People with the surname Apel

• Erich Hans Apel, German SED politician
• Hans Apel
  Hans Apel
  Hans Eberhard Apel was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany . From 1972-74 he was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Foreign Minister...
  
  , German SPD politician
• Johann August Apel
  Johann August Apel
  Johann August Apel was a German writer and jurist.Apel was born in Leipzig. His tale Die Jägerbraut formed the basis for the libretto of Der Freischütz.- Works :* Die Aitolier...
  
  , writer
• Karl-Otto Apel
  Karl-Otto Apel
  Karl-Otto Apel is a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main. Apel worked in ethics, the philosophy of language and human sciences. He wrote extensively in these fields, publishing mostly in German...
  
  , philosopher
• Katrin Apel
  Katrin Apel
  Katrin Apel is a retired German biathlete. , . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda, and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club...
  
  , athlete
• Willi Apel
  Willi Apel
  Willi Apel was a German-American musicologist.Apel was born in Konitz, West Prussia. He studied mathematics from 1912 to 1914, and then again after World War I from 1918 to 1922, in various universities in Weimar Germany. Throughout his studies, he had an interest in music and taught piano lessons...
  
  (1893-1988), German-U.S. musicologist