Apel (surname)

Apel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Erich Apel (1917–1965), German SED politician
• Hans Apel (1932–2011), German SPD politician
• Johann August Apel (1771–1816), German writer
• Karl-Otto Apel (1922–2017), German philosopher
• Katrin Apel (born 1973), former biathlete
• Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-U.S. musicologist