Fels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Allan Fels
Allan Herbert Miller Fels (born 7 February 1942) is an Australian economist, lawyer and public servant. He was most widely known in his role as chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) from its inception in 1995 unt ...
AO (born 1942), Australian economist, lawyer and public servant
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Anthony Fels
Anthony James Fels (born 19 November 1964) is a former Australian member of parliament and perennial candidate for public office. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region from 2005 to 2 ...
(born 1964), former Australian politician
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Edmond de Fels
Edmond de Fels (1858, in Marseille – 1951) was a French ...
(1858–1951), French diplomat, writer and historian, built the castle "Château de Voisins"
in 1903-06 by
Rene Sergent
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Florent Fels
Ferdinand Florent Fels (14 August 1891, Paris – 26 January 1977, Cap-d'Ail) was a French journalist, publisher and author prominent in discussing art in France. He often used the pseudonym Felsenberg.
In 1919 he pooled his demobilisation bonus ...
(1891–1977), French journalist, publisher and author
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Joseph Fels
Joseph Fels (16 December 1853–22 February 1914) was an American soap manufacturer, millionaire, Georgist and philanthropist.
Biography
Born of German Jewish immigrants in Halifax County, Virginia, Fels moved with his family to Baltimore in ...
(1853–1914), American soap manufacturer, millionaire, and philanthropist
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Ken Fels (born 1978), Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman
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Laurent Fels, writer and high school teacher in Luxembourg
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Mary Fels (1863–1953), German-born, American philanthropist, suffragist, Georgist; wife of Joseph Fels
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Samuel Simeon Fels
Samuel Simeon Fels (February 16, 1860 in Yanceyville, North Carolina – June 23, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in Yanceyville, North Carolina, Fels famil ...
(1860–1950), American businessman and philanthropist
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Willi Fels CMG (1858–1946), New Zealand merchant, collector and philanthropist
See also
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Joseph Fels Barnes Joseph Fels Barnes (1907–1970) was an American journalist, who also served as executive director of the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR).
Background
Barnes was born in 1907. he graduated from Harvard University in 1927, where he was managin ...
(1907–1970), American journalist
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Adler Fels, California winery based in Sonoma
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Der Fels, group of German Expressionist artists around 1920 to 1927
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Der fließende Fels, German television series
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Hohle Fels
The ''Hohle Fels'' () (also ''Hohlefels'', ''Hohler Fels'', German for "hollow rock") is a cave in the Swabian Jura of Germany that has yielded a number of important archaeological finds dating from the Upper Paleolithic. Artifacts found in the ...
, cave in the Swabian Jura of Germany with Upper Paleolithic finds
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Fels-Naptha
Fels-Naptha is an American brand of laundry soap manufactured by Summit Brands. The soap was originally created in 1893 by Fels and Company.
It originally included the ingredient naphtha, effective for cleaning laundry and urushiol, an oil cont ...
, American brand of bar laundry soap
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Fels Formation, geologic formation in Austria
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Fels Institute of Government
The Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania is a graduate school of public policy and public management. Founded in 1937 by Samuel Simeon Fels of the Fels Naptha Soap Company, the Fel Institute prepares its students for pub ...
, University of Pennsylvania
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Fels am Wagram
Fels am Wagram is a municipality in the district of Tulln in the Austrian state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in ...
, municipality in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria
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