Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), American football player
- August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767âÂÂ1845), German poet, brother of Friedrich
- Brad Schlegel (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bernhard Schlegel (born 1951), German-Canadian chemist
- Carmela Schlegel (born 1983), Swiss swimmer
- Catharina von Schlegel (1697 â 1777), German hymn writer
- Christoph Schlegel (1613 - 1678) German theologian
- Dorothea von Schlegel (1764âÂÂ1839), German novelist and translator, wife of Friedrich
- Dorothee Schlegel (born 1959), German politician
- Elfi Schlegel (born 1964), Canadian gymnast and sportscaster
- Friedrich Schlegel (1772âÂÂ1829), German literary critic, philosopher and Indologist
- Frits Schlegel (1896âÂÂ1965), Danish architect
- Gustaaf Schlegel (1840âÂÂ1903), Dutch sinologist and field naturalist
- Hans Schlegel (born 1951), German astronaut
- Helmut Schlegel (born 1943), German Franciscan, priest, author, meditation instructor, songwriter
- Hermann Schlegel (1804âÂÂ1884), German ornithologist and herpetologist
- Johan Frederik Schlegel (1817âÂÂ1896), Danish civil servant and Governor-General of the Danish West Indies
- Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721âÂÂ1793), German poet and clergyman, father of August
- Johann Elias Schlegel (1719âÂÂ1749), German critic and dramatic poet, brother of Johann Adolf
- John P. Schlegel (1943âÂÂ2015), President of Creighton University and Jesuit
- Karl Schlegel (aviator) (1893âÂÂ1918), German World War I flying ace
- Lynda Schlegel-Culver (born 1969), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Margarete Schlegel (1899âÂÂ1987), German actress
- Martin Schlegel (born 1976), Swiss economist
- Martin Schlegel (theologist) (1581âÂÂ1640), German Lutheran theologian
- Marvin Schlegel, German athlete
- Norbert Schlegel (born 1961), German football player and coach
- Paul Marquard Schlegel 1605âÂÂ1653), German anatomist
- Richard Schlegel, American pathologist
- Richard L. Schlegel (1927âÂÂ2006), American LGBT rights activist
- Rodrigo Schlegel (born 1997), Argentine footballer
- Victor Schlegel (1843âÂÂ1905), German mathematician
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