List of Famous people named Axel

Axel Schimpf is a retired Vizeadmiral of the German Navy.

Axel Auriant is a French actor and drummer. He is known for his role as Lucas Lallement in the French-Belgian TV drama series Skam France.

Axel Köhler is a German countertenor and opera director. In 1994, he won the Handel Prize. Since 2009, he has been Artistic Director of the Halle Opera House.

Axel Stordahl was an American arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his work with Frank Sinatra in the 1940s at Columbia Records. With his sophisticated orchestrations, Stordahl is credited with helping to bring pop arranging into the modern age.

Axel Dieter Becke is a physical chemist and Professor of Chemistry at Dalhousie University, Canada. He is a leading researcher in the application of density functional theory (DFT) to molecules.

Axel Freimuth is a German physicist. On 1 April 2005 he succeeded the mathematician Tassilo Küpper as Rector of Cologne University. His initial appointment was for a term of four years but this has subsequently been extended.