Carl Gustav Hempel  

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Hempel is a name of German, Dutch and Swedish origin and the surname of a Swedish noble family.

The following people have the surname:

• Adolph Hempel (1870–1949), Brazilian entomologist
• Amy Hempel (born 1951), American writer and professor
• Anouska Hempel (born 1941), New Zealand-born hotelier and designer and former actress
• Bill Hempel (1920–2001), American football player
• Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–97), German-American philosopher
• Charles Frederick Hempel (1811–1867), German organist and composer, son of Charles William Hempel
• Charles Julius Hempel (1811–1879), German-born translator and homeopathic physician
• Charles William Hempel (1777–1855), English organist
• Gotthilf Hempel (born 1929), German marine biologist and oceanographer
• Eduard Hempel (1887–1972), Nazi German Minister to Ireland (1937–1945)
• Fábio Hempel (born 1980), Brazilian athlete
• Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), German-American soprano
• Hazel Hempel Abel (1888–1966), United States Republican Party Senator for Nebraska (1954)
• Jan Hempel (born 1971), German Olympic diver
• Johan Wilhelm Hempel (1860–1920), Danish sea captain
• Jutta Hempel (born 1960), German chess prodigy
• Lothar Hempel (born 1966), German artist
• Marc Hempel (born 1957), contemporary American cartoonist
• Peter Hempel (born 1959), East German Olympic canoer
• Udo Hempel (born 1946), German Olympic road and track cyclist

See also

• Hempel Group, Danish coatings supplier company
• Hempel's paradox (or Hempel's ravens), synonyms for the Raven paradox named after Carl Gustav Hempel
• Hempel's dilemma, named after Carl Gustav Hempel

• Gunter Hampel (born 1937), German jazz vibraphonist and reeds player