Joel
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- Joel (given name)Joel (given name)Joel "Yahu is god", "YHWH is God".Also refers to a character from the Hebrew Bible.-Joel as a given name:* Joel Achenbach, staff writer for The Washington Post and author...
, origin of the name including a list of people with the first name - Joel (prophet)Joel (prophet)Joel was a prophet of ancient Israel, the second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Joel. He is mentioned by name only once in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, in the introduction to his own brief book, as the son of Pethuel...
, a prophet of an ancient Israel- Book of JoelBook of JoelThe Book of Joel is part of the Hebrew Bible. Joel is part of a group of twelve prophetic books known as the Minor Prophets or simply as The Twelve; the distinction 'minor' indicates the short length of the text in relation to the larger prophetic texts known as the "Major Prophets".-Content:After...
, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and the Christian Bible
- Book of Joel
- JO:EL, Danish rapper, singer and producer, signed to Danish Tabu RecordsTabu Records (Denmark)Tabu Records is a Danish record label founded by the Danish group Suspekt in 1998 and is considered one of the major indie record labels in Denmark....
Joel is the surname of:
- Joel familyJoel familyThe Joel family of England was headed by three brothers, Jack, Woolf and Solomon, who made a fortune in diamond and gold mining in South Africa...
, a British family of brothers who became rich from diamond and gold mining in South Africa - Alex JoelAlex JoelAlexander W. Joel is the first Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He was appointed to the position by Director John Negroponte on December 7, 2005.-Biography:...
- Billy JoelBilly JoelWilliam Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
, an American singer-songwriter - Karl Joel (philosopher)Karl Joel (philosopher)Karl Joel was a German philosopher and professor.Joel was born in Hirschberg, Silesia, and died in Walenstadt, Switzerland...
, German philosopher - Karl Amson JoelKarl Amson JoelKarl Amson Joel was a German-Jewish textile merchant and manufacturer. He is the grandfather of conductor Alexander Joel and musician Billy Joel....
, German entrepreneur - Lawrence JoelLawrence JoelLawrence Joel was a United States Army Sergeant First Class who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars...
, American war hero and Medal of Honor recipient - Manuel JoëlManuel JoelManuel Joël or Joel was a German Jewish philosopher and preacher from Birnbaum , Grand Duchy of Posen....
, Silesian Jewish philosopher - Richard M. JoelRichard M. JoelRichard M. Joel is the fourth president of Yeshiva University , a Modern Orthodox Jewish university with some 7,000 students at its undergraduate and graduate divisions in New York City...
, president of Yeshiva University - Robert JoelRobert JoelRobert Joel was an American actor. He was born Robert Joel McLane, and was sometimes credited under the name Robert McLane. He grew up on a farm in South Carolina and graduated from Furman University...
, American actor
Joel or Yoel is the given name of:
- Joel SpitzerJoel SpitzerJoel Spitzer is an American smoking cessation educator. He currently serves as technical advisor at WhyQuit.com, a free nicotine dependence recovery website...
, smoking cessationSmoking cessationSmoking cessation is the process of discontinuing the practice of inhaling a smoked substance. This article focuses exclusively on cessation of tobacco smoking; however, the methods described may apply to cessation of smoking other substances that can be difficult to stop using due to the...
educator who often signs his posts "Joel" - Joel StranskyJoel StranskyJoel Theodore Stransky is a former South African rugby union rugby player, most notable for scoring all of South Africa's points, including the famous dramatic winning drop goal, against New Zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. He played as a fly-half.-Early life:Stransky was born in...
, South African rugby union player - Yoel JudahYoel JudahYoel Judah is the eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family. He has been a martial artist, three-time world champion kickboxer, and boxing trainer and manager.- Boxing and kickboxing career :...
, American 3x world champion kickboxer and boxer & trainer - Yoel Teitelbaum former Rebbe of SatmarSatmar (Hasidic dynasty)Satmar is a Hasidic movement comprising mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum , who was the rabbi of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary...
. He was probably the best known Haredi opponent of all forms of modern political Zionism. - Joel SpolskyJoel SpolskyAvram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog...
, software engineerSoftware engineerA software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...