# Darnell

Darnell is a masculine given name and a surname. The surname refers to a group of people in medieval ages who grew a plant called Darnel, which had intoxicatory properties. Variants include Darnelle and Durnell.
The surname is of English and French origin. It may refer to one of the following people:

## Given name
### Darnell

* Darnell Bing (born 1984), American footballer
* Darnell Bristol, songwriter and former member of The Deele
* Darnell Clash (born 1962), American football player
* Darnell Coles (born 1962), American baseball player, third baseman and outfielder
* Darnell Dinkins (born 1977), American footballer
* Darnell Dockett (born 1981), American footballer
* Darnell Edge (born 1997), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Darnell Ferguson (born 1987), American chef and restaurateur
* Darnell Hillman (born 1949), American basketball player
* Darnell Hunt (born 1962), American sociologist
* Darnell Johnson (born 1998), English football (soccer) player
* Darnell King (born 1990), American soccer player
* Darnell Martin (born 1964), African-American film director
* Darnell McDonald (born 1978), American baseball player
* Darnell Mooney (born 1997), American football player
* Darnell Nurse (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
* Darnell Savage (born 1997), American football player
* Darnell Swallow, a contestant on the 2008 series of Big Brother (UK)
* Darnell Valentine (born 1959), American basketball player
* Darnell Washington (born 2001), American football player
* Darnell Keith Washington (born 1988), American criminal
* Darnell Williams (born 1955), American actor
* Darnell Wilson (born 1974), American boxer
* Darnell Wright (born 2001), American football player
* Darnell Norobkar] (born 1994), Danish-American writer

### Darnelle

* Darnelle Bailey-King (born 1997), English footballer

## As a surname
### Darnell

* Billy Darnell (1926–2007), American professional wrestler
* Bruce Darnell (born 1957), American model and choreographer
* Colleen Darnell (born 1980), American Egyptologist
* Eric Darnell (born 1961), American film director
* Erik Darnell (born 1982), American stock car racing driver
* Gary Darnell (born 1948), American College football player and coach
* James E. Darnell, American biologist
* Jean Darnell (1889–1961), American silent film actress
* John Coleman Darnell (born 1962), American Egyptologist
* Kylan Darnell, American beauty pageant winner and internet celebrity
* Larry Darnell (1928–1983), American singer
* Linda Darnell (1923–1965), American film actress
* Mike Darnell (born 1962), American television executive
* Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807–1885), American politician
* Regna Darnell (born 1943), American-Canadian anthropologist and professor
* Riley Darnell (1940–2020), American politician
* Robert B. Darnell (born 1957), American biologist

### Durnell

* Lisa Durnell, American politician

## Fictional characters

* Darnell Fetzervalve, a character from the American stop motion comedy television series Buddy Thunderstruck, voiced by Ted Raimi
* Darnell Turner, a character from the American television show My Name Is Earl, played by Eddie Steeples
* Darnelle, a character from the 2005 film Beauty Shop, played by Keshia Knight Pulliam
* Darnelle, a character from the Xena: Warrior Princess episode, "The Dirty Half Dozen", played by Charles Mesure
* Darnell, a Newgrounds character created by Tom Fulp

## Places

Darnell may also refer to;
* Darnell, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Darnell Town, Virginia, a community in the United States