Oppel

• Albert Oppel, German paleontologist
• Dorsum Oppel, a wrinkle ridge in Mare Crisium on the Moon
• Kenneth Oppel, Canadian author
• Nicolaus Michael Oppel, German naturalist
• Richard A. Oppel, Jr., an American journalist who reported for The New York Times from Iraq, Israel and Washington, D.C
• Richard Oppel, American journalist and was editor of the Austin American-Statesman from 1995 to 2008