Pele (disambiguation) explained

Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento; 1940–2022) was a Brazilian footballer.

Pele or Pelé may also refer to:

Film

• Pele Eterno, 2004 documentary film about the Brazilian football player Pelé
• , 2016 film about the Brazilian football player Pelé
• Pelé (2021 film), a biographical documentary film about Brazilian footballer Pelé

Music

• Pele (American band)
• Pele (English band)
• Pelé (album), a 1977 soundtrack album by Sérgio Mendes for a documentary about the footballer's life
• "Pelé", a song by Pólo Norte from the album Deixa o Mundo Girar

People

• Pele (name), given name, surname and nickname

• Pelé (footballer, born 1973) (José Maria da Cruz Martins), football player and coach born in São Tomé or Principe
• Pelé (footballer, born 1978) (Pedro Miguel Cardoso Monteiro), Cape Verdean-Portuguese football defender
• Pelé (footballer, born 1987) (Vítor Hugo Gomes Passos), Portuguese football midfielder
• Pelé (footballer, born 1991) (Judilson Mamadu Tuncará Gomes), Portuguese football midfielder of Guinea-Bissau descent

Science and geography

• Pele (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Portunidae
• Pele, the Hungarian name for Becheni village, Săuca Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
• 2202 Pele, an asteroid
• Pele Island, located in the Shefa Province in Vanuatu
• Pele (Aegean island), an island in the Aegean Sea off modern Turkey
• Pele (Cos), a town of ancient Cos, Greece
• Pele (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece
• Pele (volcano), an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io

Other uses

• Pele (deity), the Fire Goddess, is the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands

See also

• Pelee (disambiguation)
• Pelle (disambiguation)
• Boys for Pele, third album by American musician Tori Amos
• Pele's hair, a form of lava
• Peléan eruption, a type of volcanic eruption
• Pele FC, an association football club from Guyana
• Pelé's Soccer, a 1981 video game
• Pele tower, small fortified keep along the English and Scottish Borders
• Pelé dos Santos, character in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou