Scheel

Not to be confused with Scheele.

Scheel is a surname of Germanic origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arnd Scheel, mathematician at the University of Minnesota
• Ellen Scheel, Norwegian football player
• Fritz Scheel (1852–1907), German-American orchestra conductor
• Georg Scheel, Norwegian barrister
• Günther Scheel (1921–1943), German ace fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II
• Gustav Adolf Scheel (1907–1979), German physician in the SS during the Nazi regime
• Herman Scheel (1859–1956), Norwegian jurist; chief justice of the Supreme Court 1920–29
• Heinrich Scheel, baltic German architect
• Ingeborg Scheel, Swiss Olympic fencer
• John Scheel, MD, term coiner of naturopathy
• Jørgen Jacob Scheel (1916–1989), Danish aristocrat, soldier and ichthyologist
• Karl Scheel (1866–1936), German physicist
• Mildred Scheel (1932–1985), German doctor; second wife of Walter Scheel
• Walter Scheel (1919–2016), German politician; president of the Federal Republic of Germany 1974–79
• Baron Boris Vietinghoff-Scheel (1829–1901), Russian composer

See also

• Karl Scheel Prize, an award given annually by the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin
• Scheels All Sports, American retailer