Handel (disambiguation)

Handel usually refers to George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), a German/British Baroque composer.

Handel may also refer to:

People

• Bill Handel (born 1951), founder of the Center for Surrogate Parenting and an AM radio personality
• Georg Händel (1622-1697), barber-surgeon and father of the composer
• Karen Handel (born 1962), American politician
• Steven Handel (born 1945), American restoration ecologist and Rutgers University professor
• Handel Cossham (1824–1890), British colliery owner, lay preacher and Liberal politician
• Handel Greville (born 1921), Welsh international rugby union fly-half

Places

• Handel, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada
• Handel Ice Piedmont, Alexander Island, Antarctica
• 3826 Handel, a small main belt asteroid

Business

• Handel Architects, a firm founded in New York in 1994
• Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt, an ice cream parlor franchise
• Handels or Swedish Commercial Employees' Union

Other uses

• HANDEL, the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War
• Handel-C, a programming language
• Handel Gothic, a sans-serif typeface
• Handel Choir of Baltimore
• Handel House Museum
• Sir Handel, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Handel, Herbert Pocket's nickname for Pip in the novel Great Expectations
• Handel Medallion, presented by the City of New York to individuals contributing to the city's intellectual and cultural life
• Handel Music Prize, presented by Halle, Germany, in honor of the composer

See also

• Ida Haendel (born 1928), Polish violinist
• Handle (disambiguation)
• Handler (disambiguation)
• Hendel
• Hendl
• Hendler