title: Kessels
text: # 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
  