Snell (surname)

Snell is an Cornish surname of Celtic-Brythonic origin which originated within the kingdom of Cornwall. The world snell means quick or brisk in Kernewek and literally translates to meaning quick in English Cornwall.

People

• Ada Jack Carver Snell (1890–1972), American writer
• Annette Snell (1945–1977), American R&B singer
• Belinda Snell (born 1981), Australian basketball player
• Benny Snell Jr. (born 1998), American football player
• Bertrand Snell (1870–1958), American politician
• Blake Snell (born 1992), American baseball player
• David Snell (disambiguation)
• Earl Snell (1895–1947), American politician and Governor of Oregon
• Edward Snell (cricketer) (1906–1973) English cricketer
• Edward Snell (engineer) (1820–1880), British and Australian diarist, artist, engineer and surveyor
• Frida Snell (born 1981), Swedish pop/rock singer
• Edward Snell, mayor of Durban, South Africa (1856–1857, 1867–1868, 1868–1869)
• George Davis Snell (1903–1996), American geneticist and Nobel Prize winner
• Hannah Snell (1723–1792), British soldier
• Harold Snell (Darwin businessman) (1892–1949), Australian soldier, miner and businessman
• Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell (1865–1944), British politician
• Henry B. Snell (1858–1943), English-American painter
• Henry Saxon Snell (1831–1904), British architect
• Howard Dunster Snell (born 1936), British trumpet player, composer and conductor
• Ian Snell (born 1981), American baseball player
• Joyce Snell (born 1930), British statistician
• J. Laurie Snell (born 1928-2011), American mathematician
• John Snell (disambiguation)
• Matt Snell (born 1941), American professional football player
• Nicholas Snell (disambiguation), English politicians
• Peter Snell (1938–2019), New Zealand athlete
• Princess Snell (born 1992), Filipina actress
• Richard Snell (disambiguation)
• Roderick Snell (born 1940), British electronics engineer
• Roy J. Snell (1878–1959), American writer
• Ted Snell (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player
• Tony Snell (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player
• Wally Snell (1889–1980), American baseball player and mycologist
• Willebrord Snellius or Snell (1580–1626), Dutch mathematician (Snell's law)

Fictional characters

• Balso Snell, in the 1931 novel The Dream Life of Balso Snell by Nathanael West
• Robert and Linda Snell, characters in The Archers, a radio soap opera
• Sue Snell, in the 1974 novel Carrie by Stephen King
• Jacob & Darlene Snell characters in Ozark Netflix American crime drama series

See also

• John Blashford-Snell, British explorer
• Snel and Snellen, Dutch versions of the surname
• Schnell, German version of the surname