Arnold L. HaskellHaskell or Haskel is a surname with several origins. The English surname derives from the Norman personal name Aschetil (Old Norse Ásketill or Áskell), with ás meaning god and ketill meaning helmet. The Ashkenazic surname derives from the personal name Khaskl; the Yiddish form is Yechezkel. Related surnames include Askelson, Askin, Axtell, Hascall, Haskett, Haskin, Hasty, and MacAskill.
People with the name include:
Alexander Cheves Haskell (1839–1910), Confederate Army colonel, and Democratic politician
Amir Haskel (born 1953), Israel Defense Forces brigadier general, Air Force pilot in reserve and Holocaust researcher
Anne Haskell (born 1943), American politician from Maine
Arlo Haskell, American author and publisher
Arnold Haskell (1903–1980), British dance critic
Barbara Haskell (born 1946), American art historian, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Burnette Haskell (1857–1907), American radical
Charles N. Haskell (1860–1933), American lawyer, oilman, and statesman
Charles Ready Haskell (died 1836), namesake of Haskell County, Texas
Colleen Haskell (born 1976), American former reality show contestant and actress
David Haskell (1948–2000), American actor and singer
David Haskell (editor), American magazine editor, ceramicist, and distiller
David G. Haskell, British-born American biologist and author
Dennis Haskell (born 1948), Australian poet and critic
Diana Haskell, American clarinetist
Doc Haskell, American professor and esports coach
Douglas Haskell (1899–1979), American writer, architecture critic and magazine editor
Dudley C. Haskell (1842–1883), American politician and merchant
Edward Haskell (1906–1986), American scientist
Ella Knowles Haskell (1860–1911), American lawyer
Ernest Haskell (1876–1925), American artist and illustrator
Fitch Harrison Haskell (1883–1962), American architect
Floyd Haskell (1916–1998), US Senator from Colorado
Frances Haskell (1871–1947), American politician
Francis Haskell (1928–2000), English art historian
Frank A. Haskell (1828–1864), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Frank W. Haskell (1843–1903), Union soldier in the American Civil War, and Medal of Honor recipient
Gil Haskell (born 1943), National Football League coach
Gordon Haskell (1946–2020), English pop music vocalist and songwriter
Graham Haskell (born 1948), Australian athlete
H. Harrison Haskell (1939–1990), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1978)
Harriet Newell Haskell (1835–1907), American educator, principal of Monticello Seminary (1868–1907)
Harry G. Haskell Jr.