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Pullen is an uncommon English
surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
with a purported
Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...
origin. Retrieved 20 January 2014 "Pullen" is likely an occupational name, arising from the Old French word
poulain Poulain is the French word for foal and is a common French surname. It may refer to: ;People * Amélie Poulain, central character of romantic comedy film Amélie * Jean-Paul Poulain, a French cabaret singer * Raphaël Poulain (b. 1980), French ...
. There are several variants of "Pullen", including Pullin, Pullins, Pulleyn, Pullan and Pullein, the latter being the earliest recorded version (1166). Apart from the English surname "Pullen", there is a very common surname "Pullan" in India. The surname is shared by these notable people: * Alex Pullin (1987–2020), Australian snowboarder * Andrew John Pullan (1963–2012), New Zealand mathematician * Benjamin Pulleyne, also spelt Pullan (died 1861), Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster * Cecil Pullan (1910–1970), Indian-born English cricket player * Cyril Pullin (1893–1973), English inventor, engineer and motorcycle race driver * Deborah Pullen (1963–2010), New Zealand female international football (soccer) player * Don Pullen (1941–1995), American jazz musician * Erica Pullins (born 1983), American musician * Frank Pullen (1915–1992), English businessperson and racehorse owner * Hartley Pullan (1899–1968), World War I flying ace * Henry Pulleine (bef. 1850–1879), British Army administrator during the Anglo-Zulu War * Henry William Pullen (1836–1903), English cleric and writer * Jacob Pullen (born 1989), American basketball player * James Henry Pullen (1835–1916), aka "Genius of Earlswood Asylum", British autistic savant * John Pullin (1941–2021), English rugby union player * Jorge Pullin (born 1963), Argentine-American physics academic * Josiah Pullen (1631–1714), English vicar * Kent Pullen (1942–2003), American politician * Lloyd T. Pullen (1825–1908), American politician * Lucy Pullen, Canadian artist * Matilda Marian Pullan (1819–1862), British author * Melanie Pullen (born 1975), American photographer * Melanie Clark Pullen (born 1977), Irish actress, producer and writer * Mieke Pullen (1957–2003), Dutch long-distance runner * Penny Pullen, American politician * Peter Pullan (1857–1901), English cricket player * Purv Pullen (1909–1992), American actor * Richard Popplewell Pullan (1825–1888), English architect and archæologist * Robert Pullen (died c.1150), English theologian and official of the Roman Catholic Church * Sidney Pullen (1895–1950s), English football (soccer) player * Tessa Pullan (born 1954), sculptor, equestrian artist * Tobias Pullen (1648–1713), Irish bishop * Tom Pullen (born 1945), Canadian football (gridiron) player * Wally Pullen (1919–1977), English footballer * Vern Pullens (1929–2001), American rockabilly and country singer * William Pullen "Admiral Pullen" (1813–1887), Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer * William Pullen (cricketer) (1866–1937), an English cricket player


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