Namesakes
Aksel Sandemose
(a.k.a. Axel) (m) 1899-1965 
Notable Writers
Axel Foley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1984 Beverly Hills Cop
Axel Paulsen
(m) 1855-1938
Notable Athletes (skating)
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
(m) 1883-1954
Swedish Prime Ministers 1936
Axel Runström
(m) 1883-1943
Olympic Medalists 1908 water polo (bronze)
Axel Witsel
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Baudouin of Belgium
(a.k.a. Axel) (m) 1930-1993
Other Royalty 1951-1993 Belgium (king)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
(m) 1864-1931
Nobel Prize Winners 1931 (literature)
Notable Writers
Hugo Theorell
(a.k.a. Axel) (m) 1903-1982
Nobel Prize Winners 1955 (medicine)