Famous People with Name Joel

Joel Sternfeld            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Sternfeld: is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important fine-art color photographers in the world, noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and establishing color photorgaphy as a respected artistic medium. He has many works in the permanent collections of the MOMA in New York and the Getty in Los Angeles.

Joel Moses            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Joel Moses: is an Israeli-American computer scientist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Joel Moses was born in Palestine in 1941 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1954. He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Columbia University and a masters degree in Mathematics, also from Columbia. Under the supervision of Marvin Minsky, Moses received his doctorate in Mathematics at MIT in 1967 with a thesis Symbolic Integration.

Joel Woolf Barnato            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Joel Woolf Barnato: was a British financier and racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. He achieved three consecutive wins out of three entries in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.Woolf Barnato was the son of Barney Barnato, who had made a fortune as a "Randlord" in South African diamond and gold mining, and a relative of the Joel family of entrepreneurs. He inherited a multi-million pound fortune at the age of two. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge and served as an officer in the Royal Field Artillery, British Army in World War I.

Joël Smets            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Joël Smets: Nicknamed The Flemish Lion during his career, Smets was named after his parents’ favorite rider Joël Robert. He didn't start racing until he was seventeen years old and found his feet on the Grand Prix scene rather quickly. In 1993 Smets won the German Gr

Joel Gordon Hodgson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Gordon Hodgson: is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Ti

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