Cabell is both a surname and a given name. The Cabell family has "been prominent in Virginia since the American Revolution." Notable people with the name include:
Surname Agnes Sarah Bell Cabell (1783–1863), First Lady of Virginia from 1805 to 1808 Ben E. Cabell (1858–1931), American attorney and mayor of Dallas Charles P. Cabell (1903–1971), United States Air Force general and Deputy Director of the CIA DeRosey Caroll Cabell (1861–1924), United States Army major general Earle Cabell (1906–1975), American politician Edward C. Cabell (1816–1896), American politician Enos Cabell (born 1949), American Major League Baseball player George Cabell (1836–1906), American politician George Cabell (physician) (1766–1823), physician from Virginia Jake Cabell, American college football coach and former player James Branch Cabell (1879–1958), American author of fantasy fiction James Lawrence Cabell (1813–1889), American doctor and author Joseph Carrington Cabell (1778–1856), American politician Katie Doswell Cabell (1861–1927), American socialite and clubwoman Mary Barnes Cabell (1815–1900), American freedwoman who married her former owner Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell (1839–1930), vice president presiding of the Daughters of the American Revolution Mike Cabell (born 1985), American politician Nicole Cabell (born 1977), American opera singer Richard Cabell (died 1677), Englishman believed to be the inspiration for Hugo Baskerville in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles Samuel I. Cabell (1802–1865), Virginia plantation owner who may have been murdered for marrying one of his former slaves Samuel Jordan Cabell (1756–1818), American Revolutionary War officer, planter and politician William Cabell (disambiguation)
Given name Cabell R. Berry (1848–1910), American politician Cabell Breckinridge (1788–1823), American lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician Cab Calloway (1907–1994), American jazz singer and bandleader W. Cabell Greet (1901–1972), American philologist and English professor Cabell Tennis (1932–2026), American Episcopalian Bishop of Delaware
See also Cable (disambiguation) Cabel, a surname
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