Popel is a surname with multiple origins. Notable people with this surname include: Aleh Popel (born 1983), Belarusian football player Esther Popel (1896–1958), African-American poet Heike Popel (born 1961), East German luger Nikolai Popel (1901–1980), Soviet lieutenant-general Stepan Popel (1909–1987), Ukrainian-American chess champion See also Popiel (disambiguation), Polish surname Poepel Pöppel, German surname