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Andreas Wessel (1858–1940), Norwegian physician and politician •
Bernhard Wessel (1936–2022), German football player •
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, American politician from Iowa •
Birgit Wessel (1911–2000), Norwegian textile artist •
Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Dano-Norwegian mathematician, first to describe the complex numbers •
Christer Wessel (born 1943), Swedish curler •
David Wessel (born 1954), American journalist •
Dick Wessel (1913–1965), American film actor •
Ellisif Wessel (1866–1949), Norwegian writer, trade unionist and politician •
Franz Wessel (1903–1958), German judge •
Friedrich Wessel (born 1945), German fencer •
Hedvig Wessel (born 1995), Norwegian freestyle skier •
Helene Wessel (1898–1969), German politician •
Hendricus Wessel (1887–1977), Dutch long-distance runner •
Henry Wessel, Jr. (1942–2018), American photographer •
Horst Wessel (1907–1930), Nazi brownshirt, glorified as a martyr in the Horst-Wessel-Lied •
Jessie Wessel (1894–1948), Swedish actress •
Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Dano-Norwegian writer, brother of Caspar •
Kai Wessel (countertenor) (born 1964), German countertenor •
Kathrin Weßel (born 1967), German long-distance runner •
Mark Wessel (1894–1973), American pianist and composer •
Mark Wessel, American educator •
Mike Wessel (born 1977), American mixed martial arts fighter •
Morris A. Wessel (1917–2016), American pediatrician •
Ole Christopher Wessel (1744–1794), Norwegian jurist and land surveyor •
Pål Wessel, Norwegian geophysicist •
Paul Wessel (1904–1967), East German politician •
Peter Wessel (1690–1720), also known as
Tordenskjold, Dano-Norwegian naval war hero •
Ulrich Wessel (1946–1975), German member of the Red Army Faction •
Walter Wessel (1892–1943), German army general •
Wilhelm Wessel, 17th-century German book publisher ==See also==