Kessels is a Dutch

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

indicating an origin in one of a variety of places named

Kessel Kessel may refer to: Places *Kessel, Belgium *Kessel-Lo, Belgium * Kessel, Germany, part of Goch *Kessel, Limburg, Netherlands *Kessel, North Brabant, Netherlands * Kessel, West Virginia, United States * Kessel (river), a river in Bavaria, German ...

in the Low Countries.Kesteren, van
at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands Notable people with the surname include: * Erik Kessels (born 1966), Dutch artist, designer and curator, co-founder of KesselsKramer advertising agency * Hendrik Johan Kessels (1781–1849), Dutch clockmaker active in Denmark * Hubert Kessels (fl. 1959–62), economist and a governor of the Bank of Ghana *

Koen Kessels Koen Kessels (born 1961) is a Belgian conductor and pianist. He is music director of The Royal Ballet and of Het Balletorkest, affiliated with the Dutch National Ballet. Biography Trained as a pianist, Kessels studied at the Royal Conservat ...

(born 1960/61), Belgian conductor and music director *

Marie Kessels Marie Kessels (born Nederweert, 11 December 1954) is a Dutch poet and prose writer. She received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize in 2009 for ''Ruw''. In 1999, she received the Multatuli Prize. Works Kessels' novels are published by De Bezige ...

(born 1954), Dutch poet and prose writer * Mathieu Kessels (1784–1836), Dutch neoclassical sculptor * Paulus Kessels (1901–1987), Dutch sports shooter

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