Pell is both a given name and a surname shared by several notable people, listed below :

Given name

* Pell Cooper (born 1959), American lawyer and judge

Surname

Albert Pell Albert Pell (12 March 1820 – 7 April 1907) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Early life Pell was born in 1820, the eldest son of Sir Albert Pell, a judge of the Bankruptcy Courts and Margaret ...

Axel Rudi Pell Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German hard rock guitarist. Career Pell commenced his musical career with Steeler (German band), Steeler (1984–88) before leaving in 1988 for a solo career. During this time, he has played with such dr ...

(born 1960), German heavy metal guitar player and member of Steeler and founder of his own eponymous band * Barney Pell *

Benjamin Pell Benjamin Pell (also known as Benji the Binman; born December 1963) is a British man who is known for having raked through the dustbins of law firms representing prominent people in search of incriminating or compromising documents that he could se ...

Charles Pell Charles Albert Pell (October 1, 1874 – January 26, 1936) was an American college football coach from 1902 until 1907. Coaching career Northern Iowa Pell got his first head coaching job at Northern Iowa in 1902 and coached there through the 19 ...

(1874–1936), American college football coach *

Charley Pell Charles Byron Pell (February 17, 1941 – May 29, 2001) was an American college football player and coach. Pell was an Alabama native and an alumnus of the University of Alabama, where he played college football. He is most notably remembered a ...

(1941–2001), American college football player and coach *

Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...

(1918–2009), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, serving six terms from 1961 to 1997, and sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides financial aid funding to American college students *

Clay Pell Herbert Claiborne Pell IV (born November 17, 1981) is an American lawyer, military officer, and politician. He is a commander and judge advocate in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Interna ...

Dave Pell David Pell (February 26, 1925 – May 7, 2017) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and record producer. He was best known for leading a cool jazz octet in the 1950s. Biography Pell played in his teens with the big bands of Tony Pastor, ...

(1925–2017), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader *

Ella Ferris Pell Ella Ferris Pell (January 18, 1846 – 1922) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator. She was the niece of William Ferris Pell, who bought the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga in 1820. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and trained as an ar ...

(1846–1922), American painter, sculptor, and illustrator *

Eva J. Pell Eva J. Pell (born March 11, 1948) is a biologist, plant pathologist, and science administrator. Pell's research focused on the physiological and biochemical impacts of air pollutants on vegetation. As a science administrator at Pennsylvania State ...

(born 1948), American biologist, plant pathologist, and science administrator *

George Pell George Pell (8 June 1941 – 10 January 2023) was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Cour ...

(1941–2023), Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church *

Harry Pell Harry David Balraj Pell (born 21 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Cheltenham Town. Pell came through the youth system at Charlton Athletic where he spent 12 years. He spent time on loan at ...

(born 1991), English professional footballer *

Herbert Pell Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. (February 16, 1884 – July 17, 1961) was a United States representative from New York, U.S. Minister to Portugal, U.S. Minister to Hungary, and a creator and member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. A ...

(1884–1961), American Representative from New York, U.S. Minister to Portugal, U.S. Minister to Hungary, and an instigator and member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission *

Isabel Pell Isabel Townsend Pell (September 28, 1900 – June 5, 1951) was an American socialite and member of the French Resistance during World War II. She was subsequently decorated with the Legion of Honour. Early life and family Pell was born on Sept ...

(1900–1951), American socialite and member of the French Resistance *

John Pell (mathematician) John Pell (1 March 1611 – 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad. He was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish. He ...

(1611–1685), English mathematician. See also

Pell's equation Pell's equation, also called the Pell–Fermat equation, is any Diophantine equation of the form x^2 - ny^2 = 1, where ''n'' is a given positive Square number, nonsquare integer, and integer solutions are sought for ''x'' and ''y''. In Cartesian ...

* Sir John Pell (landowner), his son, British-born American landowner * John H. Pell, member of the Minnesota State Senate *

Morris Birkbeck Pell Morris Birkbeck Pell (31 March 1827 – 7 May 1879) was an American-Australian mathematician, professor, lawyer and actuary. He became the inaugural Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the University of Sydney in 1852, and conti ...

(1827–1879), American-Australian mathematician, professor, lawyer and actuary *

Olive Pell Olive Alicia Ades Pell (29 October 1903 – 23 January 2002) was an Australian librarian and poet. Life and career Olive Pell was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 29 October 1903. She was educated at St Hilda's Anglican School for G ...

(1903–2002), Australian poet and librarian *

Paula Pell Paula Pell (born April 15, 1963) is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress. She is best known for her work as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2013. For her work on ''SNL'' and '' 30 Rock' ...

(born 1963), American writer, actress, comedian and producer *

Philip Pell Philip Pell (July 7, 1753 – May 1, 1811) was an American politician and lawyer from Westchester County, New York. He served in the New York State Assembly and as a delegate for New York to the Confederation Congress. Pell Street in New York ...

(1753–1811), American politician and lawyer who served in the New York State Assembly and as a delegate for New York to the Confederation Congress. *

Thomas Pell Thomas Pell, 1st Lord of Pelham Manor (1608 – September 21, 1669) was an English-born physician who bought the area known as Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York, and fou ...

(1608–1669), an English-born physician who emigrated to United States *

William Pell (tenor) William R. Pell (August 16, 1947 – July 26, 2003) was an American opera singer who had a major international career during the 1980s and 1990s. He began his career as a baritone in the early 1970s before transitioning into the dramatic tenor re ...

(1947–2003), American opera singer *

William Pell (footballer) William Henry Pell (1883 – 9 May 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Glossop. Personal life Pell served as a private in the Northamptonshire Regiment during the First World War ...

(1883-1915), English footballer *

William Pell (minister) William Pell (1634–1698) was an English Nonconformist (Protestantism), nonconformist minister, ejected in 1662, a tutor of Durham College (17th-century), Durham College subsequently imprisoned for illegal preaching. Life The son of William Pell, ...

(1634–1698), English minister