title: Staal
text: # Staal
  
  Staal is a Dutch surname, cognate to German Stahl and Stal in other languages, meaning "steel". Though possibly also of patronymic origin, it may be a metonymic occupational surname referring to a smith. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Abraham Staal (1752–1804), Dutch Mennonite teacher and political activist
  * Boele Staal (born 1947), Dutch D66 politician
  * Ede Staal (1941–1986), Dutch singer-songwriter
  * Egor Egorovich Staal (1822–1907), Russian diplomat, ambassador to the UK 1884–1902
  * Eric Staal (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Jared, Jordan and Marc
  * Flossie Wong-Staal (1947–2020), American virologist and molecular biologist
  * Frits Staal (1930–2012), Dutch philosopher and Indologist
  * Gert Staal (born 1956), Dutch design publicist
  * Herta Staal (1930–2021), Austrian film actress and singer
  * Jacob Staal (1913–1981), Dutch commando during World War II
  * Jan Frederik Staal (1879–1940), Dutch architect, husband of Margaret
  * Jared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Eric, Jordan and Marc
  * Jesper Staal (born 1972), Danish sprint canoer
  * Jonas Staal (born 1981), Dutch visual artist
  * Jordan Staal (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Eric, Jared and Marc
  * Karl Gustav von Staal [de; ru; sl] (1777–1853), Baltic German general of the Russian Army
  * Kim Staal (born 1978), Danish ice hockey player
  * Marc Staal (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player, brother of Eric, Jared and Jordan
  * Margaret Staal-Kropholler (1891–1966), Dutch architect, wife of Jan Frederik
  * Marguerite de Launay, baronne de Staal (1684–1750), French author
  * Pierre-Gustave Staal (1817–1882), French lithographer , illustrator and draughtsman
  * Viktor Staal (1909–1982), Austrian actor
  