Herschel, Herschell, Herschelle or Hershel is a given name and a surname of German origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Herschel H. Hatch (1837–1920), U.S. politician from Michigan Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–1880), U.S. politician from Georgia Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815–1878), South Australian explorer Herschel V. Jones (1861–1928), American newspaper publisher Herschel Mayall (1863–1941), American actor Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931), American Latin scholar Herschel Clifford Parker (1867–1931), American physicist Herschel Bullen (1870–1966), American businessman Herschel W. Arant (1887–1941), American legal academic Herschel Johnson (1894–1966), U.S. diplomat from North Carolina Herschel Bennett (1896–1964), American baseball player C. Herschel Schooley (1900–1985), American newspaper editor Herschel Smith (1900–1964), American wrestler Herschel Caldwell (1903–1989), American college football player Herschel Curry Smith (1903–1983), American track coach and athlete Herschel Lynn Greer (1906–1976), American businessman Herschel Evans (1909–1939), American saxophonist Hershel Ray Martin (1909–1980), American baseball player Herschel Daugherty (1910–1993), American film and television director Herschel C. Loveless (1911–1989), 34th governor of Iowa Herschel Austin (1911–1974), British furniture-maker and politician Herschel McCoy (1912–1956), American costume designer Herschel H. Cudd (1912–1992), American chemist Herschel Stockton (1913–1965), American football player Herschel F. Briles (1914–1994), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Herschel L. Roman (1914–1989), American geneticist Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American rabbi Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), American composer Herschel Lashkowitz (1918–1993), U.S. politician from North Dakota Herschel Rosenthal (1918–2009), U.S. politician from California Herschel Grynszpan (1921 – after 1942), assassin of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath Herschel Baltimore (1921–1968), American basketball player Herschel Friday (1922–1994), American lawyer Hershel Matt (1922–1987), American rabbi Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), American actor Hershel W. Williams (1923–2022), U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient Herschel Leibowitz (1925–2011), American psychologist Hershel McGriff (born 1927), American stock car racer Herschell Gordon Lewis (1929–2016), a U.S. filmmaker, dubbed the Godfather of Gore Hershel Shanks (1930–2021), American archeologist Herschel Forester (1931–2018), American football player Herschel Hardin (born 1936), Canadian political activist Herschel Gober (born 1936), former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Herschell Turner (born 1938), American basketball player Hershel Schachter (born 1941), American rabbi Herschel W. Cleveland (born 1946), U.S. politician from Arkansas Herschel Weingrod (born 1947), American screenwriter Herschel Burgess, American college football player Herschel Garfein, American composer Herschel Gluck, British rabbi Hershel Nunez, American politician Herschel Walker (born 1962), American football player and politician Herschelle Gibbs (born 1974), South African cricketer Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (born 1982), American Twitch streamer and internet celebrity known as Dr DisRespect Hershel Dennis (born 1984), American football player Herschel Sims (born 1991), American football player Hershel Greene, fictional character from The Walking Dead series Herschel Krustofski, fictional character from The Simpsons, better known as "Krusty The Clown" Hershel Layton, protagonist of the Professor Layton fictional universe Hershel of Ostropol, a prominent figure in Jewish humor Hershel Parker, American literary historian

Surname The name is closely tied to the Herschel family, an Anglo-German family of astronomers: William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836–1907), astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel William James Herschel (1833–1917), Indian Civil Service officer, grandson of Sir William Herschel John Herschel the Younger (1837–1921), military engineer, surveyor and astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel

Other notable people with the surname include: Clemens Herschel (1842–1930), American hydraulic engineer May Herschel-Clarke (1850–1950), English poet Allan Herschell (1851–1927), creator of amusement park rides Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1837–1899), former Lord Chancellor of Great Britain Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell (1878–1929), British politician Ridley Haim Herschell (1807–1864), Anglo-Polish minister Rognvald Herschell, 3rd Baron Herschell (1923–2008), British politician Solomon Hirschell (1762–1842), British rabbi

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