Pullen

Pullen

Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin.cite web
url=http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/PULLEN/ | title= Pullen: Surname Data Summary
accessdate= 2008-01-30 | work= Orange Hedgehog British Surnames website | publisher= Orange Hedgehog] cite web
url=http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/PULLEN/meaning | title= PULLEN: Surname Meaning and Etymology
accessdate= 2008-01-30 | work= Orange Hedgehog British Surnames website | publisher= Orange Hedgehog] cite web
url= http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Pullen | title= Pullen surname meaning
accessdate= 2008-01-30 | work= SurnameDB | publisher= Name Origin Research] "Pullen" is likely an occupational name, arising from the Old French "poulain".cite web
url= http://www.ancestry.com/facts/pullen-name-meaning.ashx | title= pullen Name Meaning and Origin
accessdate= 2008-01-30 | work= Family Facts | publisher= The Generations Network, Inc.] There are several variants of "Pullen", including Pullin, Pullins, Pulleyn, Pullan and Pullein, the latter being the earliest recorded version (1166).

The "Pullen" surname is shared by several notable people:
*Robert Pullen (died c.1150), English theologian and official of the Roman Catholic Church
*James Henry Pullen (1835–1916), aka "Genius of Earlswood Asylum", British autistic savant
*Frank Pullen (1915–1992),English businessperson and racehorse owner
*Don Pullen (1941–1995), American jazz musician
*Melanie Pullen (born 1975), American photographer
*Melanie Clark Pullen (born 1977), Irish actress, producer and writer
*Mark Thomas Pullen (born 1960), Masonary, known for work on "James Bond" series, British Royal Family
*Thomas Mark Pullen (born Oct. 24, 1986), Champion Motocross Rider (2001), British Royal Family

* Peter Pullan (1857–1901), English cricket player
* Cecil Pullan (1910–1970), Indian-born English cricket player

* Henry Pulleine (bef.1850–1879), British Army administrator during the Anglo-Zulu War with an acting rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel

* Cyril Pullin (1893–1973), English inventor, engineer and motorcycle race driver
* Jorge Pullin (born 1963), Argentine-American physics academic
* John Pullin (living), English rugby union player (retired)

* Erica Pullins (born 1983), American musician

Fictional characters

The surname "Pullen" has also been used in the names of notable fictional characters:
*Arthur Pullen, a main character in John Chapman and Anthony Marriot's farce, "Shut Your Eyes and Think of England"

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