Pell is a surname shared by several notable people, listed below
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Axel Rudi Pell
Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German heavy metal guitarist.
Career
Pell commenced his musical career with Steeler (1984–88) before leaving in 1988 for a solo career. During this time, he has played with such drummers as Jörg Micha ...
(born 1960), German heavy metal guitar player and member of Steeler and founder of his own eponymous band
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Charles Pell (1874–1936), American college football coach
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Charley Pell
Charles Byron Pell (February 17, 1941 – May 29, 2001) 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 remember ...
(1941–2001), American college football player and coach
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Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
(1918–2009), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, serving six terms from 1961 to 1997, and sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides financial aid funding to American college students
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Dave Pell
David Pell (February 26, 1925 – May 7, 2017) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and record producer. He was best known for leading a cool jazz octet in the 1950s.
Biography
Pell played in his teens with the big bands of Tony Pastor, B ...
(1925–2017), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
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Ella Ferris Pell (1846–1922), American painter, sculptor, and illustrator
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Eva J. Pell (born 1948), American biologist, plant pathologist, and science administrator
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George Pell
George Pell (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . I ...
(born 1941), Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church
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Harry Pell (born 1991), English professional footballer
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Herbert Pell
Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. (February 16, 1884 – July 17, 1961) was a United States representative from New York, U.S. Minister to Portugal, U.S. Minister to Hungary, and a creator and member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission.
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(1884–1961), American 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
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Isabel Pell (1900–1951), American socialite and member of the French Resistance
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John Pell (mathematician)
John Pell (1 March 1611 – 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad.
Early life
He was born at Southwick in Sussex. His father, also named John Pell, was from Southwick, and his mother was Mary Holland, from ...
(1611–1685), English mathematician. See also
Pell's equation
Pell's equation, also called the Pell–Fermat equation, is any Diophantine equation of the form x^2 - ny^2 = 1, where ''n'' is a given positive nonsquare integer, and integer solutions are sought for ''x'' and ''y''. In Cartesian coordinate ...
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Morris Birkbeck Pell
Morris Birkbeck Pell (31 March 1827 – 7 May 1879) was an American-Australian mathematician, professor, lawyer and actuary. He became the inaugural Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the University of Sydney in 1852, and conti ...
(1827–1879), American-Australian mathematician, professor, lawyer and actuary
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Philip Pell
Philip Pell (July 7, 1753 – May 1, 1811) was an American politician and lawyer from Pelham Manor, New York. He served in the New York State Assembly and as a delegate for New York to the Confederation Congress.
Philip was born to the aristoc ...
(1753–1811), American politician and lawyer who served in the New York State Assembly and as a delegate for New York to the Confederation Congress.
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Thomas Pell
Thomas Pell, 1st Lord of Pelham Manor (1608 – September 21, 1669) was an English-born physician who bought the area known as Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York, and foun ...
(1608–1669), an English-born physician who emigrated to United States
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William Pell (tenor) (1947–2003), American opera singer
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William Pell (footballer) (1883-1915), English footballer
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William Pell (minister) (1634–1698), English minister
See also
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Pelle (surname) Pelle or Pellè is the surname of the following people
* Anikó Pelle (born 1978), Hungarian water polo player
* Anthony Pelle (born 1972), American basketball player
*Antonio Pelle (1932–2009), Italian mafiosi
*Giuseppe Pelle (born 1960), Italia ...
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