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Origins and History
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"BELL. Three derivations are possible for this name: (1) as a descriptive sobriquet, Peter le Bel ('the handsome, from Old French bel, handsome, beautiful), found in the English Hundred Rolls; (2) of local origin, as Middle English 'John atte Belle' or 'Richard atte Bell' (not uncommon in Middle English registers) from the sign of his public house; (3) as a metronymic, '%obert fil. Bell,' meaning Robert, the son of Bell or Isabel. 1 and 2 are, I think, the chief parents of the name. John Bell appears as a notary in St. Andrews, 1248 (Pap. Lett., i, p. 245). A family of the name appears to have been hereditarily connected with the church of Dunkeld. Master David Bell was a canon there, 1263 (LIM., p. 77), and William Bell appears as dean, 1329-42 (Pap. Lett., i, p. 301, 557). William Bel, vicar of Lamberton, witnessed a charter to Coldingham Priory, 1271. Adam Belle and Richard Belle of Berwickshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, n, p. 206). Thomas Belle was juror on an inquest at Dumfries, 1304 (ibid., p. 412), and Simon dictus Bell is in Perth in the reign of David n (Scon, p. 125). Thomas dictus Bell, canon of Dunkeld, c. 1340 (ibid., p. 124). Thomas Bell and Alan Bell witnessed confirmation of Snawdoun to the Abbey of Dryburgh, c. 1350 (Dryburgh, 232), Johnne Bell was a witness in St. Andrews, 1463 (CMN., 33), and Henry Bell was a witness in Arbroath, 1528 (Laing, 369). The name was common on the Border for centuries, and the "Bellis" are included in the list of unruly clans in the West Marches, 1587 (APS., ra, p. 466). The Bells of Annandale are said to be descended from Gilbert le fiz Bel, who was deprived of his lands by Edward i (Bain, n, p. 397). Families of the name long predominated in the parish of Middlebie, insomuch that the 'Bells of Middlebie' was a current phrase throughout Dumfriesshire. In the index to REB. the name is confused with the place name Biel. Patrick de Dunbar, dominus de Bele, is indexed under Bell. Robert Bell, born in Scotland, printer of the first edition of Thomas Paine's Common sense, died in Virginia, 1784. Rev. Patrick Bell (1800-1869) was inventor of the reapingmachine and founder of mechanical harvesting. (4) In Islay and Kintyre Bell is used as an Englishing of Mac Ittinamhaoil. This is said to have arisen from the marriage of a Macmillan with a Miss Bell, who possessed property, and took her name in English, but continued the old name in Gaelic. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Bell Family Tree
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Some Famous People with the surname of Bell
| Alexander Graham Bell |  | Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847?? August 2, 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. |
| Bert Bell | | De Benneville "Bert" Bell (February 25, 1895 ? October 11, 1959) was co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-owner and coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and commissioner of the National Football League from 1946 until his death. |
| Marilyn Bell | | Marilyn Bell Di Lascio, Order of Ontario (b: October 19, 1937, Toronto, Canada) is a retired Canadian long distance swimmer, born in Toronto. |
| John Stewart Bell | | John Stewart Bell (28 June 1928 ? 1 October 1990) was a physicist, and the originator of Bell's Theorem, one of the most important theorems in quantum physics. |
| Joseph Bell | | Joseph Bell, JP, DL, FRCS (2 December 1837 ? 4 October 1911) was a Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. |
| Vanessa Bell | | Vanessa Bell (n?e Stephen) (30 May 1879 ? 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf. |
| Brian Bell | | Brian Bell, (born December 9, 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa) is a American guitarist and songwriter. |
| Madison Smartt Bell | | Madison Smartt Bell (born August 1, 1957) is an American novelist. |
| Mary Bell | | Mary Flora Bell (born May 26, 1957 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) was convicted in December 1968 of the manslaughter of two boys, Martin Brown (aged four years) and Brian Howe (aged three years). |
| William E. Bell | | William E. |
| Eric Temple Bell | | Eric Temple Bell (February 7, 1883, Peterhead, Scotland - December 21, 1960, Watsonville, California) was a mathematician and science fiction author born in Scotland who lived in the U. |
| Martin Bell | | Martin Bell, OBE, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician. |
| Gertrude Bell | | Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (14 July 1868 ? 12 July 1926) was a British writer, traveller, political analyst, administrator in Arabia, and an archaeologist who mapped and identified Anatolian and Mesopotamian ruins. |
| Cool Papa Bell | | James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell (May 17, 1903 ? March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball, considered by many baseball observers to have been the fastest man ever to play the game. |
