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Bell is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 of Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 origin. Notable persons with that surname include:

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  • Aaron Bell
    Aaron Bell
    Samuel Aaron Bell was an American jazz double-bassist.As a child, Bell played piano, and learned brass instruments in high school. He attended Xavier University, where he began playing bass, and graduated in 1942; following this he joined the Navy, completing his service in 1946...

     (1922–2003), American jazz double-bassist
  • Acton Bell, pseudonym of Anne Brontë
  • Adrian Bell
    Adrian Bell
    Adrian Bell was an English journalist and farmer, who was the first compiler of The Times crossword.-Life:The son of a newspaper editor, he was born in London and educated at Uppingham School in Rutland...

     (1901–1980), British farmer-writer, father of Martin Bell
  • Al Bell
    Al Bell
    Al Bell is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. Bell is best known as one of the key figures behind and a co-owner of Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records during the latter half of the label's nineteen-year existence...

     (born 1940), American record producer, songwriter, and record executive
  • Alden John Bell
    Alden John Bell
    Alden John Bell was a 20th century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in the state of California from 1962-1979...

     (1904–1982), Roman Catholic bishop
  • Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

     (1847–1922), Scottish-Canadian-American inventor, teacher, engineer and scientist, son of Alexander Melville Bell
  • Alexander Melville Bell
    Alexander Melville Bell
    Alexander Melville Bell was a teacher and researcher of physiological phonetics and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution....

    , Scottish-American philologist, researcher and teacher, father of Alexander Graham Bell
  • Alexandre Douala Manga Bell (1897–1966), Duala ruler in Cameroon
  • Allan Bell (sociolinguist)
    Allan Bell (sociolinguist)
    Allan Bell has worked as an independent sociolinguistic researcher in New Zealand and has written extensively on New Zealand English, language style, and media language. He is a founding co-editor of the international quarterly Journal of Sociolinguistics and is known for his theory of audience...

    , New Zealand sociolinguist
  • Alphonzo E. Bell, Sr., American oil millionaire
  • Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
    Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
    Alphonzo "Al" Bell, Jr. was an eight-term United States Representative from California, who represented Los Angeles, California's influential Westside.-Family Background & Early Life:...

    , American politician
  • Andy Bell
    Andy Bell (singer)
    Andrew Ivan "Andy" Bell is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo Erasure. He also has a solo career, with the albums Non-Stop and Electric Blue.-Early life:Andy Bell originates from the Dogsthorpe area in Peterborough...

     (born 1964), British vocalist
  • Andy Bell
    Andy Bell (musician)
    Andrew Piran "Andy" Bell is a Welsh musician, currently playing guitar in the band Beady Eye. He is a songwriter, singer, producer, DJ and former member of the early 1990s shoegazing band, Ride, and later, Hurricane #1...

     (born 1970), British musician
  • Andy Bell
    Andy Bell (psychologist)
    Andy Bell is an English psychologist and author from Manchester. Bell specializes in Speech & Success Psychology, inspired by his own personal problems with stammering which lasted roughly from the age of four well into his teen years. He is a Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and also...

    , British psychologist
  • Angellica Bell
    Angellica Bell
    Angellica Bell is a British television and radio presenter.-Early life:Born in 1976 of St. Lucian heritage, Bell was educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School. She later earned her BA Honours degree in Politics.-Television career:2000–2006Bell joined CBBC in May 2000...

     (born 1976), English television and radio presenter
  • Anthony Bell
    Anthony Bell
    Anthony Bell is a retired American football linebacker that played at Michigan State University and for the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL....

     (born 1964), retired American football linebacker that played at Michigan State University and for the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL
  • Archie Bell
    Archie Bell
    Archie Lee Bell is an African-American solo singer and former lead singer of Archie Bell & the Drells.-Background:...

     (born 1944), American musician
  • Art Bell
    Art Bell
    Arthur W. "Art" Bell, III is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as one of the founders and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland...

     (born 1945), American radio host
  • Arthur Bell, one of several people

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  • Benny Bell
    Benny Bell
    Benny Bell was an American singer-songwriter who reached popularity in the 1940s, with a comeback in the 1970s. He is particularly remembered for his risqué but cheerfully optimistic songs.-Career:Benny Bell was born to an immigrant Jewish family in New York City...

     (1906–1999), American songwriter
  • Bert Bell
    Bert Bell
    De Benneville "Bert" Bell was the National Football League commissioner from 1946 until his death in 1959. As commissioner, he helped chart a path for the NFL to facilitate its rise in becoming the most popular sports attraction in the United States...

     (1895–1959), American football commissioner
  • Bill Bell (born 1941), American mayor
  • Bob Bell (actor)
    Bob Bell (actor)
    Robert Lewis Bell , better known as Bob Bell, was famous for his alter-ego, Bozo the Clown. He was the original portrayer of the character for Chicago superstation WGN-TV.- Early life :...

     (1922–1977), American clown
  • Bob Bell (motorsport) (born 1958), a Formula One engineer
  • Bobby Bell
    Bobby Bell
    Bobby Lee Bell, Sr is a former professional American football linebacker/defensive end. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, and was a member of the Chiefs' team that won Super Bowl IV against the Minnesota Vikings.- High school career :He excelled in...

     (1940), former American footballer
  • Bradley Bell
    Bradley Bell
    Bradley Bell is an American television writer and producer. Bell is a six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner and is executive producer and head writer for The Bold and the Beautiful, an American soap opera.-Career:...

     (born 1964), American television writer and producer
  • Brian Bell (musician)
    Brian Bell (musician)
    Brian Bell is an American guitarist and songwriter. Active since 1989, he is best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the American alternative rock band Weezer. Bell joined Weezer in 1993 following the departure of founding member Jason Cropper...

     (born 1968), American musician
  • Brian Douglas Bell
    Brian Douglas Bell
    Brian Douglas Bell is a New Zealand environmental consultant and ornithologist. He worked for the New Zealand Wildlife Service 1957-1987 on the management and conservation of threatened species and was awarded the Queens Service Medal in 1984. He is a member of the Royal Australasian...

    , New Zealand ornithologist
  • Bryce Bell
    Bryce Bell
    * For the passenger of Air Canada Flight 143, see Gimli Glider----Bryce Bell is a Christian musician.Bell got into music from an early age. He began taking piano lessons when he was in the second grade. Throughout his school years he was very involved in music...

    , American Christian musician
  • Buddy Bell
    Buddy Bell
    David Gus "Buddy" Bell is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each...

     (born 1951), former American baseball player
  • Burton C. Bell
    Burton C. Bell
    Burton Christopher Bell is an American musician. Bell is best known as the frontman of the metal band Fear Factory where he is the only consistent member. His singing style mixes clean vocals with death growls.-Fear Factory:...

     (born 1969), American rock singer

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  • Cameron Bell, Australian sports writer
  • Carey Bell
    Carey Bell
    Carey Bell was an American blues musician, who played the harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass for other blues musicians during the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s before embarking on a solo career...

     (born 1926), musician
  • Catherine Bell
    Catherine Bell
    Catherine Lisa Bell is an American actress known for her role of Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005...

