Purcell
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Purcell is a family name in English.
[edit] People
The following people whose name is or was Purcell have entries in Wikipedia:
- Purcell, Daniel (1664-1717), English composer, younger and less significant brother to Henry
- Purcell, Edward Mills (1912-1997), U.S. physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), English composer
- Purcell, Joe (born 1923), former Governor of Arkansas
- Purcell, John, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Purcell, John Baptist (1800-1883), Archbishop of Cincinnati
- Purcell, Philip J. - Morgan Stanley CEO 1997-2005
- Purcell, Steve, comic book artist
- Purcell, William R., North Carolina politician
- Purcell, Dominic, Australian actor
- Purcell, Andrew, American Mathematician
[edit] Places
- In the United States, there are also places called Purcell, Missouri and Purcell, Oklahoma.
- In Canada, the Purcell Mountains, also known as the Purcells, are a major component of the grouping known as the Columbia Mountains; their extension into the United States are called the Percell Mountains.