Nagel (surname)

Nagel is a German and Dutch surname. Meaning "nail" in both languages, the surname is metonymic referring to the occupation of a nail maker. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron Nagel, American painter and musician
 * Alexander Nagel (born 1945), American mathematician
 * Anne Nagel (1915–1966), American motion picture actress
 * Bill Nagel (1915–1981), American baseball player
 * Björn Nagel (born 1978), German-Ukrainian equestrian
 * Carsten Nagel (born 1955), Danish writer
 * Charles Nagel (1849–1940), American politician and lawyer
 * Christiaan Nagel (born 1982), South African-born British street artist
 * Christian Heinrich von Nagel (1803–1882), German mathematician
 * Conrad Nagel (1897–1970), American actor and matinee idol
 * David Nagel (born c. 1945), American executive
 * De-Wet Nagel (born 1985), South African actor, musician and composer
 * Dolf van der Nagel (1889–1949), Dutch footballer
 * Ernest Nagel (1901–1985), American philosopher of science
 * Gerd Nagel (born 1957), West German high jumper
 * Heike Nagel (born 1946), West German swimmer
 * Ivan Nagel (1931–2002), German theater scholar, critic and director
 * Jan Nagel (born 1939), Dutch Labour Party politician
 * Jan Nagel (painter) (c. 1560–1602), Dutch Renaissance painter
 * Jennifer Nagel (born 1947), Canadian philosopher
 * Judy Nagel (born 1951), American alpine skier
 * Lisle Nagel (1905–1971), Australian cricketer, twin-brother of Vernon
 * Maggy Nagel (born 1957), Luxembourgish politician
 * Melanie von Nagel (1908–2006), American-German writer; American Roman Catholic nun
 * Morné Nagel (born 1978), South African sprinter
 * Otto Nagel (1894–1967), German painter
 * Patrick Nagel (1945–1984), American artist
 * Paul C. Nagel (1926–2011), American historian and biographer
 * Ray Nagel (1927–2015), American college football coach
 * Rodica Nagel (born 1970), French-Romanian long-distance runner
 * Sidney R. Nagel (born 1948), American physicist
 * Simon Nagel (born 1985), Danish footballer
 * Steven R. Nagel (1946–2014), American astronaut
 * Stuart Nagel (1934–2001), American political scientist
 * Thomas Nagel (born 1937), American philosopher
 * Tilman Nagel (born 1942), German Orientalist
 * Vernon Nagel (1905–1974), Australian cricketer, twin-brother of Lisle
 * Volbrecht Nagel (1867–1921), German missionary to the Malabar coast of India