     (born 1968), British-American actress
  • Catherine J. Bell
    Catherine J. Bell
    Catherine J. Bell, is a trade unionist and politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was elected as the New Democratic Party's candidate in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Vancouver Island North, serving for one term...

    , Canadian politician
  • Charles Bell
    Charles Bell
    Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, neurologist and philosophical theologian.His three older brothers included John Bell , also a noted surgeon and writer; and the advocate George Joseph Bell .-Life:...

     (1774–1842), Scottish surgeon
  • Charles Bell (surveyor) (1813–1882)
  • Charles Henry Bell
    Charles H. Bell (politician)
    Charles Henry Bell was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in 1823 in Chester, New Hampshire, he served New Hampshire in both the state House of Representatives and Senate, as a U.S. Senator, and as Governor.Charles was one of the ten children of Governor...

     (1823–1893), American politician
  • Charles H. Bell
    Charles H. Bell (naval officer)
    Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, and the American Civil War....

     (1798–1875), United States naval officer
  • Charlie Bell
    Charlie Bell (baseball)
    Charles C. Bell was an American professional baseball pitcher who pitched in the American Association. Bell was 1-0 with the Kansas City Cowboys , 2-6 for the Louisville Colonels , and 1-0 for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers .He pitched in 12 games, completed 10 out of 11 starts, and had an ERA of...

     (1868–1937), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Charlie Bell
    Charlie Bell
    Charles Hamilton Bell AO was an Australian business executive. He served as president of the American-based fast-food chain McDonald's from December 2002, and additionally as chief executive officer from April to November 2004...

     (1960?-2005), Australian businessman
  • Charlie Bell
    Charlie Bell (basketball)
    Charlie Will Bell III is an American professional basketball guard for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.-Career:He began playing basketball at Flint Southwestern Academy High School, and had an excellent college career at Michigan State University, appearing in three NCAA Final Fours, and...

     (born 1979), United States basketball player
  • Chichester A. Bell, American sound engineer
  • Chris Bell
    Chris Bell (musician)
    Christopher Branford "Chris" Bell was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s...

     (1951–1978), musician
  • Chris Bell
    Chris Bell (politician)
    Robert Christopher "Chris" Bell is a Democratic Party politician. He last served as a one-term congressman in the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 25th congressional district in Houston from 2003 to 2005 before being defeated in the Democratic primary by Justice of the Peace Al...

     (born 1959), politician
  • Chris Bell
    Chris Bell (rugby player)
    Chris Bell is a rugby union footballer who plays at centre for London Wasps, formerly with Leeds, Harlequins and Sale Sharks.-External links:****-References:...

    , rugby player
  • Clive Bell
    Clive Bell
    Arthur Clive Heward Bell was an English Art critic, associated with formalism and the Bloomsbury Group.- Origins :Clive Bell was born in East Shefford, Berkshire, in 1881...

     (1881–1964), British art critic and philosopher
  • Colin Bell
    Colin Bell
    Colin Bell MBE , is a former English football player who was born in Hesleden, County Durham, England. Nicknamed "The King of the Kippax" , and Nijinsky after the famous racehorse , Bell is widely regarded as Manchester City's greatest ever player...

     (born 1946), English soccer player
  • Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player
  • Currer Bell, pseudonym of Charlotte Brontë
    Charlotte Brontë
    Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards...


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  • Daniel Bell
    Daniel Bell
    Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his seminal contributions to the study of post-industrialism...

     (1919–2011), American sociologist
  • David Bell
    David Bell (baseball)
    David Michael Bell is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently the manager of the Triple-A Louisville Bats...

     (born 1972), American baseball player
  • David Bell
    David Bell (television)
    David Bell was a Scottish television producer and director in the light entertainment genre. In the mid 1980s, he became head of light entertainment at LWT. Live From Her Majesty's, Copy Cats and The Stanley Baxter Show number amongst his successes. He died of AIDS, aged 53....

     (1936–1990), Scottish TV producer and director
  • David Bell, Australian field hockey player
  • David Bell
    David Bell (footballer born 1984)
    David Bell is an English-born Irish professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Coventry City. He previously played for Norwich City, Luton Town and Rushden & Diamonds, as well as having a brief trial with Middlesbrough...

     (born 1984), English-born Irish footballer for Norwich City
    Norwich City F.C.
    Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

  • David Bell (born 1985), Irish footballer for Finn Harps
    Finn Harps F.C.
    Finn Harps Football Club are a professional Irish football club playing in the First Division of the League of Ireland. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. They hail from Ballybofey, County Donegal and play their home matches at Finn Park. The club's colours are blue...

  • David Bell
    David Bell (VC)
    David Bell VC was born County Down, Ireland . Bell was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.He was approximately 22 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion,...

    , Irish soldier
  • David Bell
    David Bell (British civil servant)
    Sir David Robert Bell KCB is Permanent Secretary at the British Department for Education. He took up his post on 3 January 2006. He was previously Chief Inspector of Schools at the Office for Standards in Education...

    , British civil servant, Permanent Secretary
    Permanent Secretary
    The Permanent secretary, in most departments officially titled the permanent under-secretary of state , is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis...

    , Department for Education and Skills
  • Dean Bell
    Dean Bell
    Dean Bell is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach. A New Zealand international representative centre, he played his club football in England, Australia and New Zealand, but most notably with Wigan, with whom he won seven consecutive Challenge Cup finals, a Lance Todd Trophy and a...

     (born 1962), New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach
  • Demetrius Bell
    Demetrius Bell
    Demetrius Carte Bell is an American football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He is the son of former basketball star Karl Malone.-Early life:...

     (born 1984), American football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He is the son of former basketball star Karl Malone
  • Derek Bell
    Derek Bell (musician)
    George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE was an Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist, and composer, best known for his accompaniment work on various instruments with The Chieftains....

     (1935–2002), harpist
  • Derek Bell
    Derek Bell (auto racer)
    Derek Reginald Bell MBE is a former racing driver from England who was extremely successful in sportscar racing, winning five times at Le Mans. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams...

     (born 1941), British racing driver
  • Derek Bell
    Derek Bell (baseball player)
    Derek Nathaniel Bell is a former Major League Baseball player. Primarily a right fielder and center fielder, Bell batted from the right side and threw with his right hand. He is 6'2" tall, and during his playing career, he weighed 215 pounds.-Amateur and minor league career:Bell played amateur...

     (born 1968), American baseball player
  • Derrick Bell
    Derrick Bell
    Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. was the first tenured African-American professor of Law at Harvard University, and largely credited as the originator of Critical Race Theory. He was the former dean of the University of Oregon School of Law.- Education and early career :Born in the Hill District of...

    , American law professor
  • Dillon Bell
    Dillon Bell
    Sir Francis Dillon Bell KCMG CB MLC was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century. He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance , and later as its third Speaker of the House...

     (1822–1898), New Zealand politician
  • Don Bell
    Don Bell
    For the American radio broadcaster, see Don Bell Donald H. Bell, MP is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of North Vancouver in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada...

