Wessels

Wessels is a Dutch and Low German patronimic surname, where it was originally a Norman Viking surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Wessels (1908–1991), South African industrialist André Weßels (born 1981), German fencer Andreas Wessels (born 1964), German football goalkeeper Bredell Wessels (born 1995), Namibian cricketer Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch heavy metal singer Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (1851–1924), South African politician and statesman Cornelius Wessels (1880–1964), Dutch Jesuit and historian David Wessels (born 1982), South African rugby coach (1946–2017), Dutch billionaire, of VolkerWessels Dirck Wessels (1638–1717), New Netherland colonist Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibian rugby player Glenn Wessels (c. 1932 – 1982), South African-born American artist Jaap Wessels (1939–2009), Dutch mathematician Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (1936–2019), Dutch plant taxonomist Johan Wessels (born 1988), South African rugby player John Wessels (judge) (1862–1936), South African jurist John Wessels (basketball) (1938–1994), American basketball player Kepler Wessels (born 1957), South African cricket player Leon Wessels (born 1946), South African lawyer, politician, and activist Louis Wessels (born 1998), German tennis player Peter Wessels (born 1978), Dutch tennis player Riki Wessels (born 1985), Australian cricketer Robbie Wessels (born 1980), South African singer and actor Roger Wessels (born 1961), South African golfer Stefan Wessels (born 1979), German football player Stefan Wessels (basketball) (born 1984), Dutch basketball player Susan Wessels-Webber (born 1977), South African field hockey player Tom Wessels (born 1951), American terrestrial ecologist Ulla Wessels (born 1965), German analytic philosopher Wessel Jacobus Wessels (1865–1945), Orange Free State Boer War general

As a middle name Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), American pathologist