Kessels
# Kessels

Kessels is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in one of a variety of places named Kessel in the Low Countries. 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 (born 1960/61), Belgian conductor and music director
* Marie Kessels (born 1954), Dutch poet and prose writer
* Mathieu Kessels (1784–1836), Dutch Neoclassical sculptor
* Paulus Kessels (1901–1987), Dutch sports shooter
