Cabell
Appearance
Cabell is both a surname and a given name. The Cabell family has "been prominent in Virginia since the American Revolution."[1] Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Charles P. Cabell (1903–1971), United States Air Force, CIA
- Earle Cabell (1906–1975), politician from Texas
- Edward Carrington Cabell (1816–1896), politician from Florida
- Elizabeth Cabell (granddaughter of William Cabell (American Revolution) and mother of Albert Cabell Ritchie)
- Enos Cabell (born 1949), Major League Baseball player
- George Cabell (1766–1823), physician from Virginia
- George Craighead Cabell (1836–1906), United States Congressman from Virginia
- James Branch Cabell (1879–1958), American author of fantasy fiction
- James Laurence Cabell (1813–1889), sanitarian
- Mary Barnes Cabell (1815–1900), freedwoman who owned the land which became Institute, West Virginia
- Nicole Cabell (born 1977), opera singer
- Samuel Jordan Cabell (1756–1818), United States Congressman from Virginia
- William Cabell (disambiguation), one of several people with this name, including:
- William Cabell Bruce (1860–1946), United States Senator from Maryland and author
- William Cabell (American Revolution) (1730–1798), a figure in the American Revolution
- William H. Cabell (1772–1853), Governor of Virginia
- William Lewis Cabell (1827–1911), Confederate General and Mayor of Dallas
- William Cabell Rives (1793–1868), American statesman from Virginia
Given name:
- Cabell R. Berry (1848–1910), Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate from 1885 to 1887
- John Cabell Breckinridge (1821–1875), 14th Vice President of the United States
- John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge (1903–1996), American actor
- Cab Calloway (1907–1994), American jazz singer and bandleader
- Clement Cabell Dickinson (1849–1938), United States Congressman from Missouri
- Albert Cabell Ritchie (1876–1936), 49th Governor of Maryland
- Marion Cabell Tyree, author of the community cookbook called Housekeeping in Old Virginia, which contains the oldest known recipe for sweet ice tea, published in 1879
See also
[edit]- Cabell County, West Virginia
- Cabell City, Oregon
- Cabell Publishing
- The Putnam-Cabell Post
- Cable (disambiguation)
- Cabel, a surname
References
[edit]- ^ Neal, Steve (June 2010). Happy Days are Here Again: The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR - and How America Was Changed Forever. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-06-001376-9. Retrieved January 13, 2023.