Wessely is the German variant of the Czech surname ''

Veselý Veselý (feminine: Veselá) is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "merry" or "cheerful". Notable people with the surname Veselá include: * Alena Veselá (1923–2025), Czech organist and music teacher * Hana Veselá, Czech figure skater * Jana Ve ...

''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Clare Gerada, Lady Wessely Dame Clare Mary Louise Francis Gerada, Lady Wessely (born November 1959) is a London-based general practitioner who is a former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and a former chairperson of the RCGP Council (2010– ...

(born 1959), British medical doctor * Josephine Wessely (1860–1887), Austrian actress *

Karl Wessely Karl Wessely (''Carl Wessely''; 27 June 1860, Vienna – 21 November 1931) was an Austrian palaeographer and papyrus scholar. He examined manuscripts housed at the Austrian National Library (e.g. Papyrus 3, Uncial 058 Uncial 058 (in the Gregor ...

(1860–1931), Austrian papyrus scholar *

Karl Bernhard Wessely Karl Bernhard Wessely, also ''Carl Bernhard Wessely'' (Berlin 1 September 1768 – Potsdam 11 July 1826), was a German composer. He was born to a Jewish family in Berlin associated with intellectual circles, both Jewish and Christian: his father ...

, (1768-1826). Prussian composer. *

Kurt von Wessely Kurt von Wessely, also Curt von Wessely (; 18 October 1881 – 25 October 1917), was an Austrian tennis player who was active during the beginning of the 20th century. Career In July 1905, he played for the Austrian Davis Cup team in a semifina ...

(died 1917), Austrian tennis player *

Naphtali Hirz Wessely Naphtali Hirz (Hartwig) Wessely (; 9 December 1725 – 28 February 1805) was a German-Jewish Hebraist and educationist. Family history One of Wessely's ancestors, Joseph Reis, fled from Podolia in 1648 on account of the Chmielnicki persecutions ...

(1725–1805), German Hebraist and educator. *

Paula Wessely Paula Anna Maria Wessely (20 January 1907 – 11 May 2000) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. ''Die Wessely'' (literally "The Wessely"), as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actre ...

(1907–2000), Austrian actress * Peter Wessely (born 1959), Austrian author *

Rudolf Wessely Rudolf Wessely (19 January 1925 – 25 April 2016) was an Austrian actor. Partial filmography * ''Guten Tag, lieber Tag'' (1961) – Strebel * ''Wo wir fröhlich gewesen sind'' (1966, TV Movie) – Lamprett Bellboys * ' (1968, TV Movie) – Dr ...

(1925–2016), Austrian actor *

Simon Wessely Sir Simon Charles Wessely (born 23 December 1956) is a British psychiatrist. He is Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and head of its department of psychological medicine, vice dean for academi ...

(born 1956), British psychiatrist

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