Famous People with Name Joel

Joel Meyerowitz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Meyerowitz: is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art. In the early 70's he taught the first color course at Cooper Union[citation needed] where many of today's renowned color photographers studied with him.

Joel Sternfeld            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Sternfeld: is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important fine-art color photographers in the world, noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and establishing color photorgaphy as a respected artistic medium. He has many works in the permanent collections of the MOMA in New York and the Getty in Los Angeles.

Joel Gordon Hodgson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Gordon Hodgson: is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Ti

Joel Connable            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Connable: is the 6pm and 7pm news anchor at NBC6 in Miami,a former private pilot, and former paramedic, from Long Island, New York. He currently works as anchorman of NBC's television channel 6 in Miami, Florida. Joel is engaged to his long time South Florida girlf

Joel Gibb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Gibb: a Berlin-based Canadian artist and singer/songwriter, who leads the "gay church folk" group The Hidden Cameras.His first involvement with the music scene was as editor of a fanzine devoted to independent bands, Glamour Guide for Trash. He also hosted a co

Billy Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Billy Joel: is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973. According to the RIAA, he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.

Lawrence Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Joel: was an American military veteran. He served in the United States Army in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War. While serving in Viet Nam, as a medic assigned to 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Joel received the Silver

Alexa Ray Joel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexa Ray Joel: an American singer and pianist. She is the daughter of popular pianist, singer, and songwriter Billy Joel and his second wife, model Christie Brinkley.[1] Her middle name is in honor of musician Ray Charles.[citation needed] Alexa Ray Joel began writing songs at a very early age. Growing up in a musical household, she developed a gift for singing and songwriting and was always encouraged by her parents. Her deep love of music stems from as early as the tender age of two, when her father would sing and play nursery rhymes for her on the piano. Like her father, she pursued classical piano training for quite a few years before developing a knack for songwriting. She would soon find that her skills in classical piano provided a solid foundation for her songwriting.