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Bel (name)
Bel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Annabel Linquist, American artist, musician, and entrepreneur * Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel ''Up the Down Staircase'' * Bel Mooney (born 1946), English journalist and broadcaster * Bel Olid (born 1977), Spanish writer and translator * Bel Powley (born 1992), British actress * Bel Pozueta (born 1965), Basque politician * Bel Priestley (born 2003), British actress and internet personality Surname Bel / Bél * Clyde F. Bel Jr. (c. 1932 – 2014), American politician * Eógan Bél (died 542), a king of Connacht (in what is now Ireland) * Matthias Bel (1684–1749), Hungarian scholar, polymath and Lutheran pastor * Jules Bel (1842-1904), French cheese maker Le Bel * Jean Le Bel Jean Le Bel (c. 1290 – 15 February 1370) was a chronicler from Liège. Biography Jean Le Bel's father, Gilles le Beal des Changes, was an alderman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Linquist
Annabel Linquist, also known as Bel, is an American artist, entrepreneur, musician, and producer. Annabel specializes in creating custom paintings or "Charms" that "neurologically rewire" the brains of her collectors. According to Linquist, her work is "coded to repel ghosts" and is based on research in epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and the occult. Annabel's privately commissioned "psychic paintings" and custom-made love songs are widely praised and known to be well loved in celebrity circles. Linquist is the creator of Book Report, a New York Times featured startup that became popular in 2011 by circulating a reincarnated series of Summer Guides that started as an underground '' Vanity Fair'' project. She is also known for her work with Sony Ericsson's global promotional campaign for the Xperia Arc, which won a Webby Award in the Integrated Mobile Experience category in London and New York. Linquist created a song using only her mobile phone as a field recording device in Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Kaufman
Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel ''Up the Down Staircase.'' Early life Bella's father, Michael Kaufman (Mikhail Y. Koyfman) and her mother, Lala (Lyalya) Kaufman (née Rabinowitz) were both from Russia and married in 1909. Bella Kaufman was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1911, where her father was studying medicine. The family subsequently returned to Russia where her father completed his studies. Her father eventually became a physician, and her mother, the second-oldest daughter of famed Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, later established herself as a writer under the name Lala Kaufman.Ellenson, Ruth Andrew (undated)''Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia'' Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved March 29, 2022. Bel was the older of two children. Her brother Sherwin, born nine years later, was a New York City physician. Bel's native language was Russian, and she was raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Mooney
Beryl Ann "Bel" Mooney (born 8 October 1946) is an English journalist and broadcaster. She currently writes a column for the ''Daily Mail'', having previously written – mainly as a columnist – for other publications including the ''Daily Mirror'', ''The Times'' (2005–07), ''The Sunday Times'' (1982–83) and '' The Listener''. She has written a number of fiction and non-fiction books and was instrumental in the foundation of the Stillbirth Society, now known as Sands. Early life Mooney was born in Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, to Gladys (née Norbury) and Edward Mooney. She spent her earliest years in Liverpool on a council estate called ''The Green'' on Queens Drive. She passed her 11-plus and went to Aigburth Vale High School for Girls. At the age of fourteen Mooney moved to Wiltshire, where her parents bought their first house. She then attended school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, at Trowbridge Girls' High School (a girls' grammar school which merged with a boys' grammar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Olid
Bel Olid Báez (born 4 October 1977) is a Catalan writer, translator, and teacher of language, literature, translation, and creative writing. They have received several literary prizes, among them the 2010 . From 2015 to 2022, they were the president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. As of 2024, they are an Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish at the University of Chicago. Biography Born in Mataró, the child of immigrants from another region of Spain, Bel Olid earned a licentiate in Translation and Interpreting from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 1999, and has since dedicated themself to the translation of books and films. They have worked as a language and literature teacher since 2005. In 2010, they obtained a master's degree in Language and Literature Didactics. They have translated works into Catalan from English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. They are a member of the Gretel children's and youth literature resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Powley
Isobel Dorothy Powley (born 7 March 1992) is an English actress. Powley was born and raised in London, where she was educated at Holland Park School. She began acting as a teenager on television, starring on the CBBC action television series '' M.I. High'' (2007–2008), the period miniseries ''Little Dorrit'' (2008), the crime series ''Murderland'' (2009), and the ITV sitcom '' Benidorm'' (2014). Powley gained critical praise for her portrayal of Princess Margaret in ''A Royal Night Out'' (2015), for which she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and a sexually confused teenager in the coming-of-age film ''The Diary of a Teenage Girl'', for which she won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress and the Trophee Chopard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. She has since starred in the films ''Mary Shelley'' (2017), ''White Boy Rick'' (2018), ''Ashes in the Snow'' (2018), and ''The'' ''King of Staten Island'' (2020) and on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Pozueta
Maria Isabel Pozueta Fernández (born 21 September 1965) is a Basque sexologist, activist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. Early life Pozueta was born on 21 September 1965 in Altsasu, Navarre. She has a degree in sociology from the University of Deusto and a master's degree in sexology from the University of Alcalá's Institute of Sexological Sciences. Career Pozueta is an expert in sexology and co-education. Between 1994 and 2006 she taught sex education at the Center for Women's Care in Etxarri-Aranatz, teaching individuals and groups and training professionals. Later she taught at various education centres in Gipuzkoa and Navarre. She has also worked for the municipal youth service in Vitoria-Gasteiz and was director of Biok Tú y Yo, a couples therapy centre in Burlata. At the 1999 regional election Pozueta was placed 31st on Euskal Herritarrok's list of candidates in Navarre but the alliance only won eight seats in the region and as a resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Priestley
Bel Priestley (born 13 May 2003) is an English actress and internet personality. She began her career on the social media platforms YouTube and TikTok, where she documented her gender transition after coming out as a transgender woman. By 2023, she amassed over one million followers on TikTok. Priestly joined the cast of the second season of the British coming-of-age romantic comedy drama television series ''Heartstopper (TV series), Heartstopper'' as the character Naomi Russell. In 2023, she appeared on the covers of ''Brick Magazine'' and ''Attitude (magazine), Attitude''. Early life and education Priestley began studying musical theatre and dance when she was six years old. She came out as transgender and began her gender transition when she was thirteen years old. She cited the British model Munroe Bergdorf as one of her inspirations for coming out. She studied fashion in college and attended the Fashion Retail Academy for one week before dropping out. She worked as a domest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde F
Clyde may refer to: People * Clyde (given name) * Clyde (surname) Places For townships see also Clyde Township (other), Clyde Township Australia * Clyde, New South Wales * Clyde, Victoria * Clyde River, New South Wales Canada * Clyde, Alberta * Clyde, Ontario, a town in North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario * Clyde Township, a geographic township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Ontario * Clyde River, Nunavut New Zealand * Clyde, New Zealand ** Clyde Dam Scotland * Clydeside * River Clyde * Firth of Clyde United States * Clyde, California, a CDP in Contra Costa County * Clyde, Georgia * Clyde Township, Whiteside County, Illinois * Clyde, Iowa * Clyde, Kansas * Clyde, Michigan * Clyde Township, Allegan County, Michigan * Clyde Township, St. Clair County, Michigan * Clyde, New Jersey * Clyde, New York * Clyde, North Carolina * Clyde, North Dakota * Clyde, Ohio ** Clyde cancer cluster * Clyde, Pennsylvania * Clyde, South Carolina * Clyde, Texas * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eógan Bél
Eógan Bél mac Cellaig (died 542) was a king of Connacht from the Uí Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was the grandson of the high king Ailill Molt. His reign began sometime after 500. His byname ''bél'' means "mouth" or "lip," supposedly because he received praise from all who encountered him as a child. Other sources claim he had a cleft lip. During his reign, he feuded with the northern Uí Néill and the Connachta suffered a defeat at Aidne in 531 during the reign of the powerful high king Muirchertach mac Ercae of the Cenél nEógain. Also during his reign, a victory was one at the Battle of Claenloch (near Kinelea, Co. Galway) by the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne branch in the south under its king Goibnenn mac Conaill over Maine mac Cerbaill (brother of Diarmait mac Cerbaill) of the southern Uí Néill who was slain in 537. Goibnenn was defending the right to take hostages from the Uí Maine. This battle was significant in separating the Uí Maine from the Cenel Maine of Meath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Bel
Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél (german: link=no, Matthias Bel; hu, Bél Mátyás; sk, Matej Bel; la, Matthias Belius; 22–24 March(?), 1684 – 29 August 1749) was a Lutheran pastor and polymath from the Kingdom of Hungary. Bel was active in the fields of pedagogy, philosophy, philology, history, and theoretical theology; he was the founder of Hungarian geographic science and a pioneer of descriptive ethnography and economy. A leading figure in pietism. He is also known as the Great Ornament of Hungary (''Magnum decus Hungariae''). Origin, life Matthias Bel was born in Ocsova, Kingdom of Hungary (now Očová, Slovakia) to Matthias (Matej) Bel Funtík or Bel-Funtík, a Slovak wealthy peasant and butcher. Little is known about his mother Elisabeth born Czesnek ( hu, Erzsébet Cseszneky, sk, Alžbeta Česneková) except she was very religious. He described himself as ''"lingua Slavus, natione Hungarus, eruditione Germanus"'' ("by language a Slav/Slovak, by nation a Hungaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Bel
Jules Bel (30 September 1842 – 11 January 1904) was a French cheese maker. He was the founder of Groupe Bel The Bel Group (a.k.a. Groupe Bel or Fromageries Bel in French) is a multinational cheese marketer centered in France. Overview The Bel Group is headquartered at 2 allée de Longchamp in Suresnes (near Paris). It manufactures and distributes pr .... Early life Jules Bel was born on 30 September 1842 in Chambéria, in rural France.Jules Bel GeneaNet Career In 1865, Bel started his cheese company.Bel Group: Company History: A behind the scenes look at the Bel saga/ref> Personal lif ...
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Jean Le Bel
Jean Le Bel (c. 1290 – 15 February 1370) was a chronicler from Liège. Biography Jean Le Bel's father, Gilles le Beal des Changes, was an alderman of Liège. Jean entered the church and became a canon of the cathedral church, but he and his brother Henri followed Jean de Beaumont to England in 1327, and took part in the border warfare against the Scots. His will is dated 1369, and his epitaph gives the date of his death as 1370. Nothing more is known of his life, but Jacques de Hemricourt, author of the ''Miroir des nobles de Hesbaye'', has left a eulogy of his character, and a description of the magnificence of his attire, his retinue and his hospitality. Hemricourt asserts that he was eighty years old or more when he died. Chronicles Jean was one of the first chroniclers to write in French instead of Latin. He was a soldier and companion of Jean, Count de Beaumont and travelled with him to England and Scotland in 1327. At the request of the duke, he wrote ''Vrayes Chron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
