Nell

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Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:

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Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter

Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer

Nell Carter (1948–2003), American singer and actress

Nell Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author

Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach

Nell Freudenberger (born 1975), American novelist

Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England

Nell McAndrew (born 1973), English glamour model

Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist

Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress

Nell Rankin (1924–2005), American opera singer

Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter

Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer

Ed Nell (born 1978), English disc jockey

Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger

William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author

Nell (band), South Korean band

Nell Fenwick, from the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show TV series

Nell Mangel, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

Nell Trent, or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop

Nell the kitchen wench, in Shakespeare's play Comedy of Errors

Nell, short for Nellodee, the protagonist in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age

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