Pullen

Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin.

"Pullen" is likely an occupational name, arising from the Old French word ''poulain''.

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There are several variants of "Pullen", including Pullin, Pullins, Pulleyn, Pullan and Pullein, the latter being the earliest recorded version (1166).

The surname is shared by these notable people:

* Albert J. Pullen (1861–1937), American politician * Alex Pullin (1987–2020), Australian snowboarder * Andrew Pullan (1963–2012), New Zealand mathematician * Ashley Pullen (1956–2002), British speedway rider * Barry Pullen (1939–2024), Australian politician * Benjamin Pulleyne, also spelt Pullan (died 1861), Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster * Cecil Pullan (1910–1970), Indian-born English cricket player * Clive Pullen (born 1994), Jamaican athlete * Cyril Pullin (1893–1973), English inventor, engineer and motorcycle race driver * Daniel Pullen (1885–1923), American football player * Deborah Pullen (1963–2010), New Zealand female international football (soccer) player * Don Pullen (1941–1995), American jazz musician * Eddie Pullen (1883–1940), American racing driver * Frank Pullen (1915–1992), English businessperson and racehorse owner * Geoff Pullen (1925–2008), Australian rugby league footballer * George Pullen (disambiguation), multiple people * Harriet Pullen (1860–1947), American entrepreneur and hotelier * Hartley Pullan (1899–1968), World War I flying ace * Henry Pulleine (bef. 1850–1879), British Army administrator during the Anglo-Zulu War * Henry William Pullen (1836–1903), English cleric and writer * Herbert A. Pullen (1874–1938), American orthodontist * Jacob Pullen (born 1989), American basketball player * James Pullen (born 1982), English former footballer * James Henry Pullen (1835–1916), aka "Genius of Earlswood Asylum", British autistic savant * Joe Pullen (c. 1883–1923), African-American lynching victim * John Pullen (1901–?), Welsh footballer * John Pullin (1941–2021), English rugby union player * Jorge Pullin (born 1963), Argentine-American physics academic * Josiah Pullen (1631–1714), English vicar * Julie Pullen, American oceanographer and investor * Kent Pullen (1942–2003), American politician * Liam Pullen (born 2005), English snooker player * Lloyd T. Pullen (1825–1908), American politician * Lucy Pullen, Canadian artist * Matilda Marian Pullan (1819–1862), British author * Melanie Pullen, American photographer * Melanie Clark Pullen (1975–2022), Irish actress, producer and writer * Mick Pullen (1921–1969), Australian rules footballer * Mieke Pullen (1957–2003), Dutch long-distance runner * Neil Pullen (born 1977), English cricketer * Noel Pullen (1944–2024), Australian politician * O'Neal Pullen (1892–1944), American Negro league catcher * Penny Pullen (born 1947), American politician * Peter Pullan (1857–1901), English cricket player * Purv Pullen (1909–1992), American actor * Randy Pullen, American political activist * Richard Popplewell Pullan (1825–1888), English architect and archæologist * Robert Pullen (died c.1150), English theologian and official of the Roman Catholic Church * Ru Pullan (1916–1993), Australian writer * Samuel Pullen, Church of Ireland archbishop of Tuam * Sidney Pullen (1895–1950), English football (soccer) player * Stacey Pullen, American techno musician * Tessa Pullan (born 1954), sculptor, equestrian artist * Thomas G. Pullen (1898–1979), American school superintendent * Tobias Pullen (1648–1713), Irish bishop * Tom Pullen (born 1945), Canadian football (gridiron) player * Vern Pullens (1929–2001), American rockabilly and country singer * Wally Pullen (1919–1977), English footballer * Wayne Pullen (born 1945), Canadian archer * William Pullen "Admiral Pullen" (1813–1887), Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer * William Pullen (cricketer) (1866–1937), an English cricket player Provided by Wikipedia