Bell (disambiguation)

A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.

Bell may also refer to:

Sound and music

• Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
• Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
• Bell effect, a musical technique
• Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal

Signals

• Bell, a signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine
• Alarm bell, used to alert people of a fire or burglary detected or, as part of a traditional alarm clock, to awaken or remind
• Church bell, indicating when to go to church
• Doorbell, a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
• Division bell, used in a parliament to call members to a vote
• Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
• School bell, a signal used for transitions during a school day
• Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship

People

• Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), inventor of the telephone
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-), astrophysicist who discovered pulsars
• John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
• bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist

Given name

Women

• Bell (singer) (born 2000), Swedish singer and songwriter
• Bell Berghuis (born 1985), Dutch snowboarder
• Bell Duncan (1849–1934), Scottish traditional singer
• Bell Greve (1894–1957), American social worker
• Bell Nuntita (born 1983), Thai actress, singer, entertainer, and radio DJ
• Bell Elliott Palmer (1873–1947), American writer
• Bell Ribeiro-Addy (born 1985), British politician
• Bell T. Ritchie (1893–1970), American musician and vocalist
• Bell Robertson (1841–1922), Scottish reciter of folk songs
• Bell Yu Tian, Malaysian singer-songwriter

Men

• Bell Cox (1826–1897), Irish Anglican priest
• Bell Ngasri (born 1980), Malaysian actor and comedian
• Bell M. Shimada (1922–1958), American fisheries scientist
• Bell Taylor (1829–1909), English ophthalmic surgeon
• Bell I. Wiley (1906–1980), American historian

Places

Australia

• Bell, New South Wales
• Bell, Queensland, a town in the Western Downs Region

Canada

• Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
• Bell River (Quebec)

Germany

• Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
• Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality

United States

• Bell, California
• Bell, Florida
• Bell, Illinois
• Bell, Oklahoma
• Bell, Wisconsin
• Bell Canyon, California
• Bell City, Missouri
• Bell County, Kentucky
• Bell County, Texas
• Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)

Other places

• Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Bell, South Africa
• Bell Creek (disambiguation)

Businesses

Telecommunications

• Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications company
• Bell Internet, an Internet service provided by Bell
• Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
• Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
• Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell

Other businesses

• Bell Aircraft, a former American aircraft manufacturer
• Bell Textron, formerly Bell Helicopter
• Bell ID, a Dutch software company
• Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
• Bell Records, a record label
• Bell Sports, a helmet manufacturer
• Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
• Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan, U.S.
• Bell's whisky, a brand of Scotch

Science and technology

• Bell, the body of a jellyfish
• Bell character, in computing, a device control code
• Bell number, in mathematics
• Bell polynomials, in mathematics
• Bell state, in quantum information science
• Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber

Transportation

• Bell station (disambiguation)
• SS Empire Bell, a ship
• USS Bell, the name of two U.S. Navy ships
• Bell (cyclecar), made in 1920
• Bell maneuver, a version of the tailslide in aerobatics

Other uses

• Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
• Bell (typeface)
• Bell, a character from the fourth season of Battle for Dream Island, an animated web series

See also

• Bel (disambiguation)
• Bell High School (disambiguation)
• Bell House (disambiguation)
• Bell Lake (disambiguation)
• Bell pepper
• Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
• Belle (disambiguation)
• Bells (disambiguation)
• The Bell (disambiguation)
• The Bells (disambiguation)
• Justice Bell (disambiguation)
• Old Bell (disambiguation)
• Glockenspiel (disambiguation)
• Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes
• Service bell