| Art Bell | | Arthur W. |
| Gordon Bell | | C. |
| Eric Bell | | Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947 in East Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a rock musician and guitarist. |
| Joshua Bell | | Joshua David Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist. |
| William Nathaniel Bell | | William Nathaniel Bell (March 6, 1817 ? September 6, 1887), originally from Edwardsville, Illinois and later a resident of Portland, Oregon, was a member of the Denny Party, the first group of white settlers in what is now Seattle, Washington. |
| Catherine Bell | | Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968) is an British-born American actress known for her role of Lt. |
| John Bell | | John Anthony Bell, AO, OBE (born 1 November 1940) is an acclaimed Australian actor and theatre director. |
| Ricky Bell | | Ricky Bell, nicknamed "Slick" (born Ricardo Bell, September 18 1967, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American R&B singer best known as one of the founding members of New Edition and the lead singer of Bell Biv DeVoe. |
| John Howatt Bell | | John Howatt Bell (December 13, 1846 ? January 29, 1929) was a Prince Edward Island lawyer and politician. |
| Robert Bell | | Robert "Kool" Bell (born Robert Earl Bell, 8 October 1950, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer and bassist, who is the founding member of the jazz / R&B / soul / funk / disco band, Kool & the Gang. |
| Jay Bell | | Jay Stuart Bell (born December 11, 1965 in Eglin AFB, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and second baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians (1986-88), Pittsburgh Pirates (1989-96), Kansas City Royals (1997), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998-2002) and New York Mets (2003). |
| Drake Bell | | Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. |
| Mark Bell | | Mark Bell (born on August 5, 1980 in St. |
| Lawrence Dale Bell | | Lawrence Dale "Larry" Bell (April 5, 1894 ? October 20, 1956) was an American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation. |
| John Bell | | John Bell (also known as "The Great Apostate") (February 15, 1797 ? September 10, 1869) was a U. |
| Griffin Bell | | Griffin Boyette Bell (October 31, 1918 ? January 5, 2009) was an American lawyer and former Attorney General. |
| Don Bell | | "For the American radio broadcaster, see Don Bell (radio broadcaster)"Donald H. |
| Mark Bell | | Mark Bell is a musician and producer of electronic house music who, as well as being a member of the pioneering electronic music group LFO on Warp Records, has collaborated with a wide range of artists such as Bj?rk and Depeche Mode, for whom he took on the production duties for the entire "Exciter" album. |
| Chris Bell | | Robert Christopher "Chris" Bell (born November 23, 1959) is a Democratic Party politician. |
| Chris Bell | | Chris Bell (January 12, 1951 ? December 27, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Derek Bell | | Derek Bell, MBE (October 21, 1935 ? October 17, 2002) was an Irish harpist and composer. |
| Henry H. Bell | | Henry H. |
| Edward William Derrington Bell | | Major General Edward William Derrington Bell VC CB (18 May 1824 ? 10 November 1879) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Frederick William Bell | | Frederick William Bell VC (3 April 1875 ? 28 April 1954) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Donald Simpson Bell | | Donald Simpson Bell VC (3 December 1890 ? 10 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Eric Norman Frankland Bell | | Eric Norman Frankland Bell VC (28 August 1895 ? 1 July 1916) was born Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland and was by birth an Irish and British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
| Jamie Bell | | Jamie Bell (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor. |
| Derek Bell | | Derek Reginald Bell MBE (born 31 October 1941 in Pinner, Middlesex) is a former racing driver from England who was extremely successful in sportscar racing, winning 5 times at Le Mans. |
| Frank Bell | | Francis Jardine "Frank" Bell (January 28, 1840 ? February 13, 1927) was a governor of Nevada. |
| Eldrin Bell | | Eldrin Bell is the former police chief for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and was elected in November 2004 to serve as the county commission chairman for nearby Clayton county. |
| Thomas Cowan Bell | | Thomas Cowan Bell (May 14, 1832 -Feb. |
| Kristen Bell | | Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. |
| Brendan Bell | | Brendan Bell (born on March 31, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League (AHL). |
| Raja Bell | | Raja Bell (born September 19, 1976) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. |
| Kendrell Bell | | Kendrell Alexander Bell (born July 2, 1980 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. |
