Fabian may refer to:
People
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Fabian (name)
Fabian is the English form of the late Roman name ''Fabianus''. This was a name originally given to those adopted into or descended through the female line from a Roman family named '' Fabius'', that derived from the Latin ''faba'' for the broad ...
, including a list of people with the given name or surname
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Pope Fabian
Pope Fabian ( la, Fabianus) was the bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 until his death on 20 January 250, succeeding Anterus. A dove is said to have descended on his head to mark him as the Holy Spirit's unexpected choice to become the next pope ...
(died 250), Catholic saint
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Fabian Forte
Fabian Forte (born Fabiano Anthony Forte, February 6, 1943), professionally known as Fabian, is an American singer and actor.
Forte rose to national prominence after performing several times on '' American Bandstand''. He became a teen idol o ...
(born 1943), 1950s American teen idol, singer and actor, known by the mononym Fabian
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Fabian (footballer)
Fabian Maria Lago Vilela de Abreu (born 24 October 1997), commonly known as Fabian, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Gnistan
IF Gnistan (''The Spark'' in English) is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, ...
, Brazilian footballer Fabian Maria Lago Vilela de Abreu (born 1997)
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Fabulous Fabian (born 1970), former ring name of professional wrestler Marcus Alexander Bagwell
Arts and entertainment
*' or ''Fabian, the Story of a Moralist'', a novel by German author
Erich Kästner
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''Fabian'' (film), a 1980 adaptation of Kästner's novel
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Fabian – Going to the Dogs
''Fabian: Going to the Dogs'' (german: Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde, lit=Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs) is a 2021 German drama film directed by Dominik Graf from a screenplay he co-wrote with Constantin Lieb, based on Erich Kästner's 19 ...
'', a 2021 film adaptation of Kästner's novel
Characters
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Fabian Cortez
Fabian Cortez is a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly as an enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and writer/illustrator Jim Lee, he first appeared in ''X-Men'' #1 (October 1 ...
, a Marvel Comics villain, enemy of the X-Men
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Fabian Prewett
The Order of the Phoenix is a secret organisation in the ''Harry Potter'' series of fiction books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to t ...
in the Harry Potter universe, maternal uncle to Ron Weasley
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Fabian Rutter
The following is a list of characters from Nickelodeon live-action show ''House of Anubis''.http://www.nick.com/anubis
Sibuna Cast
Nina Martin
Nina Martin is an American girl who lived with her grandmother in the United States before moving t ...
, from the Nickelodeon television show ''House of Anubis''
* Robert Fabian, protagonist of ''
Fabian of the Yard
''Fabian of the Yard'' is a British police procedural television series based on the real-life memoirs of Scotland Yard detective Robert Fabian, made by the BBC and broadcast between November 1954 and February 1956. It is considered the earlies ...
'', a British 1950s television series
* Fabian, in Shakespeare's play ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
''
* Fabian, a cat in the cartoon series ''
Boonie Bears
''Boonie Bears'' (, "Roaming Bears" ; Bear Hunting) is a Chinese animated cartoon series shown on multiple Chinese platforms and television stations, including Central China Television (CCTV) and Beijing Television Network (BTV). The series fe ...
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Other uses
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Fabian (grape)
Chasselas or Chasselas blanc is a wine grape variety grown mainly in Switzerland, France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, New Zealand, Croatia and Chile. Chasselas is mostly vinified to be a full, dry and fruity white wine. It is also ...
, another name for the wine grape Chasselas
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Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. T ...
, a socialist society in the UK
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Tropical Storm Fabian The name Fabian has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and six in the Western Pacific.
In the Atlantic:
* Tropical Storm Fabian (1985) – threatened no land.
* Tropical Storm Fabian (1991) – struck the Isle of Youth and m ...
, a typhoon, various storms, and a cyclone
See also
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Fabian strategy
The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy ...
, a military strategy
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Fabiani Fabiani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alessia Fabiani (born 1976), Italian model and television personality
*Fabio Fabiani (born 1974), Italian racing driver
* Francesco de Fabiani (born 1993), Italian cross country skier ...
, a surname
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