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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
unisex given name, nickname, and surname. It means "small valley or glen" and comes from the
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
word ''del''. Its feminine form, popular in the early 20th C., is ''Della''. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:


Given name or nickname


People

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Dell Alston Wendell Alston (born September 22, 1952) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, and Cleveland Indians. He attended Concordia College, where h ...
(born 1952), American baseball player *
Dell Curry Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) ...
(born 1964), American former National Basketball Association player *
Dell L. Dailey Dell Lee Dailey (born 1949) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general and former head of the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism, counterterrorism office, serving from July 2007 to April 2009. ...
(born 1949), American retired lieutenant general and government official * Dell Darling (1861–1904), American baseball player *
Dell Demps Delano J. Demps (born February 12, 1970) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is currently a front office assistant for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to that, he se ...
(born 1970), American basketball player and executive *
Dell Henderson George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Biography Born in the Southwestern Ontario city ...
(1877–1956), Canadian actor, director and writer *
Dell Hymes Dell Hathaway Hymes (June 7, 1927 in Portland, Oregon – November 13, 2009 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was a linguist, sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist who established disciplinary foundations for the comparative, ethnographic stu ...
(1927–2009), American ethnographer, sociolinguist, anthropologist and folklorist *
Dell Morgan John O'Dell Morgan''COP TOPS MARINES, LEBARON, 37 TO 14'' Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1950 (February 14, 1900 – March 3, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball. He served as the head football coac ...
( 1900–1962), American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball *
Dell O'Dell Dell O'Dell was the stage name of Odella Newton (20 October 1897 – 5 February 1962)''Don't Fool Yourself: The Magical Life of Dell O'Dell'' an American magician regarded in her profession as a pioneer who provided a role model for modern female p ...
(1902–1962), stage name of American magician Odella Newton * Dell Raybould (1933–2023), American politician * Dell Sanchez, former social worker, educator, and broadcasting executive * Dell Williams (1922–2015), American feminist and businesswoman


Fictional characters

* Dell Conagher, also known as the Engineer, a playable character in the video game ''
Team Fortress 2 ''Team Fortress 2'' is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video game), Quake'' and ...
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Dell Parker William Parker, more commonly known as Dell Parker, is a character on the ''Grey's Anatomy'' spin-off, '' Private Practice''. He was portrayed by actor Chris Lowell Christopher Lowell (born October 17, 1984) is an American actor. He is best k ...
, in the TV series ''Private Practice'' * Dell Toledo, in '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''


