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.[1] People with this 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
• Dik Wessels (1946–2017), Dutch billionaire, of VolkerWessels
• Dirck Wessels (1638–1717), New Netherland colonist
• Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibian rugby player
• Glenn Wessels (ca.1932–1982), South African-born American painter
• Jaap Wessels (1939-2009), Dutch mathematician
• Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936), Dutch plant taxonomist
• Johan Wessels (born 1988), South African rugby player
• John Wessels (1862-1936), Chief Justice of South Africa from 1932 to 1936
• John Wessels (basketball) (1938–1994), American college basketball player
• Kepler Wessels (born 1957), South African cricket
• 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
• SP Wessels (born 1992), South African rugby player
• Stefan Wessels (born 1979), German football goalkeeper
• Stefan Wessels (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

As a middle name

• Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), American pathologist