Borel may refer to: People Borel (author), 18th-century French playwright Borel (1906–1967), pseudonym of the French actor Jacques Henri Cottance Émile Borel (1871 – 1956), a French mathematician known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability Armand Borel (1923 – 2003), a Swiss mathematician Mary Grace Borel (1915 – 1998), American socialite Places Borel (crater), a lunar crater, named after Émile Borel Mathematics Borel algebra, operating on Borel sets, named after Émile Borel, also: Borel measure, the measure on a Borel algebra Borel distribution, a discrete probability distribution, also named after Émile Borel Borel subgroup, in the theory of algebraic groups, named after Armand Borel Other uses Borel (surname), a surname Etablissements Borel, an aircraft manufacturing company founded by Gabriel Borel See also Borrel Borrell