Abel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

Alan Abel Alan Irwin Abel (August 2, 1924 – September 14, 2018) was an American hoaxer, writer, and mockumentary filmmaker famous for several hoaxes that became media circuses. Education and early career Born on August 2, 1924, in Zanesville, Ohio ...

(1924–2018), American prankster and writer *

Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...

(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 Christian Ferdinand Abel (July or August 1682, Hanover, Germany – buried 3 April 1761 (or 1737?), Köthen, Germany) was one of the most famous German Baroque violinists, cellists and especially viol virtuosos. His father was the composer, ...

(1682–1761), German baroque composer, son of former ***

Carl Friedrich Abel Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723 – 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. Life Abel was born in Köthen, ...

(1723–1787), German classical 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 Jacob Allen Abel (born November 18, 1987) is an American actor. He has appeared in the film adaptations of the young adult novels ''Percy Jackson'' (2010–2013), ''I Am Number Four'' (2011), and '' The Host'' (2013), along with portraying musi ...

(born 1987), American actor *

Jessica Abel Jessica Abel (born 1969) is an American comic book writer and artist, known as the creator of such works as ''Life Sucks'', ''Drawing Words & Writing Pictures'', ''Soundtrack'', ''La Perdida'', ''Mirror, Window'', ''Radio: An Illustrated Guide' ...

(born 1969), American comics writer *

John Abel John Abel (1578/79 – January 1675) was an English carpenter and mason, granted the title of 'King's Carpenter', who was responsible for several notable structures in the ornamented Half-timbered construction typical of the West Midlands. Jo ...

(1578/9–1675), English master carpenter *

Josef Abel Josef Abel (22 August 1768 – 4 October 1818) was an Austrian historical painter and etcher. Biography Abel was born in Aschach an der Donau, Upper Austria. He visited the Academy in Vienna, which was at the time directed by Friedrich ...

(1768–1818), Austrian painter and etcher *

Ludwig Abel Ludwig Abel (14 January 1835 – 13 August 1895) was a German violinist, composer, and conductor. Life Born in Eckartsberga, Province of Saxony, he was a pupil of Ferdinand David. He became a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and in 1 ...

(1834–1895), German violinist, composer, and conductor *

Morten Abel Morten Abel Knutsen (born 15 October 1962), better known by his stage name Morten Abel is a Norwegian pop artist, and one of Norway's best-selling domestic artists. Career Morten Abel was born and grew up near Bodø, but moved to Stavanger wh ...

(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 Sam Abell (born 1945 in Sylvania, Ohio) is an American photographer known for his frequent publication of photographs in ''National Geographic''. Sam Abell's love of photography began due to the influence of his father who was a geography tea ...

(born 1945), American photographer * Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand singer-songwriter and environmental activist *

Walter Abel Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 – March 26, 1987) was an American film, stage and radio actor. Life Abel was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Christine (née Becker) and Richard Michael Abel. Abel graduated from the American Academy of ...

(1898–1987), American actor * Yves Abel (born 1963), Canadian conductor *

Zak Abel Zak David Zilesnick (born 1 March 1995 in London), better known as Zak Abel, is an English-Moroccan singer, songwriter and musician. He has also been an English Cadet national table tennis champion. Early and personal life His father, who had ...

(born 1995), English singer/songwriter, musician, and table tennis player

History

Annie Heloise Abel Annie Heloise Abel (February 18, 1873 – March 14, 1947) was among the earliest professional historians to study Native Americans. She was one of the first thirty women in the United States to earn a PhD in history. One of the ablest historians ...

(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 Félix-Marie Abel (29 December 1878 – 24 March 1953) was a French archaeologist, a geographer, and a professor at the École Biblique in Jerusalem. A Dominican priest, he was one of the most prominent bible scholars in the end of Ottoman era ...

(1878–1953), French archaeologist, geographer and professor * Frederick Abel (1827–1902), chemist who made a special study of explosives *

John Jacob Abel John Jacob Abel (19 May 1857 – 26 May 1938) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. He established the pharmacology department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893, and then became America's first full-time professor o ...

(1857–1938), American pharmacologist * Kathryn Abel (born 1961), British clinical psychologist *

Niels Henrik Abel Niels Henrik Abel ( , ; 5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields. His most famous single result is the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solvin ...

(1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician * Othenio Abel (1875–1945), Austrian paleontologist * Ted Abel, American neuroscientist *

Tom Abel Tom Abel (born 1970) is a German cosmologist who first simulated the collapse of a metal-free massive star that belongs to the first generation of stars in the Universe. This work was done in collaboration with Greg L. Bryan and Michael L. Norm ...

(born 1970), German astrophysicist * Wolfgang Abel (1905–1997), German anthropologist

Medicine

Clarke Abel Clarke Abel (5 September 1780 – 24 November 1826) was a British surgery, surgeon and natural history, naturalist. He accompanied William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Lord Amherst on his mission to Qing China, China in 1816-17 as the embass ...

