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Kusaila
Kusaila ibn Malzam (), also known as Aksel, was a 7th-century Berber Christian ruler of the kingdom of Altava and leader of the Awraba tribe, a Christianised sedentary Berber tribe of the Aures and possibly Christian king of the Sanhaja. Under ...
for the 7th-century Berber leader.''
Aksel is a masculine name, used predominantly throughout
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...
, a variant of
Axel.
People with the name include:
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Aksel Agerby (1889–1942), Danish composer, organist, and music administrator
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Aksel Airo
Aksel Fredrik Airo (14 February 1898 – 9 May 1985) was a Finnish lieutenant general and main strategic planner during the Winter War and the Continuation War. He was the virtual second-in-command of the Finnish army under Field Marshal C.G.E ...
(1898–1985), Finnish lieutenant general and main strategic planner
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Aksel Andersen (1912–1977), Danish-American organist and composer and organ professor and examinist
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Aksel Frederik Andersen (1891–1972), Danish mathematician
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Aksel Arstal (1855–1940), Norwegian theologist, schoolteacher and geographer
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Aksel Bender Madsen (1916–2000), Danish furniture designer
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Aksel Berg (1893–1979), Soviet scientist and Navy Admiral (in Engineering)
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Aksel Berget Skjølsvik (born 1987), Norwegian professional football player
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Aksel Bonde (1918–1996), Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Aksel Brehm (1889-?), Estonian politician
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Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish professor of meteorology at University of Copenhagen
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Aksel Duun (1921–1987), Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s
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Aksel Fossen (1919–2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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Aksel Gresvig (1876–1958), Norwegian track cyclist, sports administrator and businessman
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Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş (born 1973), Turkish track and field athlete
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Aksel Hagen (born 1953), Norwegian politician and member of the Storting
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Aksel Hennie (born 1975), Norwegian actor, director and writer
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Aksel Hansen (1853–1933), Danish sculptor
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Kaj Aksel Hansen (1917–1987), Danish footballer and manager
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Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff (1922–1971, Norwegian communist and one of the last generations on
Lille Ekkerøy
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Aksel V. Johannesen (born 1972), Faroese lawyer and politician
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Aksel Kallas (1890–1922), Estonian politician
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Aksel Kankaanranta (born 1998), Finnish singer who would've represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
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Aksel Kuuse (1913–1942), Estonian track and field athlete
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Aksel Larsen (1897–1972), Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark
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Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982), Norwegian alpine skier
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Aksel Lydersen (1919–1995), Norwegian engineer and professor of chemical engineering
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Aksel Madsen (1899–1988), Danish long-distance runner
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Aksel Magdahl
Aksel Magdahl (born 6 March 1979, in Tönsberg), is a Norwegian yacht racing navigator, author of the tactics that took the boat Ericsson 3 to the victory in the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The stage was the longest in the history of the ra ...
(born 1979), Norwegian navigator
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Aksel Mark (1913–2014), Estonian politician, journalist, newspaper editor and agronomist
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Aksel Mikkelsen (1849–1929), Danish educator
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Aksel Møller (1906–1958), Danish politician
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Aksel Nielsen (1901–1984), Danish-born American philanthropist, founder of the Mortgage Banking Association's School of Mortgage Banking
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Aksel Nõmmela (born 1994), Estonian cyclist
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Aksel Orav (1929–2003), Estonian actor
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Aksel Herman Rüütli (1893–1976), Estonian politician
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Aksel Sørensen (1891–1955), Danish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965), novelist, born in Nykøbing, Mors Island, Denmark
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Aksel Schiøtz
Aksel Schiøtz (1 September 190619 April 1975) was a Danish tenor and later baritone, who was considered one of Europe's leading lieder singers of the post-World War II period.Alan Blyth"Review: The Singer and His Art by Aksel Schiøtz" ''The Musi ...
(1906–1975), Danish tenor and Lieder singer
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Aksel Vartanyan Aksel Tatevosovich Vartanyan (; born January 8, 1938) is a Soviet and Russian journalist, sports historian and native of Tbilisi.
Vartanyan graduated from the Historical-Philological Department of Tbilisi Pedagogical Institute. Since 1962 he has wo ...
(born 1938), Soviet and Russian journalist and sports historian
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Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen (1924–2010), Danish meteorologist and professor of meteorology
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Aksel Zachariassen (1898–1987), Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, secretary and writer
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