Westervelt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Franklin H. Westervelt (1930–2015), engineer, computer scientist, and educator at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University George Conrad Westervelt (1879–1956), co-founder of The Boeing Company, brother of William I. Westervelt, uncle of Peter Westervelt Herbert Eugene Westervelt (1858–1938), founder of Gulf States Paper Company and inventor Jacob Westervelt (1794–1881), Sheriff of New York County from 1831 to 1834 Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879), shipbuilder in the mid-19th century, and a mayor of New York City between 1853 and 1855 Peter Westervelt (1919–2015), physicist, son of William I. Westervelt, nephew of George Conrad Westervelt Robert M. Westervelt, physicist and educator at Harvard University William Drake Westervelt (1849–1939), author of several books and magazines on Hawaiian history and legends William Irving Westervelt (1876–1960), US Army general, brother of George Conrad Westervelt, father of Peter Westervelt