Knell is a surname, and may refer to:
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Eric Knell (1903–1987), English Anglican Bishop
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Gary Knell (born 1954), American broadcast executive
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Phil Knell (1865–1944), American baseball player
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William Knell (actor)
William Knell (died June 13, 1587) was an Elizabethan era actor who played lead roles for the Queen's Men in the 1580s. It has been speculated that his sudden death in a brawl with another actor, while on tour in Thame near Oxford, gave Willi ...
(d 1587), Elizabethan English actor
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William Adolphus Knell (1801–1875), British maritime painter
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William Calcott Knell (1830–1880), British landscape painter
A knell is also the sound of a bell when being rung for a funeral:
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Death knell
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