title: Bell (disambiguation)
text: 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
  
  See also
   Bel (disambiguation)
   Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
   Belle (disambiguation)
   Bells (disambiguation)
   The Bell (disambiguation)
   The Bells (disambiguation)
   Justice Bell (disambiguation)
   Glockenspiel (disambiguation)