    , Canadian politician
  • Don Bell (radio broadcaster)
    Don Bell (radio broadcaster)
    Clarence Alton Beliel, commonly known as Don Bell, is an American radio broadcaster best known for his radio work broadcasting from the Philippines in the years leading up to World War II....

      American radio broadcaster
  • Doug Bell
    Doug Bell
    Douglas Andrew Bell is a computer game developer active in the industry from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s.He is best known for his role as the lead designer and programmer for the classic Dungeon Master series of computer games from San Diego studio FTL Games...

     (born 1961), American computer game developer
  • Drake Bell
    Drake Bell
    Jared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...

    , American actor and guitarist
  • Drew Tyler Bell
    Drew Tyler Bell
    Drew Tyler Bell is an American actor and dancer.-Career:Bell is perhaps most known for his role as Thomas Forrester in The Bold and the Beautiful, which he held from 2004 until 2010, for which he won the 2010 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series...

    , American actor and performer
  • Duncan Bell
    Duncan Bell
    Duncan Stuart Crampton Bell is an English rugby union player currently playing for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership at the position of prop. Educated at Colston's Collegiate School, Bristol, he is an England international with five caps.Born in Norfolk, Bell was raised in the South...

    , English rugby union player
  • Duncan Bell (actor)
    Duncan Bell (actor)
    Duncan Bell is a Scottish stage and screen actor.In September 2001 he played Sergeant Dennis Merton in Britain's biggest TV drama series Heartbeat...

    , Scottish actor

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  • Earl Bell
    Earl Bell (athlete)
    Earl H. Bell is a former world record holding pole vaulter from the United States, winner of the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and current coach to a number of the nation's top men and women vaulters. He was born in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone.At his last Olympic appearance, Bell finished...

    , American pole vaulter
  • Edward William Derrington Bell
    Edward William Derrington Bell
    Major General Edward William Derrington Bell VC CB was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....

    , British soldier
  • Sir Edmond Bell (Knight)
    Sir Edmond Bell (Knight)
    Sir Edmond Bell Of Castle Acre and Beaupre Hall, Norfolk. . He was a MP of Aldeburgh, Justice of the Peace for Norfolk c. 1599, Knighted 1603.-Early life:...

    , English MP
  • Eileen Bell
    Eileen Bell
    Eileen Bell CBE is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down and former deputy leader of the Alliance Party.-Early life:...

     (born 1943), Northern Ireland politician
  • Ellis Bell, pseudonym of Emily Brontë
    Emily Brontë
    Emily Jane Brontë 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother...

  • Emma Bell
    Emma Bell
    Emma Jean Bell is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Parker O'Neil, one of the main characters in the 2010 film Frozen, and as Amy in The Walking Dead. Bell played the female lead in the thriller-horror film Final Destination 5...

    , American actress
  • Eric Temple Bell
    Eric Temple Bell
    Eric Temple Bell , was a mathematician and science fiction author born in Scotland who lived in the U.S. for most of his life...

     (1883–1960), American mathematician

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  • Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister)
  • Francis Bell (actor)
    Francis Bell (actor)
    Francis Bell was a UK-born New Zealand resident actor who achieved international stardom playing the part of original character Max Ramsay in the early years of the popular Australian soap opera, Neighbours. during his career he also acted in Australian serials The Sullivans and Sons and...

  • Frank Bell
    Frank Bell (baseball)
    Frank Gustav Bell was an American Major League Baseball player from Cincinnati, Ohio who played one season in the Majors, for the Brooklyn Grays of the American Association. In July 1885 Bell appeared in a total of ten games as a catcher, outfielder, and third baseman for the Grays. He batted...

     (1863–1891), Major League Baseball player
  • Franklin Bell, American general
  • Frederick William Bell
    Frederick William Bell
    Frederick William Bell VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....

     (1875–1954), Australian soldier

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  • Gary Bell
    Gary Bell
    Wilbur Gary Bell , nicknamed "Ding Dong", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1958-1969 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the Cleveland Indians...

     (born 1936), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Gary Bell
    Gary Bell (footballer)
    Gary Bell is an English former professional footballer. During his career, he made over 350 appearances in The Football League in spells with Cardiff City, Hereford United and Newport County.-Career:...

    , former footballer
  • Geoff Bell, one of several people
  • George Bell, one of several people including
    • George John Bell
      George Bell (Australian politician)
      Sir George John Bell KCMG, DSO was an Australian soldier and politician. Bell was born in Sale in the state of Victoria, and was the eldest son of George Bell and Catherine Bell, née Hussey. Bell was one of 15 siblings, including William R. Bell...

       (1872–1944), Australian politician
    • George Bell
      George Bell (pitcher)
      George Glenn "Farmer" Bell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1907-1911 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.-External links:...

       (1874–1941), American baseball player
    • George Bell
      George Bell (painter)
      George Frederick Henry Bell was an Australian painter.He was born in Kew, Victoria, the son of George Bell, a public servant, and educated at Kew High School. He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1895-1903...

       (1878–1966), Australian painter
    • George Kennedy Allen Bell
      George Bell (bishop)
      George Kennedy Allen Bell was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester, member of the House of Lords and a pioneer of the Ecumenical Movement.-Early career:...

       (1883–1958), Anglican bishop of Chichester
    • George Bell, Member of the Legislative Assembly
      Member of the Legislative Assembly
      A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

       in the Canadian province of British Columbia
      British Columbia
      British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

      , early 20th century
    • George Irving Bell
      George Irving Bell
      George Irving Bell was an American physicist, biologist and mountaineer, and a grandson of John Joseph Seerley. He died from complications of leukemia after surgery.-Education:...

       (1926–2000), American mountain climber
    • George Bell (born 1959), Dominica
      Dominica
      Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...

      n baseball player
  • Gertrude Bell
    Gertrude Bell
    Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along...

     (1868–1926), British archaeologist, writer & spy
  • Glen Bell
    Glen Bell
    Glen William Bell, Jr. was an American businessman who founded the fast food chain Taco Bell.Born in Lynwood, California and growing up in California, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Bell left the military in 1946 and started his first hot dog stand, called Bell's Drive-In,...

    , American founder of Taco Bell
    Taco Bell
    Taco Bell is an American chain of fast-food restaurants based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., which serves American-adapted Mexican food. Taco Bell serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, other specialty items, and a variety of "Value Menu" items...

  • Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell
    C. Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972-1983, overseeing the development of the VAX...

     (born 1934), computer engineer
  • Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell (artist)
    Gordon Bell is an artist who lives in the UK. From the 1960s onward he has worked extensively for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, publishers of The Beano and The Dandy comics . His sketchy, breezy cartoon style places the emphasis firmly on the foreground characters, with the backgrounds often consisting...

    , British comic strip artist
  • Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell (QNX)
    Gordon Bell is the co-creator of the QNX Realtime Operating System . They began the project while students at the University of Waterloo in 1980...

