Wessels
Wessels is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname. Wessel used to be a common nickname for Werner in the Eastern Netherlands and in East Frisia. People with this surname include:
- Albert Wessels, South African industrialist
- André Weßels, German fencer
- Andreas Wessels, German football goalkeeper
- Bredell Wessels, Namibian cricketer
- Charlotte Wessels, Dutch heavy metal singer
- Cornelius Hermanus Wessels, South African politician and statesman
- Cornelius Wessels, Dutch Jesuit and historian
- David Wessels, South African rugby coach
- , Dutch billionaire, of VolkerWessels
- Dirck Wessels, New Netherland colonist
- Emile Wessels, Namibian rugby player
- Glenn Wessels, South African-born American painter
- Jaap Wessels, Dutch mathematician
- Jan Gerard Wessels Boer, Dutch plant taxonomist
- Johan Wessels, South African rugby player
- John Wessels, Chief Justice of South Africa from 1932 to 1936
- John Wessels , American college basketball player
- Kepler Wessels, South African cricket
- Leon Wessels, South African lawyer, politician, and activist
- Louis Wessels, German tennis player
- Peter Wessels, Dutch tennis player
- Riki Wessels, Australian cricketer
- Robbie Wessels, South African singer and actor
- Roger Wessels, South African golfer
- SP Wessels, South African rugby player
- Stefan Wessels, German football goalkeeper
- Stefan Wessels, Dutch basketball player
- Susan Wessels-Webber, South African field hockey player
- Tom Wessels, American terrestrial ecologist
- Ulla Wessels, German analytic philosopher
;As a middle name
- Anna Wessels Williams, American pathologist
