Gumbel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bryant Gumbel (born 1948), American television sportscaster, brother of GregDavid Heinz Gumbel (1906–1992), Israeli designer and silversmithEmil Julius Gumbel (1891–1966), German mathematician, pacifist and anti-Nazi campaignercreator of Gumbel distributionGreg Gumbel (born 1946), American television sportscaster, brother of BryantBaron Karl Wilhelm von Gumbel (1823–1898), German geologistNicky Gumbel (born 1955), Anglican priest and authorWilhelm Theodor Gumbel (1812–1858), German bryologist