List of Famous people named Joel

Joel David Rifkin is an American serial killer who was sentenced to 203 years in prison for the murders of nine women between 1989 and 1993. He is believed to have killed up to 17 victims between 1989 and 1993 in New York City and on Long Island, New York. Although Rifkin often picked up sex workers in Brooklyn and Manhattan, he lived in East Meadow, a suburban hamlet on Long Island.

Joel Pohjanpalo, is a Finnish professional football striker who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin, on loan from Bayer Leverkusen and represents the Finland national team. Pohjanpalo was born in Helsinki, Finland where he played for HJK before he was lent to Bayer 04 Leverkusen at age 19 in 2013.

Joel Joan i Juvé is a Spanish actor, screenwriter and director.

Joel Sheldon Wilson is an international cricket umpire from Trinidad and Tobago. Wilson is currently a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, representing the West Indies. He stands in matches of all the three formats of international cricket – Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). He is famous for being the first International Cricket Umpire with severe vision impairment. This has only slightly altered his performance.

Joel DeWayne Berry II is an American professional basketball player for Beşiktaş of the Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and led the team to the 2017 national championship.

Joël Ivo Veltman is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Netherlands national team.

Joel Murray is an American actor. He has had prominent roles in the television series Mad Men, Grand, Love & War, Dharma and Greg, and Shameless. He has also appeared in films including God Bless America and Monsters University.

Joel Little is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter. He is best known for his work as a writer and producer with artists Lorde, Taylor Swift, Broods, Sam Smith, Imagine Dragons, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, Elliphant, Jarryd James, Shawn Mendes, Marina Diamandis and the Jonas Brothers.

Joel Randal Ward is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks.

Joël de Rosnay, is Docteur ès Sciences and scientific writer, presently President of Biotics International, a consulting company specialized in the impact of new technologies on industries, and Special Advisor to the President of the Universcience of which he was Director of Forecasting and Assessment until June 2002.