Pagels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elaine Pagels (born 1943), American theologian Eva Pagels (born 1954), German field hockey player Georges-Guillaume Pagels (1855–1897), Swedish officer in the service of the International African Association Heinz Pagels (1939–1988), American physicist Tietje Spannenburg-Pagels (1906 - after 1933), Dutch speed skater
See also Pagel, a surname