Jessel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sir Charles Jessel, (1860–1928), baronet, British barrister, magistrate and businessman David Jessel, British journalist George Jessel: George Jessel (actor) (1898–1981), American vaudevillian George Jessel (jurist) (1824–1883), British jurist Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel (1866–1950), British soldier and politician Leon Jessel, German composer Patricia Jessel, actress Stephen Jessel, British correspondent Ray Jessel (1929—2015), American-Welsh composer Thomas Jessell, scientist Toby Jessel, British politician Morten Jessel, Danish attorney-at-law Fictional people Miss Jessel, a character in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw and its adaptations