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 painter *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 (1862–1936), Chief Justice of South Africa from 1932 to 1936 *John Wessels (basketball) (1938–1994), American college basketball player *Kepler Wessels (born 1957), South African cricket captain *Leon Wessels (born 1946), South African lawyer, politician, and activist *Louis Botha Wessels (1877-1928), Orange Free State commander in the Boer War (1899-1902) *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 *SP Wessels (born 1992), South African rugby player *Stefan Wessels (born 1979), German football goalkeeper *Stefan Wessels (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 Provided by Wikipedia