Meisel or Meisels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dominik Meisel (born 1999), German footballer * Edmund Meisel (1894–1930), Austrian-born German composer *

Hana Meisel Hana Meisel (; born 25 December 1883, died 1972) was a Jewish agronomist, feminist and Zionist leader. Life Meisel was born in Grodno in the Russian Empire (today Hrodna in Belarus), and immigrated to Palestine (region), Palestine in 1909, d ...

(1883–1972), Russian-born Israeli agronomist and Zionist * Hilde Meisel (1914–1945), German Resistance writer * Johanna Meisel, German film editor *

John Meisel John Meisel (October 23, 1923 – March 30, 2025) was a Canadian political scientist, professor, and scholar, and chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Meisel wrote on various aspects of politics, notably ...

(1923–2025), Austrian-born Canadian political scientist * Jürgen M. Meisel (born 1944), German romanist and linguist *

Kurt Meisel Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born a ...

(1912–1994), Austrian actor and film director * Louis K. Meisel (born 1942), American photorealist art dealer *

Mordecai Meisel Mordecai Marcus Meisel (; 1528, Prague – 13 March 1601, Prague) was a philanthropist and communal leader in Prague. Biography Born to the Meisel family. In 1542 and 1561 his family, with the other Jewish inhabitants, was forced to leave the c ...

(1528–1601), Czech philanthropist and communal leader *

Noah Meisel Noah Meisel (; 1891–1956) was a Jewish Bundist politician and doctor in Latvia. He was born in Nesvizh in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Belarus). He worked in the Latvian Ministry of Health. Meisel, also a Daugavpils city c ...

(1891–1956), Russian-born Latvian politician * Perry Meisel (born 1949), American writer and linguist *

Steven Meisel Steven Meisel (born June 5, 1954) is an American fashion photographer, who obtained popularity and critical acclaim with his work in '' Vogue'' and '' Vogue Italia'' as well as his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book, '' Sex''. He is ...

(born 1954), American fashion photographer *

Wilhelm Meisel __NOTOC__ Wilhelm Meisel (4 November 1891 – 7 September 1974) was an Admiral of the ''Kriegsmarine'' of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Meisel was born in Zwickau and joined the Navy as ...

(1891–1974), German ''

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official military branch, branche ...

'' admiral * Wilhelm Meisel (Silesian Uprisings veteran) (1904–2009), Polish soldier, last known surviving veteran of the

Silesian Uprisings The Silesian Uprisings (; ; ) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area tran ...

Will Meisel Will Meisel (17 September 1897 – 29 April 1967) was a German composer, who wrote more than fifty film scores during his career. He also wrote several operettas including '' A Friend So Lovely as You'' (1930) (''Eine Freundin so goldig wie du''). ...

(1897–1967), German composer * Grete Meisel-Hess (1879–1922), Austrian feminist author *

Dow Ber Meisels Dow (Dov, Dob) Ber (Beer, Berisz, Berush) Meisels (1798 – 17 March 1870) was a Chief Rabbi of Kraków (Cracow) from 1832 and later, Chief Rabbi of Warsaw (from 1856). He was active in the Polish nationalist movement, and was a politician in the ...

(1798–1870), Polish rabbi and nationalist * Esther Meisels (born 1995), Israeli cyclist * Samuel J. Meisels (born 1945), American child development scholar * Tamar Meisels, Israeli political scientist

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