogg, U.S. politician from Colorado
- Herschel Lee Howell, Canadian politician from Saskatchewan
- Herschel Johnson, U.S. diplomat from North Carolina
- Herschel V. Jones, American newspaper publisher
- Herschel Krustofski, fictional character from The Simpsons, better known as "Krusty The Clown"
- Herschel Lashkowitz, U.S. politician from North Dakota
- William Hershel Lattimore, American baseball player
- Hershel Layton, protagonist of the Professor Layton fictional universe
- Herschel Leibowitz, American psychologist
- Herschell Gordon Lewis, a U.S. filmmaker, dubbed the Godfather of Gore
- Herschel C. Loveless, 34th governor of Iowa
- Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk, Dutch sprinter
- Hershel Ray Martin, American baseball player
- Heinrich Marx, born Herschel Mordechai, Prussian lawyer and father of Karl Marx
- Godlen Herschelle Derrick Masimla, South African rugby player
- Hershel Matt, American rabbi
- Herschel Mayall, American actor
- Herschel McCoy, American costume designer
- Hershel McGriff, American stock car racer
- Clifford Herschel Moore, American Latin scholar
- Hershel of Ostropol, a prominent figure in Jewish humor
- Hershel Parker, American literary historian
- Herschel Clifford Parker, American physicist
- Hershel Reichman, American rabbi
- Herschel L. Roman, American geneticist
- Herschel Rosenthal, U.S. politician from California
- Hershel Schachter, American rabbi
- Herschel Schacter, American rabbi
- C. Herschel Schooley, American newspaper editor
- Hershel Shanks, American archeologist
- William Hershel Sharpe, American television anchor
- Herschel Sims, American football player
- Herschel Smith, American wrestler
- Herschel Curry Smith, American track coach and athlete
- Herschel Sparber, American actor
- Herschel Stockton, American football player
- Arn Herschel Tellem, American businessman
- Herschell Turner, American basketball player
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson, U.S. politician from Georgia
- Herschel Walker, American football player
- Eli Herschel Wallach, American actor
- Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter
- Hershel W. Williams, U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient
- Roger Herschel Zion, U.S. politician from Indiana
Surname
The name is closely tied to the Herschel family, an Anglo-German family of astronomers:
- William Herschel, astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus
- Caroline Herschel, astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel
- John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel
- Alexander Stewart Herschel, astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
- William James Herschel, Indian Civil Service officer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
- John Herschel the Younger, military engineer, surveyor and astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
Other notable people with the surname include:
- Clemens Herschel, American hydraulic engineer
- May Herschel-Clarke, English poet
- Allan Herschell, creator of amusement park rides
- Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, former Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
- Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell, British politician
- Ridley Haim Herschell, Anglo-Polish minister
- Rognvald Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell, British politician
- Solomon Hirschell, British rabbi
