Pell
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Pell is a surname shared by several notable people, listed below chronologically by birth.
Born after 1600
Born after 1700
Born after 1800
Born after 1900
Born after 1950
Born after 1600
- English Thomas PellThomas PellDates may not be entirely accurate in this article due to disagreements between sources.Thomas Pell was a physician who was famous for buying the area known as Pelham, Westchester, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County. He founded the town...
(1608–1669; emigrated to United States) - England: John PellJohn Pell-Early life:He was born at Southwick in Sussex. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, at the age of thirteen. During his university career he became an accomplished linguist, and even before he took his B.A. degree corresponded with Henry Briggs and...
(1611–1685); mathematician, see also Pell's equationPell's equationPell's equation is any Diophantine equation of the formx^2-ny^2=1\,where n is a nonsquare integer. The word Diophantine means that integer values of x and y are sought. Trivially, x = 1 and y = 0 always solve this equation...
Born after 1700
- United States: Philip PellPhilip PellPhilip Pell was an American politician and lawyer from Pelham Manor, New York. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress in 1788 and 1789....
(1753–1811)
Born after 1800
- United States: Herbert PellHerbert PellHerbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. was a United States 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....
(1884–1961)
Born after 1900
- United States: Claiborne PellClaiborne PellClaiborne de Borda Pell was a United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving six terms from 1961 to 1997, and was best known as the sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides financial aid funding to U.S. college students. A Democrat, he was that state's longest serving senator.-Early years:Pell...
(1918–2009) - United States: Charley PellCharley PellCharles Byron "Charley" Pell 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 as the head coach of the Clemson University and the University of Florida...
(1941–2001) - Australia: George PellGeorge PellGeorge Pell AC is an Australian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eighth and current Archbishop of Sydney, serving since 2001. He previously served as auxiliary bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne...
(born 1941)
Born after 1950
- German: Axel Rudi PellAxel Rudi PellAxel Rudi Pell is a German guitar player, playing melodic heavy metal. He started off with the band Steeler before leaving to start his solo career in 1989 with the eponymous band Axel Rudi Pell...
(born 1960) - United States: Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell (1954–2006)
- United Kingdom: Harry PellHarry PellHarry David Pell is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hereford United .-Career:Pell joined the youth set-up at Charlton Athletic at the age of 7, progressing through the age groups until he was sent out on loan to Hastings United in a work experience deal in January 2010...
(born 1991), English professional footballer
Relationships
- Father-Son: Herbert (1884) → Claiborne (1918)
- Father-Daughter: Claiborne (1918) → Julia (1954)