Royalty •
Adel I Friso of Friesland (died ), King of
Friesland •
Adel II Atharik of Friesland (died ), King of Friesland •
Adel III Ubbo of Friesland (died ), King of Friesland •
Adel IV Asega Askar of Friesland (died ), King of Friesland
Arts and entertainment Acting •
Adel Adham (1928–1996), Egyptian actor •
Adel Bencherif (born 1975), French actor •
Adel Emam (born 1940), Egyptian film, television, and stage actor •
Adel Abo Hassoon (born 1970), Syrian television actor and voice actor •
Adel Karam (born 1972), Lebanese actor, comedian, and TV presenter
Art •
Adel Abdessemed (born 1971), Algerian contemporary artist •
Adel Nassief (1962–2021), Egyptian painter •
Adel Rootstein (1930–1992), British mannequin designer
Music •
Adel Dahdal, Swedish record producer and mix engineer •
Adel Heinrich (1926–2022), American composer, organist, and university teacher •
Adel Kamel (1942–2003), Egyptian music critic, musicologist, and composer •
Adel Souto (born 1969), American musician •
Adel Tawil (born 1978), German singer, songwriter, and producer
Writing •
Adel Esmat (born 1959), Egyptian novelist •
Adel Karasholi (born 1936), Syrian writer •
Adel Khozam, Emirati poet •
Adel Manna (born 1947), Palestinian historian
Business •
Adel Al-Ghamdi, Saudi businessman •
Adel Hassan Al A'ali (1957–2018), Bahraini businessman •
Adel Chaveleh, American businessman and
CIO of Crane Worldwide Logistics
Military •
Adel Al Toraifi (born 1979), Saudi journalist and affair specialist •
Adel Emara, Egyptian general •
Adel Flaifel, Bahraini colonel •
Adel Khalil, Egyptian Air Defense Force Commander
Politics •
Adel Abdel-Hamid (born 1939), Egyptian politician and judge •
Adel Al-Saraawi, Kuwaiti politician •
Adel Al Asoomi (born 1969), Bahraini politician and businessman •
Adel Darwish, British political journalist, reporter, author, historian, broadcaster, and political commentator •
Adel Fakeih (born 1959), Saudi Arabian politician and engineer •
Adel Hussein (1932–2001), Egyptian political activist and journalist •
Adel Labib, Egyptian politician •
Adel Mouwda, Bahraini politician •
Adel Murad (1949–2018), Iraqi politician •
Adel Najafzadeh (born 1973), Iranian politician •
Adel Osseiran (1905–1998), Lebanese politician •
Adel Safar (born 1953), Syrian politician and academic •
Adel Omar Sherif, Egyptian politician and judge •
Adel Tamano, Filipino educator, lawyer and politician •
Adel Younis (died 1976), Egyptian jurist and politician •
Adel Yzquierdo (born 1945), Cuban politician and engineer •
Adel Zawati (1920–1984), Palestinian politician
Sciences •
Adel F. Halasa, American scientist •
Adel Mahmoud (1941–2018), Egyptian-American doctor •
Adel Ramzy, Egyptian surgeon •
Adel Sedra (born 1943), Egyptian-Canadian electrical engineer and professor
Sports •
Adel Abbas (born 1982), Bahraini footballer •
Adel Abdulaziz (born 1980), Emirati footballer •
Adel Abdullah (born 1984), Syrian footballer •
Adel Adili (born 1974), Libyan long-distance runner •
Adel Ahmed (born 1990), Qatari footballer •
Adel Ahmed Malalla (born 1961), Qatari footballer •
Adel Al-Anezi (born 1977), Kuwaiti footballer •
Adel Al-Ghaith, Kuwaiti swimmer •
Adel Al-Hammadi (born 1991), Emirati footballer •
Adel Al-Hosani (born 1989), Emirati footballer •
Adel Al-Kahham (born 1972), Kuwaiti handball player •
Adel Al-Muwallad (born 1997), Saudi footballer •
Adel Al-Najadah (born 1966), Kuwaiti judoka •
Adel Al-Salimi (born 1979), Yemeni footballer •
Adel Al-Sulaimane (born 1995), Qatari footballer •
Adel Al Chadli (born 2000), Yemeni footballer •
Adel Al Mulla (1970–2022), Qatari footballer •
Adel Jadoua Ali (born 1981), Qatari footballer •
Adel Aljabrin (born 1968), Saudi Arabian archer •
