Abel (surname)
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| Meaning | "breath" from the given name Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve |
| Related names | Aapeli |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Abel |
Abel is a surname, and may refer to:
- Alan Abel (b. 1930), American prankster
- Bernhard Abel and his brothers Arnold Abel and Florian Abel, sculptors and painters in the XVI century
- Bobby Abel (1857–1936), British cricketer of the 1890s and early 1900s
- Carl Abel (1837-1906), German philologist
- Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), German classical composer
- Caspar Abel (1676–1763), German theologian, historian and poet
- Clarence "Taffy" Abel (1900-1964), American ice hockey player
- Clarke Abel (c.1780-1826) , British surgeon and naturalist
- Donald Abel (1952–), Canadian politician
- Elie Abel (1920-2004), Canadian-American journalist, author and academic
- Elijah Abel (1810-1884), Elder and Seventy in The Latter Day Saint movement
- Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (1827–1902), a chemist who made a special study of explosives.
- Friedrich Gottfried Abel (1714-1794), German physician and son of Caspar Abel
- Hans-Joachim Abel (1952–), German football (soccer) player
- Hazel Abel (1888–1966), American politician
- Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel (1824–1854), German historian
- I. W. Abel (1908–1987), American labor leader
- Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
- Jacob Friedrich von Abel (1751–1829), German philosopher, teacher of Schiller
- Jack Abel (1927–1996), American comic book artist
- Jake Abel (1987–), American actor
- Jessica Abel (1969–), American comics writer
- Johannes Abel (1756–1787), Revolutionary War soldier
- John Abel (c.1578–1675), English master carpenter
- John Jacob Abel (1857–1938), American pharmacologist
- Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian painter and etcher
- Karl Friedrich Abel—variant spelling of Carl Friedrich Abel
- Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesman
- Mathias Abel (1981–), German football (soccer) player
- Morten Abel (1962–), Norwegian singer
- Myriam Abel (1981–), French singer
- Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician
- The Abel Prize given annually by the King of Norway is named after Niels Henrik Abel
- Neil Abel (1960–), British ice hockey player
- Othenio Abel (1875–1945), Austrian paleontologist
- Robert Abel (1937–2001), Movie director and visual effects artist
- Sam Abell (1945–), American photographer
- Shlomo Zalman Abel (1857–1886), Rabbi
- Sid Abel (1918–2000), Canadian hockey player and coach
- Sigurd Abel (1837–1873), German historian
- Thomas Abel (c.1497–1540), English priest
- Thomas Abel (b. 1974), Danish football player
- Tom Abel, German astrophysicist
- Abel crater on the Moon, named for Tom Abel
- Tom Abel (cricketer), A first class cricketer who plyed for Surrey and Glamorgan
- Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (1903–1971), alias Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy
- Walter Abel (1898–1987), American actor
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