# Seal

Seal may refer to any of the following:

## Common uses

* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, also called "true seal"
** Fur seal
** Eared seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of authentication, on paper, wax, clay or another medium (the impression is also called a seal)
* Seal (mechanical), a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join
* Security seals such as labels, tapes, bands, or ties affixed onto a container in order to prevent and detect tampering

## Arts, entertainment and media

* Seal (1991 album), by Seal
* Seal (1994 album), sometimes referred to as Seal II, by Seal
* Seal IV, a 2003 album by Seal
* Seal Online, a 2003 massively multiplayer online role-playing game

## Law

* Seal (contract law), a legal formality for contracts and other instruments
* Seal (East Asia), a stamp used in East Asia as a form of a signature
* Record sealing

## Military

* Fairey Seal, a 1930s British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft
* HMS Seal, two Royal Navy ships and one submarine
* USS Seal, two American submarines
* Supermarine Seal II, the 1921 British flying boat

### Special forces

* United States Navy SEALs, the principal special operations force of the U.S. Navy
* Thai Navy Seals, Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs
* Naval Special Operations Command, also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs
* ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla

## People

* Seal (musician) (born 1963), English singer and songwriter
* Seal (surname):
** Aditya Seal (born 1988), Indian actor
** Barbara Seal, Canadian former judge from Montreal, Quebec
** Barry Seal (1939–1986), American drug smuggler and DEA informant
** Brajendra Nath Seal (1864–1938), Indian humanist philosopher and educator
** David Seal (born 1972), Australian soccer player
** Elizabeth Seal (born 1933), Italian actress
** Frances Thurber Seal, American Christian Science practitioner and teacher
** Jaynie Seal (born 1973), Australian television presenter
** Jimmy Seal (born 1950), English footballer
** Kevin Seal, American television presenter and actor
** Manuel Seal (born 1960), American songwriter-producer
** Michael Seal (born 1970), British orchestral conductor and classical violinist
** Mike Seal (fighter) (born 1977), Mexican mixed martial artist
** Mutty Lall Seal (1792–1854), Indian Bengali businessman and philanthropist
** Paul Seal (born 1952), American football tight end
** Sudhangshu Seal (born 1945), Indian politician

## Places

* Seal, Kent, a village and civil parish in England
* Seal, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Seal Beach, California, a city located in Orange County, USA
* Seal Cay, а island within the Bahamas
* Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia, a community in Guysborough County, Canada
* Seal Lake, a lake in Greenland

## Other uses

* "Seal", a generic term for the surface treatment of sealed roads (and by extension, a term used for the roads themselves)
* Seal brown
* Seal of the prophets, a title given to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
* Seal script, ancient Chinese calligraphy
* BYD Seal, an electric sedan
* Select Entry Accelerated Learning, a program used in Victoria, Australia, in some secondary schools