Surname

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Aaron Dell Aaron Dell (born May 4, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Undrafted, Dell has pr ...
(born 1989), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Alan Dell (1924–1995), British radio broadcaster *
Allan Dell Allan Dell (born 16 March 1992) is a Scotland international rugby union player. He plays for Glasgow Warriors. He previously played for Edinburgh Rugby and London Irish. His usual position is prop. Rugby Union career Professional career At ...
(born 1992), South African-born Scottish rugby player * Bernard Dell (born 1949), Australian botanist *
Christian Dell Christian Dell (24 February 1893 – 18 July 1974) was a German silversmith. Biography Dell was born in Offenbach am Main in Hesse. From 1907 to 1911 he completed the silver forging studies at the academy. In 1912-13 he studied at the Saxo ...
(1893–1974), German silversmith and designer *
Christopher Dell Christopher William Dell (born 1956) is a career United States Foreign Service officer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Angola, Zimbabwe, and Kosovo. Early life and education Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Dell moved with his family to Ho ...
(born 1956), American diplomat * Christopher Dell (cricketer) (born 1960), Australian former cricketer *
Claudia Dell Claudia Dell (born Claudia Dell Smith; January 10, 1910 – September 5, 1977) was an American showgirl and actress of the stage and movies. Early years Dell was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 10, 1910. She attended school in San ...
(1910–1977), American showgirl and actress * Diana Dell (1982), Russian actress *
Dick Dell Richard Dell (born 1947) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Dell, who won a gold medal at the 1965 Summer Universiade in the men's doubles with Allen Fox, attended the University of Michigan from 1965 to 196 ...
(born 1947), American tennis player *
Donald Dell Donald L. Dell (born June 17, 1938) is an American sports attorney, writer, commentator, and former tennis player. Dell was the first sports agent in professional tennis, and represented Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl duri ...
(born 1938), American tennis player *
Dorothy Dell Dorothy Dell (born Dorothy Dell Goff; January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress. She died in an auto accident at the age of 19. Early life and career Born Dorothy Dell Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to entertainers, ...
(1915–1934), American actress *
Edmund Dell Edmund Emanuel Dell (15 August 1921 – 1 November 1999) was a British politician and businessman. Early life Dell was born in London, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. In the Second World War he served in the Royal Artillery, reaching the r ...
(1921–1999), British politician *
Ethel M. Dell Ethel May Dell Savage (2 August 1881 – 17 September 1939), known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over 30 popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939. Biography Dell was born on 2 August 1881 to a ...
(1881–1939), British romance novelist *
Floyd Dell Floyd James Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters ...
(1887–1969), American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright and poet *
Gabriel Dell Gabriel Dell (born Gabriel Marcel Dell Vecchio; October 8, 1919 – July 3, 1988) was an American actor and one of the members of what came to be known as the Dead End Kids, then later the East Side Kids and finally The Bowery Boys. Acting care ...
(1919–1988), American actor, one of the Dead End Kids * Gaye Dell (born 1948), Australian hurdler and children's author *
Glen Dell Glen Dell (9 April 1962 – 12 October 2013) was a South African commercial airline trainer and aerobatics pilot, who was qualified to race in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in seasons 2008 and 2009. Biography Dell's father was a Wor ...
(1962–2013), South African commercial airline trainer and aerobatics pilot *
Jimmy Dell Wing Commander James Leonard Dell OBE (23 August 1924 – 25 March 2008) was a British test pilot. He is best remembered for his involvement in the BAC TSR-2 test programme, being one of only three test pilots to fly the aircraft before the pro ...
(1924–2008), British test pilot * John Henry Dell (1830–1888), English landscape artist and illustrator *
Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies. He is ranked the 2 ...
(born 1965), American businessman, founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. *
Miriam Dell Dame Miriam Patricia Dell ( Matthews; 14 June 1924 – 22 March 2022) was a New Zealand women's advocate, botanist and schoolteacher. She was the president of the National Council of Women of New Zealand from 1970 to 1974 and the first New Zea ...
(1924–2022), New Zealand women's advocate * Peter Dell the Elder (1490–1552), German sculptor *
Philip Dell Philip Dell was a Florida politician. Philip Dell was the son of James Maxey Dell of Virginia, who owned a large slave plantation in Alachua County, Florida in the 1820s and represented the county in the Legislative Council of the Florida Territ ...
, American politician in Florida from the 1820s to the 1850s and plantation owner *
Richard Dell Richard Kenneth Dell (11 July 1920 – 6 March 2002) was a New Zealand malacologist. Biography Dell was born in Auckland in 1920. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitematā Harbour. He even ...
(1920–2002), New Zealand malacologist *
Roger L. Dell Roger L. Dell (July 19, 1897 – March 8, 1966) was an American businessman, lawyer, and jurist. Born in Bird Island, Minnesota, Dell graduated from Shakopee High School in Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1916. He received his law degree, in 1920, fr ...
(1897–1966), American jurist * Salome Dell (born 1983), athlete from Papua New Guinea * Tank Dell (born 1999), American football player *
Tony Dell Anthony Ross Dell (born 6 August 1945) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches in the 1970s. Cricket career Dell was a fast-medium seam bowler who played for Queensland and made his debut against England for the vital S ...
(born 1947), Australian cricketer *
Wheezer Dell William George "Wheezer" Dell (June 11, 1886 – August 24, 1966) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1912 and 1915–17. Dell pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Robins. He was the first Nevada-born player in major leag ...
(1886–1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher *
William Dell William Dell (c. 1607–1669) was an English clergyman, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1649 to 1660, and prominent radical Parliamentarian. Biography Dell was born at Bedfordshire, England, and was an undergraduate at Emma ...
(c. 1607–1669), English clergyman and radical Parliamentarian


See also

* Big Dell, nickname of
Wendell Sailor Wendell Jermaine Sailor (born 16 July 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union – a dual code international. In rugby league Sailor was a member of the succes ...
(born 1974), Australian rugby footballer *
Del (disambiguation) Del is a vector differential operator represented by the symbol ∇ (nabla). Del or DEL can also refer to: Mathematics * A name for the partial derivative symbol ∂ * Dynamic epistemic logic Abbreviations * DEL or Del, for Delaware, one of ...
, contains list of people with given name Del * O'Dell, a surname


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