Edel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Abraham Edel Abraham Edel (6 December 1908 – 22 June 2007) was a North American philosopher and ethics, ethicist. He was the younger brother of the North American literary critic and biographer Leon Edel, and the uncle of the composer Joel Mandelbaum. He ...

(1908–2007), North American philosopher and ethicist * Alfred William Edel (c. 1930–2005), American television news presenter * Apoula Edel (born 1986), Cameroonian-Armenian footballer *

Leon Edel Joseph Leon Edel (1907 – 1997) was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' calls Edel "the foremost 20th-century authority ...

(1907–1997), North American literary critic and biographer *

Uli Edel Ulrich "Uli" Edel (; born 11 April 1947) is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'', '' Body of Evidence'' and '' The Baader Meinhof Complex.'' His '' Rasputin: Dark Servant of ...

(born 1947), German film director

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;Male: * Edel (footballer), Ildefonso Soares de Oliveira (born 1958), Brazilian footballer * Edel Oliva (born 1965), Cuban race walker *

Edel Rodriguez Edel Rodriguez (born August 22, 1971, in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American artist, illustrator, and children's book author. Using a variety of materials, his work ranges from conceptual to portraiture and landscape. Socialist propaganda and west ...

(born 1971), Cuban-American artist and illustrator ;Female, Irish: Pronounced * Edel Quinn (1907–1944), Irish lay missionary *

Edel Bhreathnach Edel Bhreathnach is an Irish historian and academic and former CEO of the Discovery Programme. Bhreathnach was a Tara Research Fellow for the Discovery Programme from 1992 to 2000. In 2005 she was appointed Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Mícheál � ...

, Irish historian and academic * Edel McMahon (born 1994), Irish rugby player ;Female, Scandinavian: * Edel Eckblad (1914–1994), Norwegian actress *

Edel Hætta Eriksen Edel Hætta Eriksen (17 October 1921 – 13 August 2023) was a Norwegian politician and Northern Saami schoolteacher. Biography Edel Hætta Eriksen was born in Guovdageainnu Municipality on 17 October 1921, to Klemet Klemetsen Hætta and midwi ...

(1921–2023), Norwegian schoolteacher and politician * Edele Jernskjæg (died 1512), Danish noble, lady-in-waiting and royal mistress of King John I of Denmark * Edel Randem (1910–2001), Norwegian figure skater *

Edel Therese Høiseth Edel Therese Høiseth (born 27 January 1966) is a former speed skater from Norway, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m. Høiseth skated in all Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1998, making her one of only three N ...

(born 1966), former speed skater from Norway, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m

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* or , a name for Œ / œ, a ligature of the Latin script * Construction Nautic Edel, a French boat builder *

Edel 665 The Edel 665 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Maurice Edel and first built in 1984. It was marketed as the Edel 660 in France and is sometimes referred to as the Edel 6.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North Amer ...

, a French sailboat design *

Edel (character) Edel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Abraham Edel (1908–2007), North American philosopher and ethicist * Alfred William Edel (c. 1930–2005), American television news presenter * Apoula Edel ...

, fictional character in the webtoon series ''Denma'' * Edel SE & Co. KGaA, a German independent media company * , a French cheese from *

Edel Land District The lands administrative divisions of Western Australia refer to subdivisions of the state of Western Australia for cadastre, cadastral (land title) purposes, most of which have been in place since the 19th century. The state is divided up for thi ...

, a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the North-West Land Division *

Edel-Mega Records Mega Records was a Danish record label established in 1983. It was renamed Edel-Mega Records when it was acquired by Edel Music in 2001. The catalogue of Mega Records is now managed by Playground Music Scandinavia, which was spun off from Edel ...

, a Danish record company established in 1983. It was renamed Edel-Mega Records when it was acquired by Edel Music in 2001 * EDEL, the ICAO code for

Langenlonsheim Airfield Langenlonsheim Airfield (or Flugplatz Langenlonsheim in German) is a small airfield in Langenlonsheim, Germany. It has a single grass runway in the direction 01 / 19 with a length of 450 meters (1,476 feet). Prior permission is required for vi ...

Edel Paragliders Edel Paragliders was a South Korean aircraft manufacturer based in Gwangju and headed by Sung Heon Song. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders and paramotor wings in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noe ...

, a defunct South Korean paraglider manufacturing company * Edel, another name for the logic puzzle

nonogram Nonograms, also known as Hanjie, Paint by Numbers, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, and Picross, are picture logic puzzles in which cells in a grid must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the edges of the grid to reveal a hidden picture. In ...

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