Neel may refer to: Given name Neel Akasher Neechey, Bengali language film director Neel Doff (1858–1942), Dutch author Neel E. Kearby (1911–1944), military pilot Neel Jani (born 1983), Swiss race car driver Neel Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability Neel Reid (1885–1926), architect Surname Alice Neel (1900–1984), American portrait painter Boyd Neel (1905–1981), English conductor and academic David Neel, a Canadian writer, photographer, and artist Elizabeth Neel (born 1975), artist Prashanth Neel (born 1980), Indian film director Roy Neel, politician Troy Neel (born 1965), professional baseball player Néel as a surname Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), a French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, and writer Louis Néel (1904–2000), a French physicist who received the 1970 Nobel prize Néel temperature, at which an antiferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic Locations Neel, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Alabama, United States Other uses Alice Neel (documentary) film about painter Alice Neel Nil in the Indian numbering system Neel Kamal (1947 film) directed by Kidar Nath Sharma Neel Trimarans, a multihull sailboat company founded and managed by Eric Bruneel and based in La Rochelle, France Surnames of Norman origin fr:Neel ja:ニール