| Andy Bell | | Andy Bell (born Andrew Ivan Bell, 25 April 1964, Peterborough, England) is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo, Erasure. |
| Martin Bell | | Martin Bell (born December 6, 1964, at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Scotland. |
| Mike Bell | | Michael John Bell (born December 7, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a minor league baseball coach for the Visalia Rawhide, former coach of the Yakima Bears, and former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds in the season. |
| Bobby Bell | | Robert "Bobby" Lee Bell, Jr (born June 17, 1940) is a former professional American football linebacker/defensive end. |
| Peter Hansborough Bell | | Peter Hansborough Bell (May 12, 1812 ? March 8, 1898) was the 3rd Governor of Texas from 1849 to 1853. |
| Ian Bell | | Ian Colin Graham Bell (born October 31 1962 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire) is a game programmer, game designer and game producer. |
| Troy Bell | | Troy Delvon Bell (born November 10, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional basketball player formerly of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. |
| George Bell | | George Kennedy Allen Bell (4 February 1883 ? 3 October 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester, member of the House of Lords and a pioneer of the Ecumenical Movement. |
| George John Bell | | Sir George John Bell KCMG, DSO (29 November 1872 ? 5 March 1944) was an Australian soldier and politician. |
| George Irving Bell | | George Irving Bell (August 4, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois ? May 28, 2000) was an American physicist, biologist and mountaineer. |
| Todd Bell | | Todd Anthony Bell (November 28, 1958 ? March 16, 2005) was an American football safety in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears during the early 1980s. |
| Terrel Bell | | Terrel Howard Bell (November 11, 1921 ? June 22, 1996) was the Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan. |
| Robert Edward Bell | | Robert Edward Bell, CC, FRS, FRSC (November 29, 1918 ? April 1, 1992) was a Canadian nuclear physicist and principal of McGill University from 1970 to 1979. |
| Robert Bell | | Sir Robert Bell (Unknown ? "d. |
| Benny Bell | | Benny Bell (born Benjamin Samberg or Benjamin Zamberg, March 21, 1906 ? July 6, 1999) was a Jewish American singer-songwriter who reached popularity in the 1940s, with a comeback in the 1970s. |
| Heath Bell | | Heath Justin Bell (born September 29, 1977 in Oceanside, California) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres. |
| David Bell | | David Michael Bell (born September 14, 1972 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently the manager of the Double-A Carolina Mudcats. |
| Tom Bell | | Tom Bell (1825 ? October 4, 1856) was a western outlaw and physician known as the "Outlaw Doc". |
| Mary Hayley Bell | | Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills (22 January 1911 ? 1 December 2005) was an English actress, writer and dramatist. |
| Eileen Bell | | Eileen Bell CBE (born 15 August 1943) is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down and former deputy leader of the Alliance Party. |
| Thomas Bell | | Thomas Bell (1903?1961) was an American novelist. |
| J. Franklin Bell | | James Franklin Bell (January 9, 1856 ? January 8, 1919) was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1906 to 1910. |
| Ian Bell | | Ian Ronald Bell MBE (born 11 April 1982 in Coventry, West Midlands) is an England Test cricketer. |
| Francis Bell | | Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, GCMG, KC (March 31, 1851, Nelson, New Zealand ? 13 March, 1936, Wellington, New Zealand) was the first New Zealand-born Prime Minister of New Zealand. |
| John Joy Bell | | John Joy Bell (1871-05-07?1934-11-14), known professionally as J J Bell, was a journalist and author. |
| David Bell | | David Bell (13 May, 1985 in Buncrana, County Donegal) is an Irish football player currently playing in defence for the Eircom League with Finn Harps. |
| Joshua Fry Bell | | Joshua Fry Bell (November 26, 1811 ? August 17, 1870) was a Kentucky political figure. |
| Tatum Bell | | Tatum Antoine Bell (born March 2, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is an American football running back for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. |
| Thomas Bell | | Thomas Bell FRS (11 October 1792 ? 13 March 1880) was an English zoologist, surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, UK. |
| Robert Bell | | Robert Bell (16 January 1800 ? 12 April 1867) was an Irish man of letters. |
| Marc Bell | | Marc Bell (born 1971 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian cartoonist. |
| Paddie Bell | | Paddie Bell (8 April 1931 ? 3 August 2005) was an Irish folk singer and musician. |
| Theodore A. Bell | | Theodore Arlington Bell (July 25, 1872 ? September 4, 1922) was a Democratic politician from California. |
| Derrick Bell | | Derrick A. |
