Gaskell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919), British lawyer and politicianLady Constance Gaskell (1885–1964), British courtierDavid Gaskell (born 1940), British football playerDean Gaskell (born 1983), British rugby league playerElizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and biographerGeorge Gaskell, British social psychologistHolbrook Gaskell (1813–1909), British industrialist and collectorHolbrook Gaskell II (1846-1919), British chemical industrialistHolbrook Gaskell III (1878-1951), British chemical industrialistJames Gaskell, (born 1990), Rugby Union player for Sale SharksJames Milnes Gaskell (1810–1873), British Conservative politicianJane Gaskell (born 1941), British fantasy novelistLucy Gaskell (born 1980), British actressRichard Gaskell, football playerWalter Holbrook Gaskell (1847–1914), British physiologistWilliam Gaskell (1805–1884), British minister and educatorWhitney Gaskell (born 1972), American novelist