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, financierAndy Kessler, (died 2009), skateboarderBarbara Kessler, American singer-songwriterChad Kessler (basketball), American basketball playerChad Kessler (American football) (born 1975), American football playerDaniel Kessler, lead guitarist for post-punk band InterpolDavid Aaron Kessler, scientist and former commissioner of the Food and Drug AdministrationDavid Kessler (actor), (1860–1920) – Yiddish actorDonald J. Kessler, NASA scientistAlice & Ellen Kessler, known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959Frederick P. Kessler, Wisconsin legislatorFriedrich Kessler, (1901-1998), American academic and scholarGeldolph Adriaan Kessler, Dutch industrialist and footballerGeorge Kessler, city planner and landscape architectGladys Kessler, American juristGlenn Kessler (journalist), American journalist and authorGlenn Kessler (screenwriter), American screenwriter and television producerGustav Kessler, German trade unionistHarry Graf Kessler (1868–1937), an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern artHeinz Kessler (born 1920), general from East GermanyHenry Kessler (1847–1900), American baseball playerJean Baptiste August Kessler, Dutch oil explorerJimmy Kessler, the first native Texan to assume leadership of Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston, TexasJohn Kessler, Wisconsin legislatorJosef Alois Kessler, Volga German bishopJoseph Christoph Kessler, German pianist and composerJulius Kessler, was the founder of Kessler WhiskeyKarl Fedorovich Kessler (1815–1881), German-Russian zoologist; author of zoological taxa signed KesslerKarl G. Kessler (1919–1997), American physicistLiz Kessler, British author of children's booksMatthias Kessler, German professional road racing cyclistMeredith Kessler (born 1978), American athleteMeir Kessler, rabbiMichael Kessler, German actor and comedianMichael G. Kessler, cited as first "forensic auditor", founder of Kessler InternationalMikkel Kessler, Danish boxerMinuetta Kessler (1914-2002), Canadian/American concert pianist, classical music composer, and educatorRonald Kessler, American journalist and authorRyan Kesler, American NHL player