Abel (family name)

Abel is the family name of the following people:

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Adam Abel (writer) (pseudonym of Rudolf Heinrich Krommes; 1886–1945), German art historian, writer, religious philosopher, sculptor and painter
• Adam Abel (film producer) (* 1976), film producer
• Adolf Abel (architect) (1882–1968), German architect and university professor
• Adolf Abel (sculptor) (1902; presumably since April 1945), German sculptor and draftsman
• Albert Abel (1836–1909), French teacher and botanist
• Alfons Abel (1908–1994), German academic glass painter
• Alfred Abel (1879–1937), German actor
• Alfred Abel-Adermann (1913 – after 1984), German actor
• Ambrosius Abel (1820–1878), German publisher
• Andreas Abel (* 1974), German soccer player
• Anicet Abel (* 1990), Malagasy football player
• Annie Heloise Abel (1873–1947), British historian
• Antoine Abel (1934-2004), Seychellois writer and poet
• Arnold Abel († 1564), German sculptor and stonemason of the Renaissance
• August Abel (1887–1962), German politician (DStP)
• August Christian Andreas Abel (1751–1834), German violinist and court musician
• August Theodor Abel (1802–1882), Australian chemist, mineralogist, geologist and painter of German