| Julie Bell | | Julie Bell (born 1958 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American painter. |
| Adrian Bell | | Adrian Bell (1901?1980) was an English journalist and farmer, who was the first compiler of "The Times" crossword. |
| Kenta Bell | | Kenta Bell (born March 16, 1977 in Kilgore, Texas) is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in the triple jump. |
| Lake Bell | | Lake Bell Siegel (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress. |
| Nick Bell | | Nick Bell (born December 17, 1983 in Alnwick, Northumberland) is one of UK's leading young entrepreneurs. |
| Geoffrey Bell | | Geoffrey L Bell, (born 1939), is an economist, banker, and Executive Secretary of the Washington based Group of Thirty, an influential and high powered council of private and central bankers. |
| Jacob Bell | | Jacob Bell (5 March 1810 ? 12 June 1859), British pharmaceutical chemist, was born in London. |
| Alexander Melville Bell | | Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 ? 7 August 1905) was a researcher of physiological phonetics and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. |
| Samuel Bell | | Samuel Bell (February 9, 1770 ? December 23, 1850) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835. |
| Samuel Bell | | Samuel Bell (fl. |
| Marvin Bell | | Marvin Bell (born 3 August 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet and teacher who was the first Poet Laureate of the State of Iowa. |
| Marshall Bell | | Archibald Marshall Bell (born September 28, 1942) is an American actor. |
| Dick Bell | | Richard Albert "Dick" Bell, PC (September 4 1913 ? March 20 1988) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Carleton from 1957 to 1963 and from 1965 to 1968. |
| Michael Bell | | Michael Patrick Bell (born July 30, 1938) is an American actor and voice actor. |
| T. J. Bell | | Timothy Peter Bell Jr. |
| Tobin Bell | | Tobin Bell (born Joseph Tobin'"; August 7, 1942) is an American film and television actor. |
| Charlie Bell | | Charlie Will Bell III (born March 12, 1979 in Flint, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. |
| Carey Bell | | Carey Bell (November 14, 1936 - May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician, who played the harmonica in the Chicago blues style. |
| Trevor Bell | | "For the current major league pitcher please see Trevor Bell (baseball). |
| Ricky Bell | | Ricky Lynn Bell (April 8, 1955 ? November 28, 1984) younger brother of recording artist Archie Bell, was a American professional football player who played running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers from 1977 to 1982. |
| Ricky Bell | | Ricky Bell (born October 2, 1974 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a cornerback who went to North Carolina State University and played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Chicago Bears, the Barcelona Dragons, the Orlando Rage, the Calgary Stampeders, the Ottawa Renegades, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Montreal Alouettes. |
| Samuel H. Bell | | Samuel H. |
| Robert Bell | | Robert Bell (March 16 1808 ? April 2 1894) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West. |
| Robert Bell | | Robert Bell (1821 ? February 25 1873) was a surveyor, journalist and political figure in Canada West. |
| Lyn Bell | | Lynette Bell (born 24 January 1947), known after marriage as Lynette Chipchase, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won the silver medal in the 4???100?m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. |
| Rob Bell | | Robert Holmes Bell Jr. |
| Yeremiah Bell | | Yeremiah Neavius Bell (born March 3, 1978 in Winchester, Kentucky) is an American football safety for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. |
| William Bell | | William Bell (August 31 1897 ? March 16 1969) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues. |
| Simon Bell | | Simon Bell (born 15 January 1949) is a Scottish session singer based in London who has worked with several noted singers. |
| Steve Bell | | Steve Bell is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
| Greg Bell | | Gregory Leon Bell (born August 1, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former American football running back in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Los Angeles Raiders from 1984 to 1990. |
| Edmond Bell | | Sir Edmond Bell Of Castle Acre and Beaupre Hall, Norfolk. |
| Laura Bell | | Laura Bell (1829?1894) was a famous courtesan of Victorian England. |
| Jean Bell | | Jean Bell (born Annie Lee Morgan on November 23, 1944 in St. |
| Coby Bell | | Coby Scott Bell (born May 11, 1975) is an American television and film actor and producer. |
| David Bell | | David Bell VC (1845 ? 7 March 1920) was born County Down, Ireland (exact date of birth is unknown). |
| Judy Bell | | Judy Bell (born September 23, 1936) is an American amateur golfer and golf administrator. |
| Andrew Bell | | Andrew Bell (1753?1832) was a Scottish Anglican priest and educationalist who pioneered the Madras System of Education (also known as "mutual instruction") in schools and was the founder of Madras College, a secondary school in St. |
