Hempel

Hempel is a name of German, Dutch and Swedish origin and the surname of a Swedish noble family.

The following people have the surname:


 * Adolph Hempel (1870–1949), Brazilian entomologist
 * Amy Hempel (born 1951), American writer and professor
 * Anouska Hempel (born 1941), New Zealand-born hotelier and designer and former actress
 * Bill Hempel (1920–2001), American football player
 * Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997), German-American philosopher
 * Charles Frederick Hempel (1811–1867), German organist and composer, son of Charles William Hempel
 * Charles Julius Hempel (1811–1879), German-born translator and homeopathic physician
 * Charles William Hempel (1777–1855), English organist
 * Eduard Hempel (1887–1972), Nazi German Minister to Ireland (1937–1945)
 * Fábio Hempel (born 1980), Brazilian athlete
 * Florian Hempel (born 1990), German darts player
 * Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), German-American soprano
 * Gotthilf Hempel (born 1929), German marine biologist and oceanographer
 * Hazel Hempel Abel (1888–1966), United States Republican Party Senator for Nebraska (1954)
 * Jan Hempel (born 1971), German Olympic diver
 * Johan Wilhelm Hempel (1860–1920), Danish sea captain
 * John Hempel (1935–2022), American mathematician
 * Jutta Hempel (born 1960), German chess prodigy
 * Lothar Hempel (born 1966), German artist
 * Marc Hempel (born 1957), contemporary American cartoonist
 * Marcella Hempel (1915-2010) Australian textile artist and master weaver
 * Peter Hempel (born 1959), East German Olympic canoer
 * Udo Hempel (born 1946), German Olympic road and track cyclist