Gaskell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919), British lawyer and politician
Lady Constance Gaskell (1885–1964), British courtier
David Gaskell (born 1940), British football player
Dean Gaskell (born 1983), British rugby league player
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and biographer
George Gaskell, British social psychologist
Holbrook Gaskell (1813–1909), British industrialist and collector
Holbrook Gaskell II (1846-1919), British chemical industrialist
Holbrook Gaskell III (1878-1951), British chemical industrialist
James Gaskell, (born 1990), Rugby Union player for Sale Sharks
James Milnes Gaskell (1810–1873), British Conservative politician
Jane Gaskell (born 1941), British fantasy novelist
Lucy Gaskell (born 1980), British actress
Richard Gaskell, football player
Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847–1914), British physiologist
William Gaskell (1805–1884), British minister and educator
Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), American novelist
