'''Wessels''' is a Dutch and Low German patronimic surname, where it was originally a Norman Viking surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Albert Wessels (1908–1991), South African industrialist *André Weßels (born 1981), German fencer *Andreas Wessels (born 1964), German football goalkeeper *Bredell Wessels (born 1995), Namibian cricketer *Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch heavy metal singer *Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (1851–1924), South African politician and statesman *Cornelius Wessels (1880–1964), Dutch Jesuit and historian *David Wessels (born 1982), South African rugby coach *{{Ill|Dik Wessels|nl}} (1946–2017), Dutch billionaire, of VolkerWessels *Dirck Wessels (1638–1717), New Netherland colonist *Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibian rugby player *Glenn Wessels (c. 1932 – 1982), South African-born American artist *Jaap Wessels (1939–2009), Dutch mathematician *Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (1936–2019), Dutch plant taxonomist *Johan Wessels (born 1988), South African rugby player *John Wessels (judge) (1862–1936), South African jurist *John Wessels (basketball) (1938–1994), American basketball player *Kepler Wessels (born 1957), South African cricket player *Leon Wessels (born 1946), South African lawyer, politician, and activist *Louis Wessels (born 1998), German tennis player *Peter Wessels (born 1978), Dutch tennis player *Riki Wessels (born 1985), Australian cricketer *Robbie Wessels (born 1980), South African singer and actor *Roger Wessels (born 1961), South African golfer *Stefan Wessels (born 1979), German football player *Stefan Wessels (basketball) (born 1984), Dutch basketball player *Susan Wessels-Webber (born 1977), South African field hockey player *Tom Wessels (born 1951), American terrestrial ecologist *Ulla Wessels (born 1965), German analytic philosopher *Wessel Jacobus Wessels (1865–1945), Orange Free State Boer War general
'''As a middle name''' *Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), American pathologist
==See also== *Wessel (disambiguation) *Wessels, Swedish department store (1911–1977) founded by Th. Wessel *Wessels Islands *Wessels mine
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Category:Dutch-language surnames Category:Afrikaans-language surnames Category:Low German surnames Category:Patronymic surnames