# Bell (disambiguation)

A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.
Bell may also refer to:

## Sound and music

* Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
* Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
* Bell effect, a musical technique
* Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal

## Signals

* Bell, a signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine
* Alarm bell, used to alert people of a fire or burglary detected or, as part of a traditional alarm clock, to awaken or remind
* Church bell, indicating when to go to church
* Doorbell, a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
* Division bell, used in a parliament to call members to a vote
* Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
* School bell, a signal used for transitions during a school day
* Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship

## People

* Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
** Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), inventor of the telephone
** Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-), astrophysicist who discovered pulsars
** John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
* bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist
* Bell (singer), Swedish singer and songwriter

## Places
### Australia

* Bell, New South Wales
* Bell, Queensland, a town in the Western Downs Region

### Canada

* Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
* Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
* Bell River (Quebec)

### Germany

* Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
* Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality

### United States

* Bell, California
* Bell, Florida
* Bell, Illinois
* Bell, Oklahoma
* Bell, Wisconsin
* Bell Canyon, California
* Bell City, Missouri
* Bell County, Kentucky
* Bell County, Texas
* Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)

### Other places

* Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
* Bell, South Africa
* Bell Creek (disambiguation)

## Businesses
### Telecommunications

* Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications company
* Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
* Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
* Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell

### Other businesses

* Bell Aircraft, a former American aircraft manufacturer
** Bell Textron, formerly Bell Helicopter
* Bell ID, a Dutch software company
* Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
* Bell Records, a record label
* Bell Sports, a helmet manufacturer
* Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
* Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan, U.S.
* Bell's whisky, a brand of Scotch

## Science and technology

* Bell, the body of a jellyfish
* Bell character, in computing, a device control code
* Bell number, in mathematics
* Bell polynomials, in mathematics
* Bell state, in quantum information science
* Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber

## Transportation

* Bell station (disambiguation)
* SS Empire Bell, a ship
* USS Bell, the name of two U.S. Navy ships
* Bell (cyclecar), made in 1920
* Bell maneuver, a version of the tailslide in aerobatics

## Other uses

* Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
* Bell (typeface)