    , Canadian computer scientist
  • Gordon Bell
    Gordon Bell (ice hockey)
    Gordon Bell is a former ice hockey goaltender.In the 1945–46 season he made 8 appearances for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He would not play another NHL game for 10 more years when he suited up for the New York Rangers in 2 playoff games.Bell played several seasons in the minor league American Hockey...

    , former NHLer
  • Graeme Bell
    Graeme Bell
    Graeme Emerson Bell AO MBE is an Australian Dixieland and classical jazz pianist, composer and band leader...

     (born 1914), Australian pianist, composer and band leader
  • Graham Bell QC
    Graham Bell QC
    Graham Clark Bell OBE QC is a Scottish advocate.He has been instructed regularly in the Criminal Appeal Court since being called to the Bar. As both Junior and Senior Counsel he has conducted many important appeals. From 1998 to 2000 he was an Advocate Depute and represented The Crown in the Appeal...

    , former Scottish Advocate Depute
  • Graham E. Bell
    Graham E. Bell
    Graham E. Bell is an American astronomer. Along with Gary Hug, he operates Farpoint Observatory in Eskridge, Kansas.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, and co-discoverer of comet 178P/Hug-Bell.- References :*...

    , astronomer
  • Graham Bell (artist)
    Graham Bell (artist)
    Graham Bell , was an artist and journalist.Painter of portraits, landscapes and still life. Bell first worked in a bank and on a farm before turning to art. He studied at the Durban Art School and held first one-man exhibition at the City Hall in Durban in 1931. Came to England 1931...

    , artist and journalist
  • Grant Bell
    Grant Bell
    Grant Bell is a rugby league football coach. He was the first coach of the North Queensland Cowboys in 1995. He is currently coaching the Centrals club in the Townsville Rugby League competition.-Coaching career:...

    , Australian rugby league coach
  • Griffin Bell
    Griffin Bell
    Griffin Boyette Bell was an American lawyer and former Attorney General. He served as the nation's 72nd Attorney General during the Jimmy Carter administration...

     (born 1918), American politician
  • Gus Bell
    Gus Bell
    David Russell "Gus" Bell, Jr. was an American center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates , Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs , New York Mets and Milwaukee Braves...

     (1928–1995), American Baseball player

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  • Heath Bell
    Heath Bell
    Heath Justin Bell is an American professional baseball pitcher, who is currently a free agent. After taking over the San Diego Padres closer role from Trevor Hoffman in 2009, Bell was named a three-time All-Star and has been awarded with the Rolaids Relief Man Award twice and has also won the DHL...

     (born 1977), American baseball player
  • Helen Bell
    Helen Bell
    Helen Bell is an English folk-influenced composer and musician playing mainly viola and fiddle.In 2000 she released her first solo album, 'Audierne', on which she was accompanied by guitarist Ed Pritchard....

    , English folk musician
  • Henri Lobe Bell
    Henri Lobe Bell
    Henri Lobe Manga Bell was the second child of King Auguste Manga Ndumbe Bell of the Duala people of Kamerun, and younger brother of King Rudolf Duala Manga Bell. He was married to Olga Welly....

    , Duala ruler in Cameroon
  • Henry Bell (1767–1830), Scottish engineer
  • Henry H. Bell
    Henry H. Bell
    Henry Haywood Bell was an admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Biography:Bell was born in Orange County, North Carolina. Appointed a Midshipman on 4 August 1823, during the next two decades he served afloat in U.S...

     (1808–1868), American sailor
  • Henry Lawrie Bell
    Henry Lawrie Bell
    Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lawrie Bell was a career officer in the Australian Army and a notable amateur ornithologist. He grew up and went to school in Maroubra, New South Wales....

     (1929–1984), Australian ornithologist
  • Hi Bell
    Hi Bell
    Herman S. "Hi" Bell was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants. For his career, he compiled a 32-34 record in 221 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with an 3.69 earned run average and...

     (1897–1949), former professional baseball player
  • Hilari Bell
    Hilari Bell
    Hilari Bell is an American fantasy author. She is the author of several science-fiction and fantasy novels including the critically acclaimed Farsala Trilogy.Bell worked as a reference librarian, but quit in 2005 to write full time...

    , American fantasy writer
  • Hilary Bell (born 1991), Canadian freestyle swimmer
  • Hunter Bell
    Hunter Bell
    Hunter Houston Bell is an American book author and one of the stars of the musical [title of show].-Early life:Bell was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was raised in Wilson, North Carolina until the seventh grade, when he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to New York City in 1993, and currently...

    , American book author

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  • Ian Bell
    Ian Bell (programmer)
    Ian Colin Graham Bell is a game programmer, game designer and game producer. He is most famous for co-authoring the computer game Elite .He attended the independent St Albans School...

     (born 1962), British game programmer
  • Ian Bell (born 1982), British cricketer
  • Isaac Lowthian Bell
    Isaac Lowthian Bell
    Sir Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet FRS was a Victorian ironmaster and Liberal Party politician from Washington, County Durham, in the north of England.He was the son of Thomas Bell and his wife Katherine Lowthian....

    , British industrialist

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  • Jacob Bell, one of several people
  • James Bell
    James Spencer-Bell
    James Spencer-Bell , known until 1866 as James Bell, was a British Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Guildford from 1852 until 1857.-Parental family:...

     (1818-1872, British politician, later known as James Spencer-Bell
  • Jamie Bell
    Jamie Bell
    Andrew James Matfin "Jamie" Bell is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Billy Elliot , King Kong , Hallam Foe , Jumper , Defiance , The Eagle and The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn .- Early life :Bell was born in Billingham, in the Borough of...

     (born 1986), British actor
  • Jane Bell (1910–1998), Canadian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres
  • Jay Bell
    Jay Bell
    Jay Stuart Bell is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and second baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians , Pittsburgh Pirates , Kansas City Royals , Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Mets .He played his high school baseball at J.M...

     (born 1965), American baseball player
  • Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), British astronomer, later known as Jocelyn Bell Burnell
    Jocelyn Bell Burnell
    Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, DBE, FRS, FRAS , is a British astrophysicist. As a postgraduate student she discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish. She was president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and was interim president...

  • Joel Bell
    Joel Bell
    Joel Bell was a professional Canadian football offensive tackle for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He was signed as a street free agent by the Roughriders in 2009...

     (born 1985), professional Canadian football offensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as a street free agent by the Roughriders in 2009. He played college football for the Furman Paladins
  • Johann Adam Schall von Bell
    Johann Adam Schall von Bell
    Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit and astronomer. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Chinese emperor.- Life :...

    , German Jesuit missionary
  • John Bell (Bishop of Worcester)
    John Bell (Bishop of Worcester)
    John Bell LL. D was Bishop of Worcester , who served during the reign of Henry VIII of England.-Education:Bell attending Balliol College, Oxford, and later at Cambridge where he took the degree of LL.B in 1504.-Career:...

     (d. 1556), English clergyman
  • John Bell (New Hampshire)
    John Bell (New Hampshire)
    John Bell was governor of the U.S. state of New Hampshire for one year . Samuel Bell, a brother, was the Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and a son, Charles Henry Bell, served as Governor from 1881 to 1883.John Bell was born on July 20, 1765, in Londonderry, New Hampshire, the son of...

