Borel

Borel may refer to:

People

• Antoine Borel (1840–1915), a Swiss-born American businessman
• Armand Borel (1923–2003), a Swiss mathematician
• 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
• Mary Grace Borel (1915–1998), American socialite
• Pascal Borel (born 1978), German footballer
• Pierre Borel, 17th-century French chemist

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