Bel (name)
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, American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel Up the Down Staircase
- Bel Mooney, English journalist and broadcaster
- Bel Olid, Spanish writer and translator
- Bel Powley, British actress
- Bel Pozueta, Basque politician
- Bel Priestley, British actress and internet personality
- Eógan Bél, a king of Connacht
Surname
Bel / Bél
- Alfred Bel, French scholar and orientalist
- Andrés Mir Bel, Spanish field hockey player
- Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress
- Cletus Bél, Hungarian bishop
- Clyde F. Bel Jr., American politician
- Ferran Bel, Spanish economist and politician
- Frédérique Bel, French actress and model
- Jean-Pierre Bel, French politician
- Jérôme Bel, French dancer and choreographer
- Jules Bel, French cheese maker
- Ka Bel, Filipino politician
- Laurent Bel, French fencer
- Léon Bel, French businessman, founder of The Laughing Cow
- M'bilia Bel, Congolese musician
- Madeleine Hartog-Bel, Peruvian Miss World
- Matthias Bel, Hungarian scholar, polymath and Lutheran pastor
- Norman Bel Geddes, American theatrical and industrial designer
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