| Maggie Bell | | Maggie Bell (born 12 January 1945, Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin. |
| Jacob Bell | | Jacob Bell (born March 2, 1981 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American football guard for the St. |
| Hiram Bell | | Hiram Bell (April 22 1808 ? December 21 1855) was a U. |
| Montgomery Bell | | Montgomery Bell (January 3, 1769, Chester County, Pennsylvania ? April 1, 1855, Dickson County, Tennessee) was a manufacturing entrepreneur who was crucial to the economic development of early Middle Tennessee. |
| Graham Bell | | Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (born March 3, 1949) is an English academic, writer, and evolutionary biologist with interests in the evolution of sexual reproduction and the maintenance of variation. |
| Chichester Bell | | Chichester Bell (1848 ? 1924) was a cousin to Alexander Graham Bell and instrumental in developing improved versions of the phonograph. |
| Justin Bell | | Justin Bell (born 23 February 1968 in Rustington, Sussex, England) is a British racecar driver. |
| Lee Bell | | Lee Bell (born 26 January 1983 in Crewe, Cheshire) is an English professional footballer who plays for Macclesfield Town. |
| Idris Bell | | Sir Harold Idris Bell CB OBE (2 October 1879 ? 22 January 1967) was a British papyrologist (specialising in Roman Egypt) and scholar of Welsh literature. |
| Billy Bell | | William Edward "Billy" Bell (June 10, 1891 ? June 3, 1959) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played four seasons in the National Hockey Association and six in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Wanderers, Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators. |
| Benjamin Bell | | Benjamin Bell (1749 - 1806) was a Scottish surgeon. |
| Hugh Bell | | Hugh Bell (born 22 June 1927) is an American Photographer born in the west Indies who was raised in Harlem, New York. |
| Theo Bell | | Theopolis Bell, Jr. |
| Ronald Bell | | Ronald Bell, also known by his Arabic name Khalis Bayyan (born Ronald Nathan Bell, 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio, United States) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist who was a founding member of the band, Kool & the Gang. |
| Eddie Bell | | Edward B. |
| Rob Bell | | Robert Allen Bell (born January 17, 1977 in Newburgh, New York) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. |
| Earl Bell | | Earl H. |
| Mike Bell | | Michael Steven Bell (born April 23, 1983 in) is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. |
| John Bell | | John Bell (born in 1718 at Dartford in Kent; died at Dartford in January 1774) was a noted English cricketer of the mid-Georgian period at a time when the single wicket version of the game was popular. |
| Artie Bell | | Arthur James Bell (1915, 7 August?1972) Belfast, Ireland was an Irish motorcycle road racer became known for his short, yet brilliant, post-World War II Isle of Man TT career that came to notice with his second place finish in the 1947 Isle of Man TT on a second-hand 500cc Norton he bought himself on which he lead for three of the seven laps. |
| Charlie Bell | | Charles C. |
| Frank Bell | | Frank Gustav Bell (1863 ? April 14, 1891) was a American Major League Baseball player from Cincinnati, Ohio who played one season in the Majors, for the Brooklyn Grays of the American Association. |
| Jane Bell | | Florence Jane Bell (June 2, 1910 ? July 1, 1998) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. |
| Bob Bell | | Bob Bell (born 10 April 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is the current technical director and acting team principal of the Renault Formula One team. |
| Kelly Bell | | Kelly Bell (born 21 February, 1982 in Aldershot) is an English glamour model. |
| Jeffrey Bell | | Jeffrey L. |
| Ronald D. Bell | | The Honourable Justice Ronald D. |
| William Dwane Bell | | William Dwane Bell (born 1978) is a convicted New Zealand murderer who is serving a 30 year non-parole prison sentence at Paremoremo Prison, the longest non-parole sentence ever passed in New Zealand. |
| David Bell | | David Bell (born 21 January 1984 in Kettering) is an English-born Irish professional footballer. |
| Wally Bell | | Wallace Robert Bell (born January 10, 1965 in Ravenna, Ohio) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from 1992 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. |
| George Gray Bell | | George Gray Bell, OC, MBE, CD (May 24, 1920 ? October 15, 2000) was a Canadian soldier, civil servant, and academic. |
| Jason Bell | | "For the former rugby league player, see Jason Bell (rugby league)"Jason Dewande Bell (born April 1, 1978) is an American football cornerback in the National Football League. |
| Henry Bell | | Henry Bell (April 7, 1767 ? March 14, 1830) was a Scottish engineer who is famed for introducing the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe. |
