Chappelle Explained

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)