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Herschel (name)

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Herschel, Herschell, Herschelle or Hershel, is a given name and a surname of German and Jewish origins. Notable people with the name include:

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Given name

  • Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887–1941), American legal academic
  • Herschel Austin (1911–1974), British furniture-maker and politician
  • Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815–1878) South Australian explorer
  • Herschel Baltimore (1921–1968), American basketball player
  • Walter Herschel Beech (1891–1950), American aviator
  • Herschel Bennett (1896–1964), American baseball player
  • Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), American actor
  • Richard Hershel Bloom (born 1953), U.S. politician from California
  • Herschel F. Briles (1914–1994), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Herschel Bullen (1870–1966), American businessman
  • Herschel Burgess, American college football player
  • Herschel Caldwell (1903–1989), American college football player
  • Herschel L. Carnahan (1879–1941), U.S. politician from California
  • Herschel W. Cleveland (born 1946), U.S. politician from Arkansas
  • Herschel H. Cudd (1912–1992), American chemist
  • Herschel Daugherty (1910–1993), American film and television director
  • Hershel Dennis (born 1984), American football player
  • Herschel Evans (1909–1939), American saxophonist
  • Herschel Forester (born 1931), American football player
  • Herschel Friday (1922–1994), American lawyer
  • Herschel Garfein, American composer
  • Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), American composer
  • Herschelle Gibbs (born 1974), South African cricketer
  • John Herschel Glenn (1921–2016), American astronaut
  • Herschel Gluck, British rabbi
  • Hershel W. Gober (born 1936), former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  • Harry Golden (1902–1981), born Herschel Goldhirsch, American newspaper publisher
  • David Herschel Goodman, American television writer and producer
  • Herschel Green (1920–2006), American flying ace
  • Hershel Greene, fictional character from The Walking Dead series
  • Herschel Lynn Greer (1906–1976), American businessman
  • Michael Herschel Greger (born 1972), American physician
  • Herschel Grynszpan (1921 – after 1942), assassin of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
  • Herschel Hardin (born 1936), Canadian political activist
  • Herschel H. Hatch (1837–1920), U.S. politician from Michigan
  • Herschel M. Hogg (1853–1934), U.S. politician from Colorado
  • Herschel Lee Howell (1912–1990), Canadian politician from Saskatchewan
  • Herschel Johnson (1894–1966), U.S. diplomat from North Carolina
  • Herschel V. Jones (1861–1928), American newspaper publisher
  • Herschel Krustofski, fictional character from The Simpsons, better known as "Krusty The Clown"
  • Herschel Lashkowitz (1918–1993), U.S. politician from North Dakota
  • William Hershel Lattimore (1884–1919), American baseball player
  • Hershel Layton, protagonist of the Professor Layton fictional universe
  • Herschel Leibowitz (1925–2011), American psychologist
  • Herschell Gordon Lewis (born 1929-2016), a U.S. filmmaker, dubbed the Godfather of Gore
  • Herschel C. Loveless (1911–1989), 34th governor of Iowa
  • Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk (born 1984), Dutch sprinter
  • Hershel Ray Martin (1909–1980), American baseball player
  • Heinrich Marx (1777–1838), born Herschel Mordechai, American lawyer and father of Karl Marx
  • Godlen Herschelle Derrick Masimla (born 1992), South African rugby player
  • Hershel Matt (1922–1987), American rabbi
  • Herschel Mayall (1863–1941), American actor
  • Herschel McCoy (1912–1956), American costume designer
  • Hershel McGriff (born 1927), American stock car racer
  • Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931), American Latin scholar
  • Hershel of Ostropol, a prominent figure in Jewish humor
  • Hershel Parker, American literary historian
  • Herschel Clifford Parker (1867–1931), American physicist
  • Hershel Reichman (born 1944), American rabbi
  • Herschel L. Roman (1914–1989), American geneticist
  • Herschel Rosenthal (1918–2009), U.S. politician from California
  • Hershel Sarbin, American lawyer
  • Hershel Schachter (born 1941), American rabbi
  • Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American rabbi
  • C. Herschel Schooley (1900–1985), American newspaper editor
  • Hershel Shanks (born 1930), American archeologist
  • William Hershel Sharpe (born 1951), American television anchor
  • Herschel Sims (born 1991), American football player
  • Herschel Smith (1900–1964), American wrestler
  • Herschel Curry Smith (1903–1983), American track coach and athlete
  • Herschel Sparber (born 1943), American actor
  • Herschel Stockton (1913–1965), American football player
  • Arn Herschel Tellem (born 1954), American businessman
  • Herschell Turner (born 1938), American basketball player
  • Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–1880), U.S. politician from Georgia
  • Herschel Walker (born 1962), American football player
  • Eli Herschel Wallach (1915–2014), American actor
  • Herschel Weingrod (born 1947), American screenwriter
  • Hershel W. Williams (born 1923), U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Roger Herschel Zion (born 1921), U.S. politician from Indiana

    • Surname

    The name is closely tied to the Herschel family, an Anglo-German family of astronomers:

  • William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus
  • Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel
  • John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel
  • Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836–1907), astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
  • William James Herschel (1833–1917), grandson of Sir William Herschel
  • John Herschel the Younger (1837–1921), grandson of Sir William Herschel

    • Other notable people with the surname include:

  • Clemens Herschel (1842–1930), American hydraulic engineer
  • May Herschel-Clarke (1850–1950), English poet
  • Allan Herschell (1851–1927), creator of amusement park rides
  • Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1837–1899), former Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
  • Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell (1878–1929), British politician
  • Ridley Haim Herschell (1807–1864), Anglo-Polish minister
  • Rognvald Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell (1923–2008), British politician
  • Solomon Hirschell (1762–1842), British rabbi

    • References

    Herschel (name) Wikipedia
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