Bel (name)

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

• Eógan Bél (died 542), a king of Connacht (in what is now Ireland)
• Jean Le Bel (c. 1290 – 1370), medieval Flemish chronicler
• Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847–1930), French chemist
• Matthias Bel (1684–1749), Hungarian scholar, polymath and Lutheran pastor
• Bel Kaufman (born 1911), American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel Up the Down Staircase
• Bel Mooney (born 1946), English journalist and broadcaster
• Bel Powley, British actress

Fictional characters:

• Bel Arvardan, in Isaac Asimov's novel Pebble in the Sky
• Bel Riose, in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
• Bel (Dungeons & Dragons), lord of the first of The Nine Hells, in Dungeons and Dragons games

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