Herschel (name)

Herschel, Herschell, Herschelle or Hershel is a given name and a surname of German and Jewish origins. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Herschel W. Arant (1887–1941), American legal academic
 * Herschel Austin (1911–1974), British furniture-maker and politician
 * Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815–1878), South Australian explorer
 * Herschel Baltimore (1921–1968), American basketball player
 * Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (born 1982), American Twitch streamer and internet celebrity known as Dr DisRespect
 * Walter Herschel Beech (1891–1950), American aviator
 * Herschel Bennett (1896–1964), American baseball player
 * Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), American actor
 * Richard Hershel Bloom (born 1953), U.S. politician from California
 * Herschel F. Briles (1914–1994), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Herschel Bullen (1870–1966), American businessman
 * Herschel Burgess, American college football player
 * Herschel Caldwell (1903–1989), American college football player
 * Herschel L. Carnahan (1879–1941), U.S. politician from California
 * Herschel W. Cleveland (born 1946), U.S. politician from Arkansas
 * Herschel H. Cudd (1912–1992), American chemist
 * Herschel Daugherty (1910–1993), American film and television director
 * Hershel Dennis (born 1984), American football player
 * Robert Herschel Donaldson (born 1943) American political scientist
 * Herschel Evans (1909–1939), American saxophonist
 * Herschel Forester (1931–2018), American football player
 * Herschel Friday (1922–1994), American lawyer
 * Herschel Garfein, American composer
 * Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), American composer
 * Herschelle Gibbs (born 1974), South African cricketer
 * John Herschel Glenn (1921–2016), American astronaut
 * Herschel Gluck, British rabbi
 * Hershel W. Gober (born 1936), former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
 * Harry Golden (1902–1981), born Herschel Goldhirsch, American newspaper publisher
 * David Herschel Goodman, American television writer and producer
 * Herschel Green (1920–2006), American flying ace
 * Hershel Greene, fictional character from The Walking Dead series
 * Herschel Lynn Greer (1906–1976), American businessman
 * Michael Herschel Greger (born 1972), American physician
 * Herschel Grynszpan (1921 – after 1942), assassin of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
 * Herschel Hardin (born 1936), Canadian political activist
 * Herschel H. Hatch (1837–1920), U.S. politician from Michigan
 * Herschel M. Hogg (1853–1934), U.S. politician from Colorado
 * Herschel Lee Howell (1912–1990), Canadian politician from Saskatchewan
 * Herschel Johnson (1894–1966), U.S. diplomat from North Carolina
 * Herschel V. Jones (1861–1928), American newspaper publisher
 * Herschel Krustofski, fictional character from The Simpsons, better known as "Krusty The Clown"
 * Herschel Lashkowitz (1918–1993), U.S. politician from North Dakota
 * William Hershel Lattimore (1884–1919), American baseball player
 * Hershel Layton, protagonist of the Professor Layton fictional universe
 * Herschel Leibowitz (1925–2011), American psychologist
 * Herschell Gordon Lewis (1929–2016), a U.S. filmmaker, dubbed the Godfather of Gore
 * Herschel C. Loveless (1911–1989), 34th governor of Iowa
 * Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk (born 1984), Dutch sprinter
 * Hershel Ray Martin (1909–1980), American baseball player
 * Heinrich Marx (1777–1838), born Herschel Mordechai, Prussian lawyer and father of Karl Marx
 * Godlen Herschelle Derrick Masimla (born 1992), South African rugby player
 * Hershel Matt (1922–1987), American rabbi
 * Herschel Mayall (1863–1941), American actor
 * Herschel McCoy (1912–1956), American costume designer
 * Hershel McGriff (born 1927), American stock car racer
 * Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931), American Latin scholar
 * Hershel of Ostropol, a prominent figure in Jewish humor
 * Hershel Parker, American literary historian
 * Herschel Clifford Parker (1867–1931), American physicist
 * Hershel Reichman (born 1944), American rabbi
 * Herschel L. Roman (1914–1989), American geneticist
 * Herschel Rosenthal (1918–2009), U.S. politician from California
 * Hershel Schachter (born 1941), American rabbi
 * Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American rabbi
 * C. Herschel Schooley (1900–1985), American newspaper editor
 * Hershel Shanks (1930–2021), American archeologist
 * William Hershel Sharpe (born 1951), American television anchor
 * Herschel Sims (born 1991), American football player
 * Herschel Smith (1900–1964), American wrestler
 * Herschel Curry Smith (1903–1983), American track coach and athlete
 * Herschel Stockton (1913–1965), American football player
 * Arn Herschel Tellem (born 1954), American businessman
 * Herschell Turner (born 1938), American basketball player
 * Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–1880), U.S. politician from Georgia
 * Herschel Walker (born 1962), American football player and politician
 * Eli Herschel Wallach (1915–2014), American actor
 * Herschel Weingrod (born 1947), American screenwriter
 * Hershel W. Williams (1923–2022), U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Roger Herschel Zion (1921–2019), U.S. politician from Indiana

Surname
The name is closely tied to the Herschel family, an Anglo-German family of astronomers:
 * William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus
 * Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel
 * John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel
 * Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836–1907), astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
 * William James Herschel (1833–1917), Indian Civil Service officer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
 * John Herschel the Younger (1837–1921), military engineer, surveyor and astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel

Other notable people with the surname include:
 * Clemens Herschel (1842–1930), American hydraulic engineer
 * May Herschel-Clarke (1850–1950), English poet
 * Allan Herschell (1851–1927), creator of amusement park rides
 * Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1837–1899), former Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
 * Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell (1878–1929), British politician
 * Ridley Haim Herschell (1807–1864), Anglo-Polish minister
 * Rognvald Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell (1923–2008), British politician
 * Solomon Hirschell (1762–1842), British rabbi