| Rudolf Duala Manga Bell | | Rudolf Duala Manga Bell (1873?8 August 1914) was a Duala king and resistance leader in the German colony of Kamerun. |
| Arthur Bell | | The Blessed Arthur Bell, also known as Francis Bell was a Franciscan and English martyr. |
| Dennis Bell | | Dennis Bell (December 28, 1866 ? September 25, 1953) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration?the Medal of Honor?for his actions in the Spanish-American War. |
| Walter A. Bell | | Walter Andrew Bell (January 4, 1889?1969) was a Canadian geologist. |
| Harry Bell | | Harry Bell (September 21, 1860 ? November 10, 1938) was a United States Army Captain awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during October 17, 1899, during the Philippine-American War for leading a charge against a superior number of the enemy. |
| Colin Bell | | Colin Bell (March 1, 1942 ? April 24, 2003) was an English academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor for the University of Bradford between 1998 and 2001 and who was later Vice-Chancellor at the University of Stirling. |
| Tavorris Bell | | Tavorris Bell (born June 26, 1978), also known as "Night Train", is an American streetball player. |
| James Bell | | James Joseph Bell (born: July 1, 1845 County Antrim, Ireland and died July 1, 1901) was a United States Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars. |
| Beaupre Bell | | Beaupre Bell Esq. |
| Robert Bell | | Robert Bell FRSC MD (June 3, 1841 ? June 17, 1917) was a Canadian geologist, professor and civil servant. |
| Roger Charles Bell | | Roger Charles Bell is a former secondary school teacher and terrorist from Prince Edward Island. |
| John Bell | | John Farmer Bell (born April 14, 1962) is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the American rock band Widespread Panic, where he is known for his raspy southern drawl that hits a variety of octaves. |
| Becky Bell | | Rebecca "Becky" Suzanne Bell (August 24, 1971 ? September 16, 1988) was an American woman who died as a result of a back-alley abortion in 1988. |
| Tom Bell | | Thomas "Tom" Bell (1882 ? 1944) was a Scottish socialist politician and trade unionist. |
| Nicholas Bell | | Nicholas Bell is a British actor who has worked in Australia for more than 20 years. |
| Billy Bell | | William Bradshaw "Billy" Bell, OBE, JP (born 9 October 1935) is an Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and former Lord Mayor of Belfast. |
| Charles William Bell | | Charles William Bell (25 April 1876 ? 8 February 1938) was a Canadian playwright, lawyer and politician, born in Hamilton, Ontario. |
| Ivor Bell | | Ivor Malachy Bell is an Irish Republican, and a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who later became Chief of Staff on the Army Council. |
| Larry Gene Bell | | Larry Gene Bell (October 30, 1949 ? October 4, 1996) was a double murderer in Lexington County, South Carolina, who was electrocuted for the murders of Sharon "Shari" Faye Smith and Debra May Helmick. |
| Neil Bell | | Neil Bell (born 1970 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a British actor, mainly on UK TV and in occasional films. |
| Myron Bell | | Myron Bell (born September 15, 1971) is a former Safety in the NFL. |
| William Bell | | William Bell (born July 22, 1971 in Miami, Florida) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. |
| Christopher Bell | | Christopher Bell (born 20 April 1968 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England) is an English military historian. |
| Robin Bell | | Robin Bell (born November 16, 1977) is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. |
| Graham Bell | | Graham Thomas Bell (born 17 April 1948, Blyth, Northumberland ? died 2 May 2008, London) was an English pop and rock singer. |
| Mike Bell | | Mike J. |
| Mark Bell | | Mark E. |
| Dougie Bell | | Dougie Bell (born 5 September 1959 in Paisley) is a former Scottish footballer. |
| Vinnie Bell | | Vinnie Bell (born Vincent Gambella, 1935, New York) is a leading American session guitarist and pioneer of electronic effects in pop music. |
| John Bell | | John Bell (23 October 1764 ? 6 February 1836) was an English barrister and equity lawyer. |
| Joe Bell | | Joe Bell (born November 27, 1923) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 62 games in the National Hockey League. |
| William R. Bell | | William Robert Bell (August 7 1876 ? October 4 1927) was an Australian-born official in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, who served as the District Officer of Malaita from 1915 until 1927. |
| Esther Bell | | Esther Bell is an American film director. |
| John Calhoun Bell | | John Calhoun Bell (December 11, 1851 ? August 12, 1933) was a U. |
| Coleman Bell | | Coleman Bernard Bell, II (born April 22, 1970 in Tampa, Florida) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. |
| Tommy Bell | | Tommy Bell (March 13, 1923 ? July 14, 1994) was an African-American boxer. |
| James Martin Bell | | James Martin Bell (October 16, 1796 ? April 4, 1849) was a U. |
