Bissell (surname)

Bissell is a surname deriving from the Middle English "buyscel", meaning "measure of grain", as well as the Yiddish "Bissel" and "Biselman". Respelling of German "Biesel". Notable persons with that name include:


 * A. Keith Bissell (born 1941), American politician
 * Anna Sutherland Bissell (1846–1934), American manufacturing businesswoman
 * Arthur D. Bissell (1844–1926), American transport businessman and banker
 * Austin Bissell (died 1807), British Captain in the Royal Navy
 * Bert Bissell (1902-1998), English mountain climber and peace activist
 * Clark Bissell (1782-1857), American judge and politician, governor of Connecticut
 * Claude Bissell (1916– 2000), Canadian author and educator
 * Clayton Lawrence Bissell (1896–1972), American soldier
 * Daniel Bissell (disambiguation), several people
 * Emily Bissell (1861–1948), American social worker and activist
 * Emma Bissell (born 2001), English footballer
 * Frank Bissell (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Gene Bissell (1926–2016), American football player and coach
 * George Bissell (industrialist) (1821–1884), American oil businessman
 * George Edwin Bissell (1839–1920), American sculptor
 * Hezekiah Bissell (1835–1928), American civil engineer
 * Israel Bissell (1752-1823), American post rider
 * James D. Bissell (born 1952), American art director
 * Jean Galloway Bissell (1936–1990), American judge and attorney
 * John Winslow Bissell (born 1940), American judge and attorney
 * Keith Bissell (1912–1992), Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator
 * Laura Bissell (born 1983), English road and track racing cyclist
 * Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American entrepreneur and inventor
 * Mina Bissell, Iranian-American biologist
 * Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. (1947–1996), American prosecutor
 * Patrick Bissell (1957–1987), American dancer
 * Peter Bissell (1986–2007), English road and track racing cyclist
 * Raymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019), American art historian
 * Richard M. Bissell Jr. (1910–1994), American spy and intelligence officer
 * Richard Pike Bissell (1913–1977), American author
 * Silas Bissell (1942-2002), American activist
 * Stanley Bissell (1906–1999), English wrestler
 * Susan Bissell (21st century), UNICEF's Child Protection Section chief
 * Tom Bissell (born 1974), American journalist, critic, and fiction writer
 * Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American actor
 * William Bissell (disambiguation), several people
 * Wilson S. Bissell (1847–1903), American politician from New York