Bel (name) explained

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

Given name

• Annabel Linquist, American artist, musician, and entrepreneur
• Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel Up the Down Staircase
• Bel Mooney (born 1946), English journalist and broadcaster
• Bel Olid (born 1977), Spanish writer and translator
• Bel Powley (born 1992), British actress
• Bel Pozueta (born 1965), Basque politician
• Bel Priestley (born 2003), British actress and internet personality

Surname

Bel / Bél

• Clyde F. Bel Jr. (2014), American politician
• Eógan Bél (died 542), a king of Connacht (in what is now Ireland)
• Matthias Bel (1684–1749), Hungarian scholar, polymath and Lutheran pastor
• Jules Bel (1842–1904), French cheese maker

Le Bel

• Jean Le Bel (1370), medieval Flemish chronicler
• Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847–1930), French chemist

Fictional characters

• Bel Arvardan, in Isaac Asimov's novel Pebble in the Sky
• Bel Riose, in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
  • Bel, a recurring character in Series 13 of Doctor Who Bel (Dungeons & Dragons), lord of the first of The Nine Hells, in Dungeons and Dragons games