Riel may refer to:

Places

Riel, Netherlands Riel is a village (Dutch language, Dutch: ''dorp (town), dorp'') in the municipality of Goirle, south of Tilburg in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. Until 1997 it belonged to the municipality Alphen en Riel. On the eas ...

, a town in the Netherlands * Riel (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, named after Louis Riel * Riel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; a community committee comprising three city wards

People and characters

People with the surname

* Alex Riel (1940-2024), Danish jazz and rock drummer * André Riel (born 1989), Danish professional footballer * Ane Riel (born 1971), Danish novelist * Cole Riel (born 1995), American politician * Etta Riel (1914–???), American woman who disappeared * Heike Riel (born 1971), German nanotechnologist * Hervé Riel, 17th century French fisherman, subject of poem by

Robert Browning Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian literature, Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentar ...

* Jørn Riel (born 1931), Danish writer * Louis Riel Sr. (1817–1864), Canadian Métis farmer, father of Louis and Sara Riel *

Louis Riel Louis Riel (; ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis in Canada, Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of ...

(1844–1885), Canadian Métis politician and rebel * Maurice Riel (1922–2007), Canadian politician * Sara Riel (1848–1883), Canadian Métis nun, sister of Louis Riel

People with the given name

* John Riel Casimero (born 1989), Filipino boxer and internet personality * Lawrence Riel Yew (1942–1998), Canadian trapper, fisherman and politician * Riel de Kock (born 1983), South African cricketer * Riel Nason, Canadian novelist

Fictional characters

* Ye Ri-el, a fictional character from the Korean TV show '' I'm Not a Robot''

Other uses