Pullen is an uncommon English
surname
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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.
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"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 ...
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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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