title: Bell (disambiguation)
text: # 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), Scottish-Canadian-American inventor, teacher, engineer, and scientist, son of Alexander Melville Bell
  * John Stewart Bell or J. S. Bell (1928–1990), Northern Irish physicist and the originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
  * bell hooks, pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins (1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist
  
  ## Places
  
  ### Africa
  
  * Bell, Eastern Cape, a South African town
  * Port Bell, Lake Victoria, Uganda
  
  ### Australia
  
  * Bell, New South Wales
  * Bell, Queensland
  
  ### Canada
  
  * Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador
  * Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
  * Bell River (Quebec), a tributary of Matagami Lake, then Nottaway River flowing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and in Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada
  
  ### Europe
  
  * Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
  * Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality
  * Bell End, UK
  
  ### 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 Creek (disambiguation)
  
  ## Art, entertainment, and media
  
  * Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
  * Bell Fibe TV, an IP-based television service offered in Ontario and Quebec
  
  ## Buildings
  
  * Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
  * Bell Centre, a stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  * Bell Laboratories Building, an historic building in Manhattan, New York
  * Bell Lightbox, a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  * Bell Sensplex, a four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  * Bell Sports Complex, a sports facility in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
  * Campus Bell, headquarters of Bell Canada, on Nuns' Island in Montreal, Canada
  
  ## Businesses
  
  ### Public houses
  
  * Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
  * The Bell, City of London, England
  * The Bell Inn, Aldworth, Berkshire, England
  * The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England
  * The Bell Inn, Nottingham, England
  
  ### Telecommunications
  
  * Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
  * Bell Atlantic, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the mid-Atlantic US, merged in 2000 with GTE to form Verizon
  * BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises, a telecommunications holding company in Canada
     * Bell Aliant, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
     * Bell Canada, a telecommunications subsidiary of BCE Inc.
     * Bell Internet, an internet service provider and subsidiary of Bell Canada
     * Bell Media, a media subsidiary of BCE Inc.
     * Bell MTS, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
     * Bell Mobility, a wireless network subsidiary of Bell Canada
     * Bell Satellite TV, a satellite television service and subsidiary of Bell Canada
  * Bell Communications Research, Inc., a research & development organization, originally a joint subsidiary of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, since renamed to Telcordia Technologies, Inc. and now a subsidiary of Ericsson
  * 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
  * Illinois Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois
  * Indiana Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana
  * Michigan Bell, the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan
  * Mountain Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the US Rocky Mountain region
  * Nevada Bell, the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada
  * New Jersey Bell, (1904–1983)
  * Northwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the North Central and Northwestern US
  * Ohio Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio
  * Pacific Bell, the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California
  * Regional Bell Operating Company, any of the phone companies spun off from AT&T in 1984
  * South Central Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the South-Central US
  * Southern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern US
  * Southwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
  * Wisconsin Bell, (1984–1999)
  
  ### Other business
  
  * Bell Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer of the United States
  * Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacturer
  * Bell ID, a software company based in The Netherlands
  * Bell Records, a record label
  * Bell Sports Inc., a helmet manufacturer
  * Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan
  
  ## Mathematics, 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
  
  ### Rail
  
  * Bell (METRORail station), Houston, Texas, United States
  * Bell railway station, Melbourne, Australia
  * Bell railway station, New South Wales, Australia
  
  ### Sea
  
  * SS Empire Bell, a Swedish collier (bulk cargo ship) launched in 1930
  * USS Bell, either of two U.S. Navy ships
  
  ### Other forms of transportation
  
  * Bell (cyclecar), a British three-wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent
  * Bell tailslide, an aerobatic maneuver
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Bell (typeface), a typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin
  * Bell Challenge, a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec
  * Bell High School (disambiguation)
  * Bell House (disambiguation)
  * Bell Lake (disambiguation)
  * Bell pepper
  