Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento; 1940–2022) was a Brazilian footballer.

Pele or Pelé may also refer to:

Film

  • Pele Eterno, 2004 documentary film about the Brazilian football player Pelé
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend, 2016 film about the Brazilian football player Pelé
  • Pelé (2021 film), a biographical documentary film about Brazilian footballer Pelé

Music

  • Pele (American band)
  • Pele (English band)
  • Pelé (album), a 1977 soundtrack album by Sérgio Mendes for a documentary about the footballer's life
  • "Pelé", a song by Pólo Norte from the album Deixa o Mundo Girar

People

  • Pele (name), given name, surname and nickname
  • Pelé (footballer, born 1973) (José Maria da Cruz Martins), football player and coach born in São Tomé and Principe
  • Pelé (footballer, born 1978) (Pedro Miguel Cardoso Monteiro), Cape Verdean-Portuguese football defender
  • Pelé (footballer, born 1987) (Vítor Hugo Gomes Passos), Portuguese football midfielder
  • Pelé (footballer, born 1991) (Judilson Mamadu Tuncará Gomes), Portuguese football midfielder of Guinea-Bissau descent
  • Roger Pelé (1901–1982), French long-distance runner

Science and geography

  • Pele (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Portunidae
  • Pele, the Hungarian name for Becheni village, Săuca Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
  • 2202 Pele, an asteroid
  • Pele (island), a volcanic island located in the Shefa Province in Vanuatu
  • Pele (Aegean island), an island in the Aegean Sea off modern Turkey
  • Pele (Cos), a town of ancient Cos, Greece
  • Pele (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece
  • Pele (volcano), an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io

Other uses

  • Pele (deity), the Fire Goddess, is the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands

See also

  • Pelee (disambiguation)
  • Pelle (disambiguation)
  • Peleus (disambiguation)
  • Boys for Pele, third album by American musician Tori Amos
  • Pele's hair, a form of lava
  • Peléan eruption, a type of volcanic eruption
  • Pele FC, an association football club from Guyana
  • Pelé's Soccer, a 1981 video game
  • Pele tower, small fortified keep along the English and Scottish Borders
  • Pelé dos Santos, character in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou