Thorkel

Thorkel or Thorkell (Þórkæll / Þorkell) is an Old Norse masculine personal name. Among the more famous holders of the name are:


 * Thorkel of Namdalen, ninth-century jarl and father of Ketil Trout.
 * Thorkell Súrsson, tenth-century Icelander and character in the Gísla saga.
 * Thorkell Eyjólfsson, Icelandic goði of the late tenth and early eleventh century, husband of Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir and stepfather of Bolli Bollason.
 * Thorkell Arden, eleventh-century progenitor of the Arden family, one of only three Anglo-Saxon noble families to survive the Norman Conquest with their position and properties intact. Distant ancestor of the playwright William Shakespeare.
 * Thorkell the Tall, eleventh-century Jomsviking leader and jarl.
 * Thorkell Leifsson, Greenlandic goði of the eleventh century and son of explorer Leif Eriksson.
 * Thorkel Fóstri ("Foster-father Thorkel"), foster father of Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Jarl of Orkney c. 1020–1064.
 * Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer.
 * Thorkell (Vinland Saga), a fictional character from the manga series Vinland Saga