Gimpel is a surname derived from the pet name of the German name Gumprecht. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com
Notable people with the surname include:
Bronislav Gimpel (1911–1979), Polish-American violinist Erica Gimpel (born 1964), American television actress Erich Gimpel (1910–1996), German spy during World War II Harald Gimpel, East German slalom canoeist Jakob Gimpel (1906–1989), Polish-American pianist Jean Gimpel (1918–1996) French historian, medievalist and iconoclast Jeremy Gimpel, Israeli educator and politician René Gimpel (1881–1945) French art dealer and collector Yankev Ber Gimpel (1840–1906), Austro-Hungarian Yiddish theatre figure
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