Adel Amrouche (born 1968), Belgo-Algerian footballer and manager •
Adel Anzimati-Aboudou (born 2001), Comorian footballer •
Adel Aref (born 1980), Tunisian tennis umpire •
Adel Bader (born 1997), Qatari footballer •
Adel Basulaiman (born 1982), Emirati footballer •
Adel Belal (born 1987), Egyptian footballer •
Adel Habib Beldi (born 1994), Algerian footballer •
Adel Bettaieb (born 1997), French footballer •
Adel Bougueroua (born 1987), Algerian footballer •
Adel Bousmal (born 1985), Algerian handball goalkeeper •
Adel Belkacem Bouzida (born 2002), Algerian footballer •
Adel Chbouki (born 1971), Moroccan footballer •
Adel Chedli (born 1976), French footballer •
Adel Djerrar (born 1990), Algerian footballer •
Adel Eid (born 1984), Finnish footballer •
Adel El-Maamour (born 1955), Egyptian football goalkeeper •
Adel El-Moalem (born 1946), Egyptian water polo player •
Adel El-Sharkawy (born 1966), Egyptian handball player •
Adel El Hadi (born 1980), Algerian footballer •
Adel Fadaaq (born 1992), Emirati footballer •
Adel Fellous (born 1978), French rugby league footballer •
Adel Ferdosipour (born 1974), Iranian journalist, football commentator, translator, university professor, and television host and producer •
Adel Gafaiti (born 1994), French footballer •
Adel Gamal (born 1993), Emirati footballer •
Adel Gholami (born 1986), Iranian volleyball player •
Adel Guemari (born 1984), French-Algerian footballer •
Adel Hamek (born 1992), Algerian badminton player •
Adel Hammoude (born 1960), Syrian boxer •
Adel Hekal (1934–2018), Egyptian football goalkeeper •
Adel Humoud (born 1986), Kuwaiti footballer •
Adel Ibrahim Ismail (born 1951), Egyptian basketball player •
Adel Khamis (born 1965), Qatari footballer •
Adel Khechini (born 1964), Tunisian volleyball player •
Adel Khudhair (born 1954), Iraqi footballer and coach •
Adel Kolahkaj (born 1985), Iranian footballer •
Adel Lakhdari (born 1989), Algerian footballer •
Adel Lami (born 1985), Qatari footballer •
Adel Langue (born 1997), Mauritian footballer •
Adel Massaad (born 1964), Egyptian-German table tennis player •
Adel Maïza (born 1983), Algerian footballer •
Adel Mechaal (born 1990), Morocco-Spanish runner •
Adel Messali (born 1983), Algerian footballer •
Adel Mojallali (born 1993), Iranian canoeist •
Adel Ibrahim Moustafa (1930–2005), Egyptian wrestler •
Adel Nasser (born 1970), Iraqi footballer and coach •
Adel Nefzi (born 1974), Tunisian footballer •
Adel Nima (born 1970), Iraqi footballer and coach •
Adel Abdel Rahman (born 1967), Egyptian footballer and manager •
Adel Sabeel (born 1998), Emirati footballer •
Adel Sarshar (born 1992), Iranian footballer •
Adel Sellimi (born 1972), Tunisian footballer and coach •
Adel Sennoun (born 1967), Algerian volleyball player •
Adel Sesay (born 1990), Sierra Leonean sprinter •
Adel Smirani (born 1967), Tunisian footballer •
Adel Taarabt (born 1989), Moroccan footballer •
Adel Tankova (born 2000), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic figure skater •
Adel Tlatli, Tunisian basketball coach •
Adel Weir (born 1983), South African squash player •
Adel Zhexenbinova (born 1999), Kazakhstani archer
Other •
Adel Abdulhehim (born 1974), Chinese prisoner •
Adel Arnaout (born 1970), Lebanese criminal •
Adel Abdel Bari (born 1960), Egyptian terrorist •
Adel Hassan Hamad (born 1958), Sudan prisoner •
Adel Iskandar (born 1977), British scholar, postcolonial theorist, analyst, and academic •
Adel Ismail (historian) (1928–2010), Lebanese diplomat and historian •
Adel Ben Mabrouk (born 1970), Tunisian criminal •
Adel Noori (born 1979), Chinese prisoner •
Adel Zaky (1947–2019), Egyptian Roman Catholic prelate == Family name ==