     (1765–1836), American politician - New Hampshire
  • John Bell (Tennessee politician)
    John Bell (Tennessee politician)
    John Bell was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig...

     (1797–1869), American politician - Tennessee
  • John Bell (explorer)
    John Bell (explorer)
    John Bell was a Hudson's Bay Company governor and explorer.In 1839, he was sent to explore the land west of the Mackenzie River...

     (1799–1868), Canadian explorer and governor
  • John Bell (actor)
    John Bell (actor)
    John Anthony Bell, AO, OBE is an Australian actor and theatre director.Bell was born 1 November 1940 in the town of Maitland, New South Wales where he was educated at the Marist Brothers....

    , Australian Shakespearean actor
  • John Joy Bell
    John Joy Bell
    John Joy Bell , known professionally as J J Bell, was a journalist and author. Born in Hillhead, Glasgow, Bell was schooled at Kelvinside Academy and Morrison's Academy. He attended the University of Glasgow, where he studied chemistry...

     (1871–1934), Scottish author
  • John L. Bell
    John L. Bell
    John Lamberton Bell is a hymn-writer. A Church of Scotland minister, he is a member of the Iona Community, a broadcaster, and former student activist...

    , Scottish religious figure
  • John Stewart Bell
    John Stewart Bell
    John Stewart Bell FRS was a British physicist from Northern Ireland , and the originator of Bell's theorem, a significant theorem in quantum physics regarding hidden variable theories.- Early life and work :...

     (1928–1990), Irish physicist
  • John Bell (type founder), of eighteenth century England
  • John Bell (surgeon)
    John Bell (surgeon)
    John Bell was a Scottish anatomist and surgeon.Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland; an elder brother of Sir Charles Bell...

     (1763–1820), brother of Charles Bell (anatomist)
  • John Bell (British Army officer)
    John Bell (British Army officer)
    General Sir John Bell GCB was a British soldier and magistrate. At the time of his death, he was the senior general of the British Army.-Background:Born at Bonytoun in the county of Fife, he was the son of David Bell...

    , Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
    Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
    The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey and as liaison between the governments of Guernsey and the...

     1848–1854
  • Jack Bell
    Jack Bell
    John Bell was an early Scottish football player and manager. He was instrumental in organising the Association Footballers' Union in February 1898....

     (also known as John Bell), scored for Everton F.C.
    Everton F.C.
    Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

     in the 1897 FA Cup final
  • John William Bell
    John William Bell
    John William Bell was a farmer and Ontario political figure. He representing Addington in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1882 to 1891 and from 1896 to 1901....

     (1838–1901), Canadian political figure
  • John Bell (Kent cricketer) (1718–1774)
  • John Bell (musician)
    John Bell (musician)
    John Farmer Bell is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the American rock band Widespread Panic, where he is known for his raspy southern drawl that hits a variety of octaves. He is frequently called JB by fans...

    , American guitarist and singer
  • John Bell from The Bell Witch
    The Bell Witch
    The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a poltergeist legend from Southern United States folklore, involving the Bell family of Adams, Tennessee...

     legend
  • John Graham Bell
    John Graham Bell
    John Graham Bell was an American taxidermist and collector. He traveled with John James Audubon up the Missouri River in 1843. The Sage Sparrow and Bell's Vireo are named after him....

     (1812–1899), American taxidermist
  • John Howatt Bell
    John Howatt Bell
    John Howatt Bell was a lawyer and politician from Prince Edward Island, and the 14th Premier of Prince Edward Island....

     (1846–1929), Prince Edward Island politician
  • John Irving Bell
    John Irving Bell
    Sir John Irving Bell, FRS, PMedSci is a Canadian immunologist and geneticist who resides in the UK. As of 2008, he is President of the Academy of Medical Sciences and holds the Regius Chair of Medicine at Oxford University, UK....

     (born 1952), British–Canadian biologist
  • Jonathan Bell (rugby player)
    Jonathan Bell (rugby player)
    Jonathan Charles Bell is a rugby union player who played at centre for Ulster, Dungannon, Northampton and Ireland. He made his international debut in 1994 against Australia....

    , rugby union player.
  • Joseph-Antoine Bell
    Joseph-Antoine Bell
    Joseph-Antoine Bell, sometimes referred to as JoJo Bell is a former Cameroonian international football goalkeeper, one of the best African goalkeepers of all time...

     (born 1954), former Cameroonian international football goalkeeper, one of the best African
  • Joseph Bell
    Joseph Bell
    Joseph Bell, JP, DL, FRCS was a famous Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is perhaps best known as an inspiration for the literary character Sherlock Holmes....

     (1837 - 1911), Scottish physician, pioneer of forensic diagnostics, and inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

  • Joshua Bell
    Joshua Bell
    Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...

     (born 1967), American musician
  • Joshua Peter Bell
    Joshua Peter Bell
    Sir Joshua Peter Bell K.C.M.G. was a pastoralist and parliamentarian from Queensland, Australia. His eldest son was barrister and parliamentarian Joshua Thomas Bell.-Early life:...

     (1827–1881), Queensland Parliamentarian
  • Julia Bell
    Julia Bell
    Julia Bell was a pioneering English human geneticist. She attended Girton College in Cambridge and took the Mathematical Tripos exam in 1901. But because women could not officially receive degrees from Oxford or Cambridge, she was awarded a master's degree at Trinity College, Dublin for her work...

     (1879–1979), British geneticist
  • Julian Bell
    Julian Bell
    Julian Heward Bell was an English poet, and the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell . The writer Quentin Bell was his younger brother, and the writer and painter Angelica Garnett is his half-sister...

     (1908–1937), English poet
  • Julie Bell
    Julie Bell
    Julie Bell is an American painter. A fantasy artist and wildlife artist, she is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo.-Career:...

     (born 1958), American painter. A fantasy artist and wildlife artist, she is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo
  • Justin Bell
    Justin Bell
    Justin Bell is a British racecar driver. He is the son of Derek Bell.-Career:Justin and his father raced together from the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans through the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans. He tried to qualify for the 1996 Indianapolis 500 in a 4 year old Lola chassis...

     (born 1968), British racecar driver. He is the son of Derek Bell

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  • Kahlil Bell
    Kahlil Bell
    Kahlil Bell is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at UCLA.-Personal life:Kahlil was born to his parents Michael and Elizabeth Bell...

     (born 1986), American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at UCLA
  • Kendrell Bell
    Kendrell Bell
    Kendrell Alexander Bell is a former American football linebacker. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia...

     (born 1980), American football linebacker
  • Kenneth B. Bell
    Kenneth B. Bell
    Kenneth B. Bell is a former Associate Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.- Education :Bell attended Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina as an undergraduate, and received his Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law in 1982.- Career :Commencing from 1982 and for...

    , American judge
  • Kerwin Bell
    Kerwin Bell
    Kerwin Douglas Bell is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League , World League of American Football and the Canadian Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s...

     (born 1965), former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), World League of American Football (WLAF) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s
  • Kristen Bell
    Kristen Bell
    Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress. Although her first film role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...

     (born 1980), actress

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  • Lake Bell
    Lake Bell
    -Early life:Bell was born in New York City, the daughter of Robin Bell, owner of the design firm Robin Bell Design, Inc. in New York, and Harvey Siegel. Her father is Jewish and her mother is Protestant, and Bell has stated that she was raised in a "comically dysfunctional family".Bell attended The...

     (born 1979), American actress
  • Larry Bell, one of several people including
    • Larry M. Bell
      Larry M. Bell
      Rep. Larry Bell Larry Moseley Bell is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-first House district, including constituents in Sampson and Wayne counties. A retired school superintendent from Clinton, North Carolina, Bell is currently serving in...

      , American politician
  • Lauralee Bell
    Lauralee Bell
    Lauralee Kristen Bell is an American soap opera actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended The Latin School of Chicago.The daughter of soap opera creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, and sister to Bill Bell, Jr...

     (born 1968), actress
  • Lee Phillip Bell
    Lee Phillip Bell
    Lee Phillip Bell is a former talk show host and soap opera creator.Lee Phillip Bell is one of the most notable graduates from what is now known as Riverside-Brookfield High School in Riverside, Illinois. Ms. Bell received a degree in microbiology from Northwestern University...

    , former talk show host and soap opera creator
  • Les Bell
    Les Bell
    Lester Rowland Bell , was a professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1923-1931. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs. He is buried in East Harrisburg Cemetery.-External links:...

     (1901–1985), professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1923-1931. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs. He is buried in East Harrisburg Cemetery

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  • Madeline Bell
    Madeline Bell
    Madeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, having arrived from the US in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers.-Career:She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty...

     (born 1942), American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, having arrived from the US in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers
  • Madison Smartt Bell
    Madison Smartt Bell
    Madison Smartt Bell is an American novelist. He was raised Nashville, and lived in New York, and London before settling in Baltimore, Maryland....

     (born 1957), author
  • Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

    , British singer
  • Manga Ndumbe Bell
    Manga Ndumbe Bell
    Auguste Manga Ndumbe Bell was a leader of the Duala people of southern Cameroon from 1897 to 1908 during the period after the German colonialists assumed control of the region as the Kamerun colony.-Background:...

     (1838–1898), Duala ruler in Cameroon
  • Marc Bell, one of several people
  • Maria Arena Bell
    Maria Arena Bell
    Maria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer. She is currently the Head Writer and Executive Producer of CBS Daytime's The Young and the Restless.-Personal:...

    , American novelist, television and freelance writer. She is currently the Head Writer and Executive Producer of CBS Daytime's The Young and the Restless
  • Marilyn Bell
    Marilyn Bell
    Marilyn Bell Di Lascio is a retired long distance swimmer, born October 19, 1937, in Toronto, Ontario. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.-Swimming career:...

     (born 1937), swimmer
  • Mark Bell
    Mark Bell (disambiguation)
    Mark Bell may refer to:* Mark Bell , American powerlifter* Mark Sever Bell , English recipient of the Victoria Cross* Mark Bell , musician and producer...

    , one of several people
  • Marshall Bell
    Marshall Bell
    Archibald Marshall Bell is an American actor. He has appeared in many character roles in movies and television. His best-known movies are probably A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge , Stand by Me , Twins and Total Recall .-Early life:He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he lived until...

     (born 1942), American actor
  • Martin Bell
    Martin Bell
    Martin Bell, OBE, is a British UNICEF Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician...

    , British journalist and broadcaster
  • Martin Bell
    Martin Bell (skier)
    Martin Bell is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Scotland.Bell was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and the Stams Ski Gymnasium in Austria....

     (born 1964), British skier
  • Martin Bell
    Martin Bell (poet)
    Martin Bell was a British poet.Bell was strongly influenced by T. S. Eliot and Jules Laforgue. He used complex ironies and was skilled at deflating by rhetorical devices. However, he was far from being a right-wing satirist....

    , British poet
  • Martyn Bell
    Martyn Bell
    Martyn Bell is an auto racing driver. Since 2006 he has contested the British Touring Car Championship, but he spent the majority of his career racing BMWs in various championships...

    , British racing driver
  • Marvin Bell
    Marvin Bell
    Marvin Bell is an American poet and teacher who was the first Poet Laureate of the State of Iowa.Bell was born in New York City and raised in Center Moriches, Long Island...

    , American poet
  • Mary Bell
    Mary Bell
    Mary Flora Bell was convicted in December 1968 of the manslaughter of two boys, Martin Brown and Brian Howe...

     (born 1957), British child killer
  • Matthew Bell, one of several people
  • Matty Bell
    Matty Bell
    Madison A. "Matty" Bell was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator in the United States...

     (1899–1983), American football player and coach
  • Melissa Bell, one of several people including
    • Melissa Bell (singer)
      Melissa Bell (singer)
      Melissa Bell is the former lead singer of Grammy winning R&B act Soul II Soul, and currently fronts the group Soul Explosion, which started in 1999. She has also worked with Liza Minnelli Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder...

      , British singer
    • Melissa Bell (actress)
      Melissa Bell (actress)
      Melissa Bell is an Australian actress and singer. She was the third actor to play Lucy Robinson in soap opera Neighbours....

      , Australian soap opera actress
  • Mervyn Bell
    Mervyn Bell
    Mervyn Bell is a football manager. He was manager of Dundela since 1973, although his links with the club go back to 1966, when he first joined Dundela as a player. In 1973 he became player-manager of Dundela, taking over the managerial reins from Sammy Wilson. Mervyn finally 'hung his boots up' in...

    , football manager
  • Michael Bell, one of several people
  • Morley Bell
    Morley Bell
    Morley Myers Bell was a lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 5th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1946 to 1947 and from 1956 to 1959 as a Liberal....

    , lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
  • Mike Bell, one of several people

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  • Ndumbe Lobe Bell
    Ndumbe Lobe Bell
    Ndumbé Lobé Bell or King Bell was a leader of the Duala people in Southern Cameroon during the period when the Germans established their colony of Kamerun...

    , Duala ruler in Cameroon
  • Neil Bell (actor)
    Neil Bell (actor)
    Neil Bell is a British actor, mainly on UK TV and in occasional films.Bell studied drama at Oldham College and has played character roles in such TV series as Buried, Shameless, Murphy's Law, Ideal, City Lights, The Bill and Casualty, and the films 24 Hour Party People and Dead Man's Shoes...

    , British actor
  • Neil Bell, pseudonym of British writer Stephen Southwold
    Stephen Southwold
    Stephen Southwold attended St. Mark's College, Chelsea and worked as a schoolmaster. He became a prolific British writer. Born Stephen Henry Critten, he used a number of pseudonyms, eventually changing his name to one of them, Stephen Southwold. He most often wrote as Neil Bell and also wrote...

  • Noreen Bell, fictional character from Emmerdale
    Emmerdale
    Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...


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  • Pat Bell
    Pat Bell
    Pat Bell is British Columbia's Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. He is the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for the riding of Prince George North. Bell also serves as member of the Cabinet Priorities and Planning Committee....

