Scheele

Not to be confused with Scheel.

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

• Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist
• George Heinrich Adolf Scheele (1808–1864), German botanist
• Karin Scheele (b. 1968), Austrian politician; member of the European Parliament since 1999
• Leonard A. Scheele (1907–1993), American physician; Surgeon General of the United States, 1948-56
• Nick Scheele (1944–2014), British businessman; chief operating officer of Ford Motor Company
• Thomas von Scheele (b. 1969), Swedish table tennis player

See also

• Scheele (crater), the lunar impact crater