Bartels

Bartels is a German and Dutch patronymic surname.^[1] The given name Bartel is a vernacular shortform of Bartholomeus.^[2] 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 [de] (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

Ghanaian family

The Bartels family was an important Euro-African family on the Gold Coast, founded by Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast between 1798 and 1804, and his son Carel Hendrik Bartels (1792–1850). Descendants of this family include Charles Francis Hutchison (1879–ca. 1940)^[3] Francis Lodowic Bartels (1910–2010), a Ghanaian educator and diplomat, Kwamena Bartels (born 1947), a former Ghanaian Interior Minister, and Peggielene Bartels (born 1953), a Ghanaian chief, who is married to a descendant.

See also

• All pages with titles containing Bartels
• Bartel (disambiguation)
• Bartles & Jaymes, an alcoholic beverage