Jessel or Jessell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Sir Charles Jessel, (1860–1928), baronet, British barrister, magistrate and businessman
  • Jesselton, now Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
• David Jessel, British journalist
• George Jessel:
  • George Jessel (actor) (1898–1981), American vaudevillian
  • George Jessel (jurist) (1824–1883), British jurist
• Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel (1866–1950), British soldier and politician
• Kenneth A. Jessell, educator and 6th President of Florida International University
• Leon Jessel, German composer
• Patricia Jessel, actress
• Ray Jessel (1929–2015), American-Welsh composer
• Stephen Jessel (1943–2025), British correspondent
• Thomas Jessell, scientist
• Toby Jessel, British politician

Fictional people

• Miss Jessel, a character in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw and its adaptations

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Jessel.
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