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

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.

References

^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ "Nederlandse Familienamenbank". Nederlandse Familienamenbank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ Doortmont, Michel (2005). The pen-pictures of modern Africans and African celebrities by Charles Francis Hutchison : a collective biography of elite society in the Gold Coast Colony (PDF). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-14097-2.

Surname list

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