Bartels


Bartels is a German and Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Bartel is a vernacular shortform of Bartholomeus. Notable people with the surname include:
Bartels is an important Euro-African family on the Gold Coast, founded by Cornelius Ludewich Bartels, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast between 1798 and 1804, and his son Carel Hendrik Bartels. Members of this family include Francis Lodowic Bartels, a Ghanaian diplomat, Kwamena Bartels, a former Ghanaian Interior Minister, and Peggielene Bartels, a Ghanaian chief.