Famous People with Name Joel

Joel Fridlizius            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Joel Fridlizius: was a Swedish chess master.He took 2nd, behind Jorgen Moeller, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd Nordic Chess Championship), won ahead of Gustaf Nyholm at Gothenburg 1909 (B tournament),[2] and tied for 7-9th but won a game against Alexander Alekhine at Stockholm 1912 (the 8th Nordic-ch).

Joël Lautier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joël Lautier: is a French chess grandmaster. Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He was World Junior Chess Championship winner in 1988 on tiebreak at Adelaide, and has won the French Chess Championship in 2004 and 2005. He is in 2005 the second best French GM after Étienne Bacrot. He is also one of the founders of ACP, Association of Chess Professionals (www.chess-players.org). He has been the president of the association in 2004-2005.

Joël Tshibamba            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Joël Tshibamba: a Dutch footballer who plays for NEC Nijmegen. He plays as forward.Tshibamba played in the youth of NEC before making his senior debut for the club in a 2007-08 Eredivisie playoff match against FC Groningen.

Joel Hastings Metcalf            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Hastings Metcalf: was an American astronomer.Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and then later in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine.He discovered or co-discovered several comets, including 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and 97P/Metcalf-Brewington; he also discovered a number of asteroids.

Joel Asaph Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Asaph Allen: was an American zoologist and ornithologist.He studied at Harvard University under Louis Agassiz. He participated in one expedition to Brazil and in several others within the United States. In 1873 he was the head of the naturalists of the North Pacific Railroad expedition from Bismarck, North Dakota to the Yellowstone and back for the Smithsonian. Allen was the first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History (from 1885 on) and later the first head of its Department of Ornithology.

Lawrence Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Joel: was an American military veteran. He served in the United States Army in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War. While serving in Viet Nam, as a medic assigned to 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Joel received the Silver

Alexa Ray Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexa Ray Joel: an American singer and pianist. She is the daughter of popular pianist, singer, and songwriter Billy Joel and his second wife, model Christie Brinkley.[1] Her middle name is in honor of musician Ray Charles.[citation needed] Alexa Ray Joel began writing songs at a very early age. Growing up in a musical household, she developed a gift for singing and songwriting and was always encouraged by her parents. Her deep love of music stems from as early as the tender age of two, when her father would sing and play nursery rhymes for her on the piano. Like her father, she pursued classical piano training for quite a few years before developing a knack for songwriting. She would soon find that her skills in classical piano provided a solid foundation for her songwriting.

Louis Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Louis Joel: was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was born and died in Dunedin. Joel made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1899-1900 season, against Auckland. In the only innings in which he batted, he scored 1 not out.

Curt Walter Joël            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Curt Walter Joël: was a German jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Justice during the Weimar Republic era in the early 1930s.

Sir Asher Alexander Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir Asher Alexander Joel: was an Australian public figure and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 20 years. Although he was Jewish, he received a papal knighthood in 1995. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, then transferred