Notable people or families with the surname Herschel include:

• Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus
• Carolyn Lucretia Herschel (1750-1848), astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel
• John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel
• Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836-1907), astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
• Allan Herschell, creator of amusement park rides
• Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1837-1899), and hence the Baron Herschell line

Herschel could also refer to a place:

• Herschel, South Africa, town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
• Herschel Girls School, a private day and boarding school for girls in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa
• Herschel (crater), various craters in the solar system named after William Herschel
  • Herschel (crater on Mars)
  • C. Herschel (crater)
  • Herschel (lunar crater)
  • Herschel (crater on Mimas)
  • J. Herschel (crater)
• Herschel Space Observatory, ESA's far infrared space observatory
• William Herschel Telescope
• William Herschel Museum
• Herschel Island
• Herschel Greer Stadium

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