Noel is the surname of the following:
Bill Noël (1914–1987), Texas oil industrialist and philanthropist
Christian Noël (born 1945), French fencer
Claude Noël (born 1955), Canadian hockey player and coach
David Noel (born 1984), American basketball player
Desmond Noel (born 1974), Grenadian football goalkeeper
Evan Noel (1879–1928), British rackets player
Fabrice Noël (born 1985), Haitian soccer player
Gerard Noel (disambiguation), any of several people
Jules Achille Noël (born 1815), French landscape and maritime painter
Magali Noël (born 1932), Turkish-French actress and singer
Nerlens Noel (born 1994), American basketball player
Paul Noel (1924–2005), American basketball player
Philip W. Noel (born 1931), 68th Governor of Rhode Island
Rico Noel (born 1989), American baseball player
Roden Noel (1834—1894), English poet
Tessa Noël, fictional character in the television series Highlander: The Series