    , British Columbia's Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. He is the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for the riding of Prince George North. Bell also serves as member of the Cabinet Priorities and Planning Committee
  • Pedro Bell
    Pedro Bell
    Pedro Bell is an American artist and illustrator. He is best known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums....

    , American artist and illustrator
  • Peter Hansbrough Bell (1849–1853), American politician
  • Peter F. Bell
    Peter F. Bell
    Peter Francis Bell is a former Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club and the North Melbourne Football Club. He played as a rover . A former captain of the Fremantle Football Club, Bell was twice named as a member of the All-Australian Team...

     born 1976, is the captain of the Fremantle Football Club
    Fremantle Football Club
    The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...

     and has also played with the Kangaroos
    Kangaroos Football Club
    The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

    .
  • Peter R. Bell
    Peter R. Bell
    Peter R. Bell is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.A half-forward flanker from East Sandringham, Victoria, he debuted in 1973 with the St Kilda Football Club, and his 188 cm frame was reliable in marking contests...

    , born 1954, was a player with the St Kilda Football Club in 1973–1977.

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  • Raja Bell
    Raja Bell
    Raja Bell is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Bell is known for his three-point shooting and intense defense.- Biography :Bell was born in Saint Croix, in the U.S...

     (born 1976), American basketball player
  • Regla Bell
    Regla Bell
    Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie is female volleyball player from Cuba who won three times the gold medal at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the World Championship in 1998 with the Cuban national team....

     (born 1970), Cuban volleyball player
  • Richard Bell
    Richard Bell (disambiguation)
    Richard Bell may refer to:*Richard Bell , NFL running back*Richard Bell , Scottish Arabic scholar*Richard Bell , Australian Artist*Richard Bell , Canadian writer and director...

    , one of several people including
    • Richard Bell (director)
      Richard Bell (director)
      Richard Bell is the writer and director of the short feature Two Brothers and the feature Eighteen. The latter starred Brendan Fletcher, Carly Pope, Mark Hildreth, Thea Gill, and Alan Cumming. The film was narrated by Ian McKellen, with music composed by Bramwell Tovey and performed by the...

      , Canadian writer and director
    • Richard Bell (politician)
      Richard Bell (politician)
      Richard Bell was one of the first two British Labour Members of Parliament, and the first English one, elected after the formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900....

       (1859–1930) one of the first two British
      United Kingdom
      The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

       Labour
      Labour Party (UK)
      The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

       Members of Parliament
      Member of Parliament
      A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

    • Richard Bell
      Richard Bell (bishop)
      Richard Bell was a Bishop of Carlisle. He was selected 11 February 1478, and consecrated 26 April 1478. He resigned the see on 4 September 1495, and died in 1496. He served as Prior of Finchale from 1457 to 1464.-References:...

      , Bishop of Carlisle
      Bishop of Carlisle
      The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District...

       from 1477–1495
    • Richard Bell (Canadian musician)
      Richard Bell (Canadian musician)
      Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with The Band during the 1990s.-Early life and career:...

      , member of The Band
      The Band
      The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...

  • Richard Ndumbe Manga Bell, Duala ruler in Cameroon
  • Ricky Bell
    Ricky Bell (singer)
    Ricky Bell, nicknamed "Slick" is an American R&B singer best known as one of the founding members of New Edition and the lead singer of Bell Biv DeVoe...

     (born 1967), American singer
  • Ricky Bell (running back)
    Ricky Bell (running back)
    Ricky Lynn Bell younger brother of recording artist Archie Bell, was an American professional football player who played running back in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers from 1977 to 1982...

    , National Football League running back
  • Ricky Bell (cornerback)
    Ricky Bell (cornerback)
    Richard Bell was a cornerback who went to North Carolina State University and played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Chicago Bears, the Barcelona Dragons, the Orlando Rage, the Calgary Stampeders, the Ottawa Renegades, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Montreal Alouettes...

    , National Football League cornerback
  • Robert Bell (disambiguation), one of several people including
    • Robert Bell (speaker) (d. 1577), British judge & politician
    • Robert E. Bell
      Robert E. Bell
      Robert E. Bell , was an archaeologist. He was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma, and Curator of Archaeology at the Stovall Museum of Science and History at the University of Oklahoma. He pioneered work on the Spiro Mounds archaeological site in eastern...

      , American archaeologist
    • Robert J. Bell, American inventor and holder of patents for the first vending machine and first gasoline fuel additive
    • Robert M. Bell
      Robert M. Bell
      Robert Mack Bell is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1991 he has been a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in Maryland, and its Chief Judge since 1996 and has been a judge at every level in the Maryland Courts system...

       (born 1943), American jurist
    • Ronald Bell (UK politician)
      Ronald Bell (UK politician)
      Sir Ronald McMillan Bell, , QC , Knight Bachelor , was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom representing South Buckinghamshire from 1950 to 1974 and Beaconsfield from 1974 to 1982.-Family and education:The younger son of John Bell, Ronald was educated at Cardiff High...

      , former UK Member of Parliament
    • Robert "Kool" Bell (born 1950), American singer, songwriter and bassist
    • Robert Bell (writer)
      Robert Bell (writer)
      Robert Bell was an Irish man of letters.Bell was born at Cork, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was one of the founders of the Dublin Historical Society...

  • Ronnie Bell
    Ronnie Bell
    Ronald Percy "Ronnie" Bell FRS was a British chemist who worked in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University, England....

     British chemist at Oxford University
  • Roy Bell, one of several people including:
    • Roy Bell (Canadian football)
      Roy Bell (Canadian football)
      Roy Bell was a running back who played five seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos. In his career, Bell ran for 4667 yards and was a two time CFL All-Star.-References:...

       (born 1949), Canadian footballer
    • Roy Bell (ornithologist)
      Roy Bell (ornithologist)
      Raoul Sunday Bell was a professional New Zealand and Australian natural history specimen collector, ornithologist, naturalist and photographer, who spent much time on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand.Bell was born on Raoul Island in the Kermadec...

       (1882–1966), New Zealand and Australian ornithologist
    • Roy Bell (rugby league)
      Roy Bell (rugby league)
      Roy Bell was an Australian rugby league player who enjoyed a brief career with the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Despite scoring 7 tries in only 9 games Bell retired from rugby league at the age of only 20...

       (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
  • Rudolf Duala Manga Bell
    Rudolf Duala Manga Bell
    Rudolf Duala Manga Bell was a Duala king and resistance leader in the German colony of Kamerun. After being educated in both Kamerun and Europe, he succeeded his father, Manga Ndumbe Bell, on 2 September 1908. Manga Bell styled himself after European rulers, and he generally supported the colonial...

     (1873–1914), Duala ruler in Cameroon

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  • Sam Bell
    Sam Bell
    Sam Bell was a professional footballer who played for Burnhope Institution, Norwich City, Luton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Southend United, Millwall and Tonbridge.- Football career :...

     (1909–1982), English professional footballer
  • Samuel Bell
    Samuel Bell
    Samuel Bell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835...