(1780–1826), British surgeon and naturalist * Friedrich Gottfried Abel (1714–1794), German physician and son of Caspar Abel

Politics

Donald Abel Donald "Don" Clarke Abel (born February 4, 1952) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected as an Ontario New Democratic Party MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Wentworth North from 1990 to 19 ...

(born 1952), Canadian politician *

Hazel Abel Hazel Abel (née Hempel; July 10, 1888July 30, 1966) was an American educator and politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska, who served as a member of the United States Senate for fifty-four days in 1954. She was the first woman elected to the Sena ...

(1888–1966), American politician * I. W. Abel (1908–1987), American labor leader *

John Abel (Australian politician) John Arthur Abel (25 June 1939 – 19 November 2019) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended Newington College from 1949 until 1954. Abel was an accountant and company manager before entering politics. In 1975, he was elect ...

(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 Søren Georg Abel (3 January 1772 – 5 May 1820) was a Norwegian priest and politician, also known as the father of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. Personal life Søren Georg Abel was born on 3 January 1772 in Mo, Telemark as the son of Hans Ma ...

(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 Shlomo Zalman Halevi Abel (1857–1886) was one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva and author of ''Beis Shlomo''. Biography Abel was born March 11, (15 Adar) 1857 at Novomyesto-Sugint (now Žemaičių Naumiestis) in the Kovno Governorate of ...

(1857–1866), Lithuanian rabbi *

Thomas Abel Thomas Abel (or Abell) (ca. 1497 – 30 July 1540) was an English priest who was martyred during the reign of Henry VIII. The place and date of his birth are unknown. He was educated at Oxford, where in 1516 he took the degree of Master of ...

(c. 1490–1540), English priest

Sports

Anicet Abel Anicet Abel Andrianantenaina (born 13 March 1990) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora in Bulgaria. Career AJ Auxerre Born in Antananarivo, Anicet began his career in his home town with Ajesaia ...

(born 1990), Malagasy footballer *

Bobby Abel Robert Abel (30 November 1857 – 10 December 1936), nicknamed "The Guv'nor", was a Surrey and England opening batsman who was one of the most prolific run-getters in the early years of the County Championship. He was the first England player ...

(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 George Gordon Abel (February 23, 1916 – April 16, 1996) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played centre for the Edmonton Mercurys, and won the only Canadian gold medal playing in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. George was bor ...

(1916–1996), Canadian ice hockey player *

Gerry Abel Gerald Scott Abel (December 25, 1944 – July 2, 2021) was an American professional ice hockey left winger. He is the son of Hockey Hall of Fame member Sid Abel and the uncle of former goaltender Brent Johnson. He played one game in the National ...

(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 Jennifer Abel (born August 23, 1991) is a Canadian former diver. She is currently partnered with Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu for synchronized diving. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 3 m synchro diving even ...

(born 1991), Canadian Olympic diver * Katrine Abel (born 1990), Danish footballer * Mathias Abel (born 1981), German footballer * Mick Abel (born 2001), American baseball player *

Sid Abel Sidney Gerald Abel (February 22, 1918February 8, 2000) was a Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Detroit Red Wings, and was a member of three Stanley Cup-winning team ...

(1918–2000), Canadian hockey player and coach * Sten Abel (1872–1942), Norwegian Olympic sailor *

Taffy Abel Clarence John "Taffy" Abel (May 28, 1900 – August 1, 1964) was an American professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1926 and 1934. Born in 1900 in Sault ...

(1900–1964), American ice hockey player * Thomas Abel (footballer) (born 1974), Danish footballer * Tom Abel (cricketer) (1890–1937), first class cricketer *

Torsten Abel Torsten Abel (born 2 January 1974 in West Berlin) is a former German triathlete who later competed for the United States. Athletic career Triathlon since 1991 Abel was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, grew up in Weiler-Simmerberg and contested ...

(born 1974), German triathlete * William Abel (1887–1934), English cricketer

Other

Carl Abel Carl Abel (25 November 1837 – 26 November 1906) was a German comparative philologist from Berlin who wrote ''Linguistic Essays'' in 1880. Abel also acted as Ilchester lecturer on comparative lexicography at the University of Oxford and as ...

(1837–1906), German philologist *

Elie Abel Elie Abel (October 17, 1920 – July 22, 2004) was a Canadian- American journalist, author and academic. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Abel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1941 and a Master of Science in journ ...

(1921–2004), Canadian-American journalist, author and academic *

Greg Abel Gregory Edward Abel (born June 1, 1962) is a Canadian businessman, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, and vice-chairman of non-insurance operations of Berkshire Hathaway since January 2018. Early life and education Gregory Edward 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 Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (russian: Рудольф Иванович Абель), real name William August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), was a Soviet intelligence officer. He adopted his alias when arrested on charges of conspiracy by ...

(1903–1971), Soviet spy *

(born 1970), German cosmologist

References

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