# Herschel (name)

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

## Given name

* Herschel W. Arant (1887–1941), American legal academic
* Herschel Austin (1911–1974), British furniture-maker and politician
* Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815–1878), South Australian explorer
* Herschel Baltimore (1921–1968), American basketball player
* Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (born 1982), American Twitch streamer and internet celebrity known as Dr DisRespect
* Walter Herschel Beech (1891–1950), American aviator
* Herschel Bennett (1896–1964), American baseball player
* Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), American actor
* Richard Hershel Bloom (born 1953), U.S. politician from California
* Herschel F. Briles (1914–1994), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* Herschel Bullen (1870–1966), American businessman
* Herschel Burgess, American college football player
* Herschel Caldwell (1903–1989), American college football player
* Herschel L. Carnahan (1879–1941), U.S. politician from California
* Herschel W. Cleveland (born 1946), U.S. politician from Arkansas
* Herschel H. Cudd (1912–1992), American chemist
* Herschel Daugherty (1910–1993), American film and television director
* Hershel Dennis (born 1984), American football player
* Robert Herschel Donaldson (born 1943) American political scientist
* Herschel Evans (1909–1939), American saxophonist
* Herschel Forester (1931–2018), American football player
* Herschel Friday (1922–1994), American lawyer
* Herschel Garfein, American composer
* Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), American composer
* Herschelle Gibbs (born 1974), South African cricketer
* John Herschel Glenn (1921–2016), American astronaut
* Herschel Gluck, British rabbi
* Hershel W. Gober (born 1936), former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
* Harry Golden (1902–1981), born Herschel Goldhirsch, American newspaper publisher
* David Herschel Goodman, American television writer and producer
* Herschel Green (1920–2006), American flying ace
* Hershel Greene, fictional character from The Walking Dead series
* Herschel Lynn Greer (1906–1976), American businessman
* Michael Herschel Greger (born 1972), American physician
* Herschel Grynszpan (1921 – after 1942), assassin of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
* Herschel Hardin (born 1936), Canadian political activist
* Herschel H. Hatch (1837–1920), U.S. politician from Michigan
* Herschel M. Hogg (1853–1934), U.S. politician from Colorado
* Herschel Lee Howell (1912–1990), Canadian politician from Saskatchewan
* Herschel Johnson (1894–1966), U.S. diplomat from North Carolina
* Herschel V. Jones (1861–1928), American newspaper publisher
* Herschel Krustofski, fictional character from The Simpsons, better known as "Krusty The Clown"
* Herschel Lashkowitz (1918–1993), U.S. politician from North Dakota
* William Hershel Lattimore (1884–1919), American baseball player
* Hershel Layton, protagonist of the Professor Layton fictional universe
* Herschel Leibowitz (1925–2011), American psychologist
* Herschell Gordon Lewis (1929–2016), a U.S. filmmaker, dubbed the Godfather of Gore
* Herschel C. Loveless (1911–1989), 34th governor of Iowa
* Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk (born 1984), Dutch sprinter
* Hershel Ray Martin (1909–1980), American baseball player
* Heinrich Marx (1777–1838), born Herschel Mordechai, Prussian lawyer and father of Karl Marx
* Godlen Herschelle Derrick Masimla (born 1992), South African rugby player
* Hershel Matt (1922–1987), American rabbi
* Herschel Mayall (1863–1941), American actor
* Herschel McCoy (1912–1956), American costume designer
* Hershel McGriff (born 1927), American stock car racer
* Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931), American Latin scholar
* Hershel of Ostropol, a prominent figure in Jewish humor
* Hershel Parker, American literary historian
* Herschel Clifford Parker (1867–1931), American physicist
* Hershel Reichman (born 1944), American rabbi
* Herschel L. Roman (1914–1989), American geneticist
* Herschel Rosenthal (1918–2009), U.S. politician from California
* Hershel Schachter (born 1941), American rabbi
* Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American rabbi
* C. Herschel Schooley (1900–1985), American newspaper editor
* Hershel Shanks (1930–2021), American archeologist
* William Hershel Sharpe (born 1951), American television anchor
* Herschel Sims (born 1991), American football player
* Herschel Smith (1900–1964), American wrestler
* Herschel Curry Smith (1903–1983), American track coach and athlete
* Herschel Stockton (1913–1965), American football player
* Arn Herschel Tellem (born 1954), American businessman
* Herschell Turner (born 1938), American basketball player
* Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–1880), U.S. politician from Georgia
* Herschel Walker (born 1962), American football player and politician
* Eli Herschel Wallach (1915–2014), American actor
* Herschel Weingrod (born 1947), American screenwriter
* Hershel W. Williams (1923–2022), U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient
* Roger Herschel Zion (1921–2019), U.S. politician from Indiana

## 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