Chappelle is a surname of French origin, a variant of the word chapelle meaning "chapel". Notable people with the name include:

• Bill Chappelle (1881–1944), American baseball player

• Charles W. Chappelle (1872–1941), African-American aviation pioneer

• Dave Chappelle (born 1973), American comedian, actor, and social commentator

• Joe Chappelle, American producer and director

• Julius Caesar Chappelle (1852–1904), African-American legislator

• Pat H. Chappelle (1869–1911), African-American founder of the Rabbit's Foot Company vaudeville show

• William D. Chappelle (1857–1925), church minister and formerly enslaved African-American

In fiction

• Ryan Chappelle, a character played by Paul Schulze on 24

See also

• Chappelle's Show, a sketch comedy series starring Dave Chappelle

• Chappelle and Stinnette Records, a small independent United States record label of the early 1920s

• Chappelle, Edmonton, a neighborhood of Edmonton, Canada

• Chapelle (disambiguation)

• Chapelle (surname)