Postel is a surname, and may refer to: *

Guillaume Postel Guillaume Postel (25 March 1510 – 6 September 1581) was a French linguist, Orientalist, astronomer, Christian Kabbalist, diplomat, polyglot, professor, religious universalist, and writer. Born in the village of Barenton in Normandy, Post ...

(1510–1581), French linguist, astronomer, Cabbalist, diplomat, and religious universalist *

Christian Heinrich Postel Christian Heinrich Postel (11 October 1658 – 22 March 1705) was a German jurist, epic poet and opera librettist, who wrote 28 libretti for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg: set by composers such as Johann Philipp Förtsch, Reinhard Keiser a ...

(1658–1705), German jurist, epic poet and opera librettist *

Georg-Wilhelm Postel __NOTOC__ Georg-Wilhelm Postel (25 April 1896 – 20 September 1953) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Postel was taken prisoner by t ...

, a World War II German general *

Gert Postel Gert Uwe Postel (born June 18, 1958) is a German impostor, best known for successfully applying several times for public health positions as a medical doctor without ever having received medical education. Gert Postel went to Hauptschule and ...

, a German impostor *

Jon Postel Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to Internet Standard, standards. He is known p ...

, an Internet pioneer * Kaitlynne Postel, a competitor for Miss America 2008 * Sandra Postel, founder of the Global Water Policy Project Postel is also a village in the Mol municipality in Belgium, the location of Postel Abbey.

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