Morel is a French surname. Notable people with that surname include:
Alfred Morel-Fatio (1850–1924), French hispanist
Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio (1810–1871), French painter
Bénédict Morel (1809–1873), Austrian-French psychiatrist
Brent Morel (baseball) (born 1987), American major league baseball player
Cecilia Morel (born 1954), Chilean First Lady, wife of President Sebastián Piñera Echenique
Charlotte Morel (born 1972), professional French triathlete
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez, Paraguayan footballer
Edmund Dene Morel (1873–1924), Franco-British journalist and politician
François Morel (born 1926), Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and music educator
François Morel (actor) (born 1959), French actor and filmmaker
Gaël Morel (born 1972), French film director
Guillaume Morel (1505–1564), French classical scholar
Guy Morel (1933–2006), Seychellois businessman
Jean Baptiste Morel (1662–1732), a Flemish painter
Jean-Baptiste Morel (1854–1927), French politician
Jérémy Morel (born 1984), French footballer
Jorge Morel (born 1931), Argentine classical guitarist and composer
Juan Morel Campos (1857–1896), Puerto Rican composer
Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820–1888), French goldsmith and sculptor
Marie-Rose Morel (born 1972), Belgian politician
Olivier Morel de La Durantaye (1640–1716), colonial officer in New France
Pierre Morel (born 1964), French cinematographer and film director
Richard Morel, American singer, songwriter, remixer and record producer;
Salomon Morel (1919–2007), a Polish-Jewish commander of the Zgoda concentration camp in Świętochłowice.
Yoryi Morel (1906–1979), a painter from the Dominican Republic