| John Bell | | John Bell (June 19, 1796 ? May 4, 1869) was a U. |
| Roz Bell | | Kevin Rosaire Bellemare (born "c". |
| Les Bell | | Lester Rowland Bell (December 14, 1901 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - December 26, 1985 in Hershey, Pennsylvania), was a professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1923-1931. |
| Erin Bell | | Erin Bell (b. |
| Monta Bell | | Monta Bell (February 5 1891 ? February 4 1958) was an American film director, film producer and film editor. |
| Nick Bell | | Nick Bell (born August 19, 1968 in San Francisco, CA) is a former professional American football player who played running back for three seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders. |
| Brian Bell | | Brian Bell (born April 4, 1984 in Kettering, Maryland) is an American football fullback and tight end who is currently a free agent. |
| Vince Bell | | Vince Bell is a Texas singer-songwriter who has appeared on the PBS television program "Austin City Limits" along with NPR broadcasts such as "Mountain Stage", "World Caf?" and "Morning Edition". |
| Lurrie Bell | | Lurrie Bell (born Lurrie C. |
| Graham Bell | | Graham Thomas Bell (born March 30, 1955 in Middleton, Lancashire) is a former professional footballer who played for many teams in North West England. |
| Gordon Bell | | Gordon "Gordie" Bell (March 13, 1925 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba ? November 3, 1985) is a former ice hockey goaltender. |
| Ryan Bell | | Ryan Bell (born April 17, 1984) is a Canadian basketball player from Orleans, Ontario. |
| Willie Bell | | William John "Willie" Bell (born 3 September 1937) is a Scottish former footballer and manager. |
| William Bell | | Dr. |
| Dennis Bell | | Dennis R. |
| Whitey Bell | | William Hoyet "Whitey" Bell, also known as Popeye (born September 13, 1932 in Monticello, Kentucky) is a retired American basketball player. |
| Brendan Bell | | Brendan Bell is a Canadian territorial level politician and former cabinet minister. |
| Bob Bell | | Robert Francis Bell (born January 25, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and the St. |
| Jim Bell | | James Dalton Bell (born 1958) is an American crypto-anarchist who created the idea of arranging for anonymously-sponsored assassination payments via the Internet, which he called "assassination politics". |
| Thelma and Corydon Bell | | Thelma Harrington Bell (1896-1985) and Corydon Whitten Bell (1894-1980) were American authors from the state of North Carolina. |
| Tommy Bell | | Thomas Bell (9 November, 1906 ? 1983) was an English professional footballer. |
| Carl Bell | | Carl Bell is an American musician born January 9, 1967 in Kenton, Tennessee. |
| Regla Bell | | Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie (* Havana, 1970 -) is a former female volleyball player from Cuba. |
| Adam Carr Bell | | Adam Carr Bell (November 11, 1847 ? October 30, 1912) was a Canadian politician. |
| Bruce Bell | | Bruce Bell (born February 15, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. |
| Marian Bell | | Marian Bell (married name Marian Aylmore) (born 4 August 1958 at Cowaramup, Western Australia) is a former Australian field hockey player. |
| Jerry Bell | | T. |
| Nicola Bell | | Nicola Bell is an English former actress. |
| Brian Bell | | Brian Bell (born February 13, 1959 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a retired professional ice hockey player defenceman. |
| Dalton Bell | | Dalton Bell (born March 9, 1983 in) is a Canadian football quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. |
| Michael Bell | | Michael "Mickey" Bell (born 15 November 1971, Newcastle, England) is an English former football defender. |
| J. Bowyer Bell | | J. |
| Thomas Hastie Bell | | Thomas Hastie Bell (1867 ? 1942) was a Scottish anarchist. |
| Thomas Miller Bell | | Thomas Miller Bell (January 11, 1923 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada ? November 12, 1996) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and barrister. |
| Al Bell | | Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell, March 15, 1940, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States) is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. |
| Hunter Bell | | Hunter Houston Bell is an Obie Award-winning and Tony Award nominated American book author and one of the stars of the musical "a>". |
| Beau Bell | | James Beaumont "Beau" Bell (born May 26, 1986 in) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. |
| Demetrius Bell | | Demetrius Bell (born May 3, 1984 in) is an American football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. |
| Monna Bell | | Monna Bell (January 23, 1938 ? April 22, 2008), whose birthname was Nora Escobar, was a Chilean singer who enjoyed a successful career in Spain, Mexico and other parts of Latin America. |
| Tony Bell | | Tony Bell (born 20 June 1958) is a freelance writer and journalist, known for his "whats he on" column in Cycling Weekly, where he was a columnist between 1994 and 2006. |
