Quesnel
Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to:
Places
- Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme department in France
- Quesnel, British Columbia, a city in British Columbia, Canada
- Quesnel Forks, British Columbia, a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
- Quesnell Heights, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Geographical features
People
- Adam Quesnell, stand-up comedian
- Chantal Quesnel, Canadian actress
- Désiré Quesnel (1843–1915), French wood-engraver
- François Quesnel, 16th-century French artist
- François Jean Baptiste Quesnel (1768–1819), French general under Napoleon
- Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Joseph Quesnel, Canadian operatic composer/playwright
- Jules-Maurice Quesnel, Canadian fur-trader and politician
- Pasquier Quesnel (1634–1719), French Jansenist theologian
- Peter Quesnel (or Quesuel) (d. 1299?), Franciscan
- Pierre Quesnel, 16th-century French artist, worked in Scotland
- Pooky Quesnel, born Joanna Gabrielle Quesnell, English actress
- Yannick Quesnel, French football goalkeeper
Other
- Quesnel (sternwheeler)
- Quesnell Bridge, in Edmonton AB, Canada, over North Saskatchewan River
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