Kühnel
Kühnel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- August Kühnel (1645–c. 1700), German composer and viola da gamba performer
- Ernst Kühnel (1882−1964), German art historian
- Kea Kühnel (born 1991), German freestyle skier
- Mariana Harder-Kühnel (born 1974), German politician
- Rudolf Kühnel (1896–1950), Austrian racewalker