Bartels
Bartels is a German and Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Bartel is a vernacular shortform of Bartholomeus. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adolf Bartels (1862–1945), German journalist and poet
- Adolph Heinrich Friedrich Bartels (1819–1878), German-born mayor of Adelaide, Australia
- Adolphe Bartels (1802–1862), Belgian liberal, journalist and writer
- Aloysius Bartels (1915–2002), Dutch politician and state secretary
- Anna Bartels (1869–1950), Swedish opera singer
- Arthur Bartels (born 1971), German mathematician
- Carel Hendrik Bartels (1792–1850), Dutch Gold Coast businessman
- Carl Bernard Bartels (1866–1955), German/British sculptor
- Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast from 1798 to 1804
- Edward Bartels (1925–2007), American basketball player
- Fin Bartels (born 1987), German footballer
- Francis Lodowic Bartels (1910–2010), Ghanaian diplomat
- Frank Henry Bartels (1867–1895), South Australian pen-and-ink artist
- Hans von Bartels (1856–1913), German painter
- Hans-Peter Bartels (born 1961), German politician
- Heinrich Bartels (1918–1944), German World War II flying ace
- Hermann Bartels (1900–1989), German architect
- Imke Bartels (born 1977), Dutch equestrian
- Jayden Bartels (born 2004), American dancer, actress, model, YouTuber and social media personality
- Joanie Bartels (born 1953), American children's musician
- Johann Christian Martin Bartels bka Martin Bartels (1769–1836), German mathematician
- John R. Bartels (1897–1997), American judge
- Julius Bartels (1899–1964), German geophysicist and statistician
- Named after him: Bartels (crater), a lunar crater, and Bartels' Rotation Number
- Julius (John) Murray Bartels (1872–1944), philatelist of New York City
- Kerry Anne Bartels (born 1956), Australian politician
- Knud Bartels (born 1952), Danish general
- Kwamena Bartels (born 1947), Ghanaian politician and former Interior Minister
- Larry Bartels (born 1956), American political scientist
- Max Bartels (1871–1936), Dutch plantation owner and naturalist
- Named after him: Bartel's flying squirrel, Bartels's rat, Bartels's spiny rat, Bartels's wood-owl and Max's shrew
- Meike Bartels (born 1973), Dutch psychologist
- Mel Bartels (born 1954), American amateur astronomer
- Named after him: 17823 Bartels, a main belt asteroid
- Michael Bartels (born 1968), German professional racing driver
- Peggielene Bartels (born 1953), Ghanaian chief, wife of a descendant of Carel Hendrik Bartels
- Peter Bartels (born 1941), Australian businessman
- Ralf Bartels (born 1978), German shot-putter
- Tim Bartels (born 1988), German rower
- Tineke Bartels (born 1951), Dutch equestrian
- Wolfgang Bartels (1940–2007), German alpine skier
- Wolfgang Bartels (politician, born 1903) (1903–1975), German politician