Oppel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Albert Oppel (1831–1865), German paleontologist
  • Dorsum Oppel, a wrinkle ridge in Mare Crisium on the Moon
  • Kenneth Oppel (born 1967), Canadian author
  • Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782–1820), German naturalist
  • Reinhard Oppel (1878–1941), German composer
  • Richard A. Oppel Jr., an American journalist who reported for The New York Times from Iraq, Israel and Washington, D.C.
  • Richard Oppel (born 1943), American journalist and was editor of the Austin American-Statesman from 1995 to 2008
  • Robert Opel, (1939–1979), born Robert Oppel before changing his name to Opel, an American photographer, art gallery owner, and streaker

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