Wessels is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname. Wessel used to be a common nickname for Werner in the Eastern Netherlands and in East Frisia.[1] People with this surname include:
Albert Wessels (1908–1991), South African industrialist
André Weßels (born 1981), German fencer
Andreas Wessels (born 1964), German football goalkeeper
Bredell Wessels (born 1995), Namibian cricketer
Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch heavy metal singer
Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (1851–1924), South African politician and statesman
Cornelius Wessels (1880–1964), Dutch Jesuit and historian
David Wessels (born 1982), South African rugby coach
Dirck Wessels (1638–1717), New Netherland colonist
Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibian rugby player
Jaap Wessels (1939-2009), Dutch mathematician
Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936), Dutch plant taxonomist
Johan Wessels (born 1988), South African rugby player
Johann-Friedrich Wessels (1904–1988), German chief engineer on a U-boat
Johannes Wilhelmus (John) Wessels (1862-1936), Chief Justice of South Africa from 1932 to 1936
Kepler Wessels (born 1957), South African cricket
Leon Wessels (born 1946), South African lawyer, politician, and activist
Louis Wessels (born 1998), German tennis player
Peter Wessels (born 1978), Dutch tennis player
Riki Wessels (born 1985), Australian cricketer
Robbie Wessels (born 1980), South African singer and actor
Roger Wessels (born 1961), South African golfer
SP Wessels (born 1992), South African rugby player
Stefan Wessels (born 1979), German football goalkeeper
Stefan Wessels (born 1984), Dutch basketball player
Susan Wessels-Webber (born 1977), South African field hockey player
Tom Wessels (born 1951), American terrestrial ecologist
Ulla Wessels (born 1965), German analytic philosopher
