Besser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Astrid Besser (born 1989), Italian tennis player
- Chaskel Besser (1923âÂÂ2010), Polish-American Rabbi
- Hans Besser (1510 â after 1558), German portrait painter
- Hans Besser (chess player) (1935âÂÂ2002), German chess master
- Howard Besser (born c. 1952), American scholar of digital preservation, digital libraries, and preservation of film and video
- Jesse Besser (1882âÂÂ1970), American inventor, who invented a machine for making Besser blocks
- Joe Besser (1907âÂÂ1988), American comedian
- Les Besser (born 1936), American electronics engineer, and founder of Compact Software, the first RF and microwave EDA company
- Linton Besser (born 1976 or 1977), Australian journalist
- Matt Besser (born 1967), American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer
- Richard E. Besser (born 1959), American doctor and executive
- Robert Dennis Besser, see Robert Denning (1927âÂÂ2005), American interior designer
- Stuart M. Besser, American film producer
- Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784âÂÂ1842), Austrian botanist
See also