Gockel or Göckel is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Anja Gockel (born 1968), German fashion designer Eberhard Gockel (1636–1703), German physician Johann Gockel-Ehrlich (1896–1938), Austrian communist and activist Johannes Göckel (1886–1960), Dutch gymnast Paul Gockel (born 1965), Australian swimmer Rudolph Gockel (or Goclenius; 1547–1628), German scholastic philosopher Wolfgang Gockel (1945–2005), German archaeologist Sandra Gockel (born 1974), German politician Sigrid Metz-Göckel (1940–2025), German sociologist, political scientist and social psychologist