Gaskell may refer to:
- Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919), British lawyer and politician.
- David Gaskell (born 1940), British footballer.
- Dean Gaskell (born 1983), British rugby league player.
- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and biographer.
- George Gaskell, British social psychologist.
- Holbrook Gaskell (1813–1909), British industrialist and collector.
- Holbrook Gaskell II (1846-1919), British chemical industrialist.
- Holbrook Gaskell III (1878-1951), British chemical industrialist.
- James Gaskell, (born 1990), Rugby Union player for Sale Sharks
- James Milnes Gaskell (1810–1873), British Conservative politician.
- Jane Gaskell (born 1941), British fantasy novelist.* Lady Constance Gaskell (1885–1964), British courtier.
- Kevin F. Gaskell, (born 1968), New Zealand-born designer and founder of Gaskell Guitars
- Lucy Gaskell (born 1980), British actress.
- Michael Gaskell (born 1963), British artist.
- Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847–1914), British physiologist.
- William Gaskell (1805–1884), British minister and educator.
- Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), American novelist.
Famous quotes containing the word gaskell:
“I would not trust a mouse to a woman if a man’s judgment could be had.”
—Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
“How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!”
—Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
“My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else.... All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.”
—Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)