Riel
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A place:
- Riel (Goirle)Riel (Goirle)Riel is a village in the municipality of Goirle, south of Tilburg in the province North-Brabant. Until 1997 it belonged to the municipality Alphen en Riel...
, a town in the Netherlands - Riel (Eindhoven), a village in the Netherlands
- Riel (Manitoba riding), a provincial electoral district in Canada named after Louis Riel
- Riel, Winnipeg, a community committee comprising three city wards
A person:
- Alex RielAlex RielAlex Riel, , is a Danish jazz and rock drummer. His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 and it was published in Billboards June 1968 edition.-Biography:Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob...
, Danish jazz and rock drummer - Louis RielLouis RielLouis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A....
, Canadian politician and rebel - Maurice RielMaurice RielMaurice Riel, PC, QC was a lawyer and Canadian Senator.A distant relative of Louis Riel, Maurice Riel studied law and was admitted to the bar of Quebec in 1945. Establishing his own law firm in Montreal, Riel worked in international law with a number of clients in France...
, Canadian Senator
A currency:
- Cambodian rielCambodian rielFor earlier Cambodian currencies, see Cambodian tical and Cambodian franc.The riel is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second currency, also named "riel", has been...
, the currency of Cambodia
A film:
- Riel (film)Riel (film)Riel is a 1979 Canadian biographical television movie about Métis leader Louis Riel.-Plot:* Louis Riel leads the Red River and North-West Rebellions against the Canadian government's expansionist ideas leading up to his capture, trial and execution in 1885.-Cast:* Raymond Cloutier ... as Louis...
, a 1979 film about Louis Riel