Apel (surname)

Apel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Erich Apel (1917–1965), German SED politician
 * Hans Apel (1932–2011), German SPD politician
 * Johann August Apel (1771–1816), German writer
 * Karl-Otto Apel (1922–2017), German philosopher
 * Katrin Apel (born 1973), former biathlete
 * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-U.S. musicologist