Bel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Annabel Linquist, American artist, musician, and entrepreneur
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Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel ''Up the Down Staircase''
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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 Mirro ...
(born 1946), English journalist and broadcaster
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Bel Olid (born 1977), Spanish writer and translator
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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 ...
(born 1992), British actress
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Bel Pozueta (born 1965), Basque politician
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Bel Priestley (born 2003), British actress and internet personality
Surname
Bel / Bél
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Clyde F. Bel Jr. (c. 1932 – 2014), American politician
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Eógan Bél (died 542), a king of Connacht (in what is now Ireland)
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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 ...
(1684–1749), Hungarian scholar, polymath and Lutheran pastor
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Jules Bel (1842-1904), French cheese maker
Le Bel
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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 b ...
(c. 1290 – 1370), medieval Flemish chronicler
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Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847–1930), French chemist
Fictional characters
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Bel Arvardan, in Isaac Asimov's novel ''Pebble in the Sky''
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Bel Riose, in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
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Bel (Dungeons & Dragons), lord of the first of The Nine Hells, in Dungeons and Dragons games
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