Herschel could be:

• Sir William Herschel, astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus (planet)
• John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer, his son
• Carolyn Lucretia Herschel, astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William
• Various craters in the solar system named after William Herschel: see Herschel (crater)
• Herschel Gibbs , is South African cricket player
• Herschel is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa