Pell is a surname shared by several notable people, listed below
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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 ...
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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
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Barney Pell
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Benjamin Pell
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Charles Pell (1874–1936), American college football coach
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Charley Pell (1941–2001), American college football player and coach
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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
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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 ...
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Dave Pell (1925–2017), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
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Ella Ferris Pell (1846–1922), American painter, sculptor, and illustrator
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Eva J. Pell (born 1948), American biologist, plant pathologist, and science administrator
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George Pell (1941–2023), Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church
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Harry Pell (born 1991), English professional footballer
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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.
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(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
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Isabel Pell (1900–1951), American socialite and member of the French Resistance
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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 ...
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John Pell (landowner), his son, British-born American landowner
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John H. Pell, member of the Minnesota State Senate
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Morris Birkbeck Pell (1827–1879), American-Australian mathematician, professor, lawyer and actuary
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Olive Pell (1903–2002), Australian poet and librarian
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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
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Philip Pell (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.
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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
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William Pell (tenor) (1947–2003), American opera singer
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William Pell (footballer) (1883-1915), English footballer
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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
See also
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Pelle (surname)
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