Kessler or Keßler is a surname of German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazi) origins. It is an occupational name that means coppersmith. In alpine countries the name derived from the definition: the one living in the basin of a valley.
People named Kessler includes:
Andy Kessler, (born 1959), author, investor, financier
Andy Kessler, (died 2009), skateboarder
Barbara Kessler, American singer-songwriter
Chad Kessler (basketball), American basketball player
Chad Kessler (American football) (born 1975), American football player
Daniel Kessler, lead guitarist for post-punk band Interpol
David Aaron Kessler, scientist and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
David Kessler (actor), (1860–1920) – Yiddish actor
Donald J. Kessler, NASA scientist
Alice & Ellen Kessler, known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959
Frederick P. Kessler, Wisconsin legislator
Friedrich Kessler, (1901-1998), American academic and scholar
Geldolph Adriaan Kessler, Dutch industrialist and footballer
George Kessler, city planner and landscape architect
Gladys Kessler, American jurist
Glenn Kessler (journalist), American journalist and author
Glenn Kessler (screenwriter), American screenwriter and television producer
Gustav Kessler, German trade unionist
Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937), an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art
Heinz Kessler (born 1920), general from East Germany
Henry Kessler (1847–1900), American baseball player
Jean Baptiste August Kessler, Dutch oil explorer
Jimmy Kessler, the first native Texan to assume leadership of Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston, Texas
John Kessler, Wisconsin legislator
Josef Alois Kessler, Volga German bishop
Joseph Christoph Kessler, German pianist and composer
Julius Kessler, was the founder of Kessler Whiskey
Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815–1881), German-Russian zoologist; author of zoological taxa signed Kessler
Karl G. Kessler (1919–1997), American physicist
Liz Kessler, British author of children's books
Matthias Kessler, German professional road racing cyclist
Meredith Kessler (born 1978), American athlete
Meir Kessler, rabbi
Michael Kessler, German actor and comedian
Michael G. Kessler, cited as first "forensic auditor", founder of Kessler International
Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
Minuetta Kessler (1914-2002), Canadian/American concert pianist, classical music composer, and educator
Ronald Kessler, American journalist and author
Ryan Kesler, American NHL player
Kessler, main antagonist in the video game, inFamous
At the time of the shooting of the original Seinfeld pilot titled "The Seinfeld Chronicles", Kenny Kramer had not yet given consent to use his name, and so Cosmo Kramer's character was originally referred to as "Kessler"
David Kessler is the name of the main character in the 1981 comedy-horror film "An American Werewolf in London"
Edward Anselm 'Eddie' Kessler is the name of a character in HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
Monty Kessler is the name of Brendan Fraser's character in "With Honours"
Raphael Kessler is the protagonist in L'anniversaire
Ulrich Kesler (voiced by Shūichi Ikeda) is a character in the science-fiction series Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
Marie Kessler, Aunt of Protagonist Nick Burkhart in "Grimm". Kelly Kessler Burkhart, Mother of Protagonist Nick BurkHart in "Grimm".