| Arthur H. Bell | | Arthur Hornbui Bell (February 14, 1891 - March 1973) was a Bloomfield, New Jersey resident and the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey. |
| Murphy Bell | | Murphy Wilbert Bell (March 27, 1921 ? June 11, 2008) was an American attorney from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who was active in the civil rights movement of the 1950s through the 1970s. |
| John Cameron Bell | | John Cameron Bell (born July 10, 1953 in Ancaster, Ontario) is a senior cancer researcher at the OHRI. |
| Cammy Bell | | Cameron Bell (born 18 September 1986) is a Scottish footballer. |
| Gabrielle Bell | | Gabrielle Bell (b. |
| Robert Anning Bell | | Robert Anning Bell (14 April 1863 ? 1933) was an English artist and designer. |
| Robert B. Bell | | Robert B. |
| Fred Bell | | Thomas Frederick Bell, Jr. |
| Wade Bell | | Charles Wade Bell (born January 3, 1945 in Ogden, Utah) is a former middle distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. |
| Andrew Bell | | Andrew Bell (born 22 January 1982) was an English cricketer. |
| Mike Bell | | Michael "Mike" Bell (March 18, 1971 ? December 14, 2008) was an American professional wrestler who worked for World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling as Mike "Mad Dog" Bell. |
| Albert Bell | | Albert Bell II (born April 23, 1964) was a wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. |
| Mark Bell | | Mark Dickson Bell (8 February 1881 ? 1961) was a Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian in the early years of the Twentieth century, helping them to win the Scottish Cup in 1901, before moving to southern England where he won Southern League championships with Southampton and Fulham. |
| Marcus Bell | | Marcus Udall Bell (born July 19, 1977 in St. |
| George Bell | | George Bell, born 1957, is the tallest man in the United States at as recognized by Guinness World Records. |
| Harry Bell | | Harry Bell (born October 31, 1925 ? August 27, 2009) was a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1946?47 NHL season. |
| Jerry Bell | | Jerry Bell (born March 7, 1959 in) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. |
| Hilary Bell | | Hilary Bell (born June 19, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario) is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle events. |
| Sam Bell | | Sam Bell (born 6 February, 1909 in Burnhope?died 1982) was a professional footballer who played for Burnhope Institution, Norwich City, Luton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Southend United, Millwall and Tonbridge. |
| Roy Bell | | Raoul Sunday (Roy) Bell (19 February 1882 ? 28 March 1966) was a professional New Zealand and Australian natural history specimen collector, ornithologist, naturalist and photographer, who spent much time on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. |
| Kyle Bell | | Kyle Bell is an American football player who plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars. |
| Graeme Bell | | Graeme Bell (born October 15, 1980 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a professional Canadian football fullback for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. |
| Eric Bell | | Eric Bell (born 29 November 1929 in Manchester) is an English former football (soccer) defender. |
| Sydney Pyman Bell | | Sydney Pyman Bell (19 December 1875 ? 23 December 1944) was an English rugby union halfback and solicitor. |
| John Bell | | John Bell (6 August 1809 ? 5 March 1851) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. |
| Mifflin E. Bell | | Mifflin Emlen Bell (October 20, 1847 ? June 2, 1904) was an American architect who served from 1883 to 1886 as Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Department. |
| Joel Bell | | Joel Bell (born July 29, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a professional Canadian football offensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. |
| Murder of Penny Bell | | Penny Bell (1948 ? 6 June, 1991) was an English 43-year-old businesswoman who was murdered on the 6 June, 1991 in Perivale, Greenford, London. |
| James Bell | | Sir James Bell CVO (26 March 1866?1 September 1937) was an English solicitor who served as Town Clerk of London for 33 years. |
| Arthur Bell | | Arthur A. |
| Burton C. Bell | | Burton Christopher Bell is an American musician. |
| Paul Bell | | Paul Bell (born June 24, 1980 in Kenwyn, Western Cape) is a South African baseball infielder. |
| Digby Bell | | Digby Bell (born Digby Valentine Bell) (November 8, 1849 - June 20, 1917) was a popular vaudeville entertainer and Broadway performer at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| Mary Bell | | Mary Teston Luis Bell (3 December 1903 ? 6?February 1979) was an Australian aviator and founding leader of the Women's Air Training Corps (WATC), a volunteer organisation that provided support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. |
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