     (1770–1850), American jurist & politician - New Hampshire
  • Samuel Bell
    Samuel Bell (California)
    Samuel Bell was a California political figure from Mariposa County. He served as a Democrat in the California State Assembly in 1853 and was Controller of California from 1854 to 1856.#...

     (fl.
    Floruit
    Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...

     1850s), American politician - California
  • Samuel B. Bell (c. 1825 -1897), American religious leader & politician -
  • Samuel Dana Bell (1798–1868), American jurist - New Hampshire
  • Samuel H. Bell
    Samuel H. Bell
    Samuel H. Bell is a former United States federal judge.Born in Rochester, New York, Bell was the only child of Marie Bell and Samuel Bell. The family moved to Akron, Ohio, where Bell attended Buchtel High School before going to the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. He graduated from Wooster...

     (born 1925), American jurist - Ohio
  • Samuel Newell Bell
    Samuel Newell Bell
    Samuel Newell Bell was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, grandson of Samuel Bell and nephew of James Bell....

     (1829–1889), American politician - New Hampshire
  • Sean Bell (1984–2006), African American shot by New York City police
  • Shannon Bell
    Shannon Bell
    Shannon Bell is a performance philosopher who lives and writes philosophy-in-action, experimental philosophy.Her five books include Reading, Writing and Rewriting the Prostitute Body, Whore Carnival, Bad Attitude/s on Trial , New Socialisms , and Fast Feminism.Bell is currently researching extreme...

     (born 1955), Canadian philosopher and feminist
  • Simon Bell (singer) (born 1949, Glasgow)
  • Steve Bell
    Steve Bell (cartoonist)
    Steve Bell is an English political cartoonist, whose work appears in The Guardian and other publications. He is known for his left-wing views and distinctive caricatures.-Early life:...

     (born 1951), British political cartoonist
  • Steven Bell
    Steven Bell
    Steven "Steve" Bell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Catalans Dragons of Super League...

    , rugby league player for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
  • Stuart Bell
    Stuart Bell
    Sir Stuart Bell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough since 1983.-Early life:...

     (born 1938), British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough since 1983

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  • Tatum Bell
    Tatum Bell
    Tatum Antoine Bell is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft...

     (born 1981), American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma State
  • Terrell Bell, one of several people
  • Terry Bell
    Terry Bell
    Terence William Bell is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Kansas City Royals for eight games during the 1986 Kansas City Royals season and for one game for the Atlanta Braves during the 1987 Atlanta Braves season.-External links:...

     (born 1962), former Major League Baseball catcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Kansas City Royals for eight games during the 1986 Kansas City Royals season and for one game for the Atlanta Braves during the 1987 Atlanta Braves season
  • Theo Bell
    Theo Bell
    Theopolis Bell, Jr. was an American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....

     (1953–2006), American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Thom Bell
    Thom Bell
    Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...

    , Jamaican-American music producer
  • Thomas Bell (zoologist)
    Thomas Bell (zoologist)
    Thomas Bell FRS was an English zoologist, surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, UK.Bell, like his mother Susan, took a keen interest in natural history which his mother also encouraged in his younger cousin Philip Henry Gosse. Bell left Poole in 1813 for his training as a dental surgeon in...

    , English zoologist, surgeon, and writer
  • Thomas Cowan Bell
    Thomas Cowan Bell
    Thomas Cowan Bell was born near Dayton, Ohio. At the age of 23, he was one of the seven founders of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He is best remembered for his exemplification of the qualities of learning and friendship. He was full of enthusiasm; a leader and teacher of men.Bell was one of the "elder...

  • Thomas M. Bell (Ohio politician)
    Thomas M. Bell (Ohio politician)
    Thomas M. Bell is an American politician who served as a Democratic representative in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1973-1982.-References:...

  • Thomas Reid Davys Bell
    Thomas Reid Davys Bell
    Thomas Reid Davys Bell , born in Bandon, Cork, was a lepidopterist and forest officer in India.Thomas was the youngest in a family of twelve. His early education was in Dresden. He tried to get into the Indian Civil Services but failed. He later wrote entrance exams to Sandhurst and Woolwich,...

    , Irish lepidopterist
  • Tim Bell, British public relations and political adviser
  • Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell is an American film and television character actor. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s.Bell...

    , American actor
  • Townsend Bell
    Townsend Bell
    Townsend Bell is a motor racing driver. He is married to actress Heather Campbell.He won the last Indy Lights championship in 2001 and was given two starts in a Champ Car in a joint effort between Patrick Racing and Dale Coyne Racing as a test for a full-time seat in 2002. He earned Roberto...

     (born 1975), motor racing driver. He is married to actress Heather Campbell
  • Trevor Bell, British painter
  • Troy Bell
    Troy Bell
    Troy Delvon Bell is an American professional basketball player formerly of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He played at Boston College and finished as one of the greatest players in the program's history....

     (born 1980), American professional basketball player formerly of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He played at Boston College and finished as one of the greatest players in the program's history

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  • Vanessa Bell
    Vanessa Bell
    Vanessa Bell was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.- Biography and art :...

     (1879–1961), British painter
  • Vereen Bell
    Vereen Bell
    Vereen Bell was an American novelist and naval officer, who was killed on active duty during World War II.-Early life:Born in Cairo, Georgia, he graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina in 1932.-Career:...

    , American writer
  • Virginia Bell
    Virginia Bell
    Virginia "Ding Dong" Bell is a topless model and actress. She started her career in the 1950s as a burlesque dancer....

    , American model and actress

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  • Wade Bell
    Wade Bell
    Charles Wade Bell is a former middle distance runner from the United States, who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-References:*...

     (born 1945), American middle distance runner
  • Walter "Karamojo" Bell, Scottish born elephant hunter
  • Wayne Bell, bulletin board
    Bulletin board
    A bulletin board is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise things to buy or sell, announce events, or provide information...

     pioneer
  • Wayne Bell, percussionist, performer on Bic Runga's albums
  • William Bell, one of several people including
    • William Bell (1924–1948), British poet & air-soldier
    • William E. Bell
      William E. Bell (author)
      William E. Bell is a Canadian Young Adult fiction author.Bell was born in Toronto in 1945. He has been a high school English teacher and department head, an instructor at the Harbin University of Science and Technology, the Foreign Affairs College , and the University of British Columbia...

       (fl. 2000s), Canadian writer
    • William J. Bell
      William J. Bell
      William J. Bell was the creator and executive producer of the soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.-Personal life:...

       (1927–2005), TV producer
    • William Nathaniel Bell
      William Nathaniel Bell
      William Nathaniel Bell , originally from Edwardsville, Illinois and later a resident of Portland, Oregon, was a member of the Denny Party, the first group of white settlers in what is now Seattle, Washington...

       (1817–1887), American settler
  • William Henry Bell (1873-1946), English born composer, later South African Professor of Music

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  • Yeremiah Bell
    Yeremiah Bell
    Yeremiah Neavius Bell is an American football safety for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft...

    (born 1978), American football safety for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Eastern Kentucky
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