Abel (surname)
| Origin | |
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| Meaning | "breath" from the given name Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Aapeli |
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Abel is a surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Arts[]
- Alan Abel (1924–2018), American prankster and writer
- Alfred Abel (1879–1937), German film actor, director, and producer
- Bernhard, Arnold, and Florian Abel, two sculptors and a painter in the 16th century
- Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696), German baroque composer
- Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682–1761), German baroque composer, son of former
- Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787), German classical composer, son of former
- Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682–1761), German baroque composer, son of former
- Clementine Abel (1826 - 1905), German writer
- David Abel (cinematographer) (1884–1973), American cinematographer
- Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
- Jack Abel (1927–1996), American comic book artist
- Jake Abel (born 1987), American actor
- Jessica Abel (born 1969), American comics writer
- John Abel (1578/9–1675), English master carpenter
- Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian painter and etcher
- Ludwig Abel (1834–1895), German violinist, composer, and conductor
- Morten Abel (born 1962), Norwegian singer
- Myriam Abel (born 1981), French singer
- Robert Abel (1937–2001), American visual effects artist
- Robert H. Abel (1941–2017), American author
- Sam Abell (born 1945), American photographer
- Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand singer-songwriter and environmental activist
- Walter Abel (1898–1987), American actor
- Yves Abel (born 1963), Canadian conductor
- Zak Abel (born 1995), English singer/songwriter, musician, and table tennis player
History[]
- Annie Heloise Abel (1873–1947), British historian
- Caspar Abel (1676–1763), German theologian, historian and poet
- Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel (1824–1854), German historian
- Sigurd Abel (1837–1873), German historian
Mathematics, science and technology[]
- Félix-Marie Abel (1878–1953), French archaeologist, geographer and professor
- Frederick Abel (1827–1902), chemist who made a special study of explosives
- John Jacob Abel (1857–1938), American pharmacologist
- Kathryn Abel (born 1961), British clinical psychologist
- Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician
- Othenio Abel (1875–1945), Austrian paleontologist
- Ted Abel, American neuroscientist
- Tom Abel (born 1970), German astrophysicist
- Wolfgang Abel (1905–1997), German anthropologist
Medicine[]
- Clarke Abel (1780–1826), British surgeon and naturalist
- Friedrich Gottfried Abel (1714–1794), German physician and son of Caspar Abel
Politics[]
- Donald Abel (born 1952), Canadian politician
- Hazel Abel (1888–1966), American politician
- I. W. Abel (1908–1987), American labor leader
- John Abel (Australian politician) (1939–2019), Australian politician
- Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician
- Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesman
- Leighton Abel (1900–1975), American businessman and politician
- Søren Georg Abel (1772–1820), Norwegian priest and politician
- Valentin Abel (born 1991), German politician
Religion[]
- Caspar Abel (1676–1763), German theologian, historian and poet
- Elijah Abel (1810–1884), Elder and Seventy in the Latter Day Saint movement
- Shlomo Zalman Abel (1857–1866), Lithuanian rabbi
- Thomas Abel (c. 1490–1540), English priest
Sports[]
- Anicet Abel (born 1990), Malagasy footballer
- Bobby Abel (1857–1936), British cricketer
- Chris Abel (1912–1986), English footballer
- Florian Abel (born 1989), German footballer
- Fred Abel (1903–1980), American football player
- George Abel (1916–1996), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gerry Abel (1944–2021), American ice hockey player
- Graham Abel (born 1960), English footballer
- Hans-Joachim Abel (born 1952), German footballer
- Jacob Abel (racing driver) (born 2001), American racing driver
- Jennifer Abel (born 1991), Canadian Olympic diver
- Katrine Abel (born 1990), Danish footballer
- Mathias Abel (born 1981), German footballer
- Sid Abel (1918–2000), Canadian hockey player and coach
- Sten Abel (1872–1942), Norwegian Olympic sailor
- Taffy Abel (1900–1964), American ice hockey player
- Thomas Abel (footballer) (born 1974), Danish footballer
- Tom Abel (cricketer) (1890–1937), first class cricketer
- Torsten Abel (born 1974), German triathlete
- William Abel (1887–1934), English cricketer
Other[]
- Carl Abel (1837–1906), German philologist
- Elie Abel (1921–2004), Canadian-American journalist, author and academic
- Greg Abel (born 1961/62), Canadian businessman
- Iorwith Wilbur Abel (1908–1987), American labor leader
- Jacob Friedrich von Abel (1751–1829), German philosopher, teacher of Schiller
- Richard Abel (lawyer), professor of law
- Rudolf Abel, an alias of Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (1903–1971), Soviet spy
- Tom Abel (born 1970), German cosmologist
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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