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Alton Purnell Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911 – January 14, 1987) was an American jazz pianist. He was a longtime performer in Dixieland jazz. Early life Purnell was born in New Orleans on April 16, 1911. His brother, Theodore, became a reed player. Later lif ...

(1911–1987), American pianist *

Arthur Purnell William Arthur Purnell F.R.A.I.A. (5 January 1878 – 29 June 1964), generally known as Arthur Purnell, and sometimes A W Purnell, was an Australian born architect who practiced in Guangzhou, Canton, China in the 1900s, and from 1910 mainly in Mel ...

(1878–1964), architect in Melbourne, Victoria * Benjamin Franklin Purnell (1861–1927), American preacher, House of David (commune) *

Bervin E. Purnell Bervin Ellis Purnell MBE JP (10 March 1891 – 5 May 1972) was mayor and councillor of the City of Geelong, Australia. Purnell was the second of seven children of Charles William Purnell (1854–1931) and Ellen McNair (c. 1862–1939). Purne ...

(1891–1972), Australian politician *

Charles Purnell Charles William Purnell (1843 – 7 December 1926) was a New Zealand soldier, journalist, lawyer, and publisher of political and scientific texts. Early life and career Purnell was born in Lambeth, London, England, where he received his educa ...

(1843–1926), New Zealand soldier, journalist, lawyer, and writer *

Clyde Purnell Clyde Honeysett Purnell (14 May 1877 – 14 August 1934) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Club career Purnell was born on 14 May 1877 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, the son of John and Emily Purnell. ...

(1877–1934), British football player *

Ella Purnell Ella Summer Purnell (born 17 September 1996) is an English actress best known for her roles as Jackie in the Showtime drama series ''Yellowjackets,'' Jinx in the Netflix animated television series ''Arcane'', and Gwyn in the Paramount+/Nickelod ...

(born 1996), British actress *

Fred S. Purnell Fred Sampson Purnell (October 25, 1882 – October 21, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1933. Biography Born on a farm ...

(1882–1939), American politician *

Glynn Purnell Glynn Purnell (born 4 January 1975 in Solihull, England) is an English chef, restaurateur and television personality. Described by the ''Birmingham Post'' as "undoubtably the finest chef to hail from Chelmsley Wood", he is the proprietor and Hea ...

(born 1975), English chef and restaurateur *

Heather Purnell Heather Mary Purnell (born November 5, 1986) is a Canadian gymnast who represented Canada at the 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII ...

(born 1986), Canadian gymnast *

Idella Purnell Idella Purnell (April 1, 1901 – December 1, 1982) (also known as Idella Purnell Stone and Ikey Stone) was a Mexican academic, librarian, teacher, and children's book author. Biography She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, to the dentist George E ...

(1901–1982), American author and librarian * James Purnell (born 1970), British politician *

Jesse Purnell Jesse Rhoades Purnell (May 11, 1881 to July 4, 1966), was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played in with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted left and threw right-handed. Purnell had two hits and scored 2 runs in 19 at-bats in seven car ...

(1881–1966), American baseball player *

Jim Purnell James Fred Purnell (December 12, 1941 – November 4, 2003) was a National Football League linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yar ...

(1941–2003), American football player *

John Purnell John Purnell D.D. was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Between 1716 and 1726 Purnell was Consul acting for the Levant Company at Aleppo. Purnell was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford, in 1740, a post he h ...

English academic administrator *

John Howard Purnell John Howard Purnell OBE FRSC (17 August 1925 Rhondda, South Wales – 12 January 1996 Swansea, Wales) was a Welsh chemist. Education He attended Maes y Dderwen County School in Ystradgynlais before attending Pentre Secondary School. After ...

(1925-1996), Welsh chemist *

Jon Purnell Jon Robert Purnell (born circa 1948) is a former United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan. Personal life A native of Norwood, Massachusetts, Purnell graduated from Norwood High School in 1966. He continued his education at Brown University, where ...

, US diplomat, ambassador to Uzbekistan * Keg Purnell (1915–1965), American drummer *

Louis Purnell Louis Rayfield Purnell, Sr. (April 5, 1920 – August 10, 2001) was a noted curator at the United States' National Air and Space Museum and earlier in life, a decorated Tuskegee Airman. At the museum, he became expert in space flight artifac ...

(1920–2001) American curator and Tuskegee airman * Lovett Purnell (born 1972), American football player *

Mark Purnell Mark Andrew Purnell is a British palaeontologist, Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester. Purnell is an expert in conodont biostratigraphy (principally Carboniferous) and conodont palaeobiology, focussing especially on atte ...

, British palaeontologist * Marshall Purnell (born 1950), American architect * Phil Purnell (born 1964), British football player * Oliver Purnell (born 1953), American basketball coach *

Russ Purnell Russ Purnell (born June 12, 1948) is an American football coach. He has served for 26 seasons as an assistant coach in the NFL, mainly coordinating the special teams units. He is one of only 21 NFL assistant coaches who have won at least one Sup ...

(born 1948), American football coach *

Sonia Purnell Sonia Purnell is a British writer and journalist who has worked at ''The Economist'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', and ''The Sunday Times''. Her books include ''Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill'', which was chosen as book of the year by ...

, British writer and journalist * Thomas Richard Purnell (1847–1908), American judge * Tony Purnell (born 1958), English businessman * William Henry Purnell (1826–1902), American politician

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Julia A. Purnell Museum The Julia A. Purnell Museum is located at 208 West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily loca ...

Purnell and Sons Purnell and Sons started out as a small family printers based in Somerset which merged with other printers over the next 100 years to become one the largest print groups in the UK and at one time a major publisher. History The company was found ...

, defunct British printing company *

Purnell School The Purnell School was a progressive private all-girls boarding high school located in Pottersville, within Bedminster, New Jersey, about an hour and one-half west of New York City, and two hours north of Philadelphia. Purnell School was a member ...

, a girls' school in New Jersey

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* Purnell, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, a neighborhood * George Washington Purnell House * Purnell equation

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