Overview
Bissell is a surname deriving from the Middle English "buyscel", meaning "measure of grain", as well as the Yiddish "Bissel" and "Biselman". Respelling of German "Biesel". Notable persons with that name include:
A. Keith Bissell (born 1941), American politician
Anna Sutherland Bissell (1846–1934), American manufacturing businesswoman
Arthur D. Bissell (1844–1926), American transport businessman and banker
Austin Bissell (died 1807), British Captain in the Royal Navy
Bert Bissell (1902-1998), English mountain climber and peace activist
Clark Bissell (1782-1857), American judge and politician, governor of Connecticut
Claude Bissell (1916– 2000), Canadian author and educator
Clayton Lawrence Bissell (1896–1972), American soldier
Daniel Bissell (disambiguation), several people
Emily Bissell (1861–1948), American social worker and activist
Emma Bissell (born 2001), English footballer
Frank Bissell (disambiguation), multiple people
Gene Bissell (1926–2016), American football player and coach
George Bissell (industrialist) (1821–1884), American oil businessman
George Edwin Bissell (1839–1920), American sculptor
Hezekiah Bissell (1835–1928), American civil engineer
Israel Bissell (1752-1823), American post rider
James D. Bissell (born 1952), American art director
Jean Galloway Bissell (1936–1990), American judge and attorney
John Winslow Bissell (born 1940), American judge and attorney
Keith Bissell (1912–1992), Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator
Laura Bissell (born 1983), English road and track racing cyclist
Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American entrepreneur and inventor
Mina Bissell, Iranian-American biologist
Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. (1947–1996), American prosecutor
Patrick Bissell (1957–1987), American dancer
Peter Bissell (1986–2007), English road and track racing cyclist
Raymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019), American art historian
Richard M. Bissell Jr. (1910–1994), American spy and intelligence officer
Richard Pike Bissell (1913–1977), American author
Silas Bissell (1942-2002), American activist
Stanley Bissell (1906–1999), English wrestler
Susan Bissell (21st century), UNICEF's Child Protection Section chief
Tom Bissell (born 1974), American journalist, critic, and fiction writer
Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American actor
William Bissell (disambiguation), several people
Wilson S. Bissell (1847–1903), American politician from New York
See also
Bissell (disambiguation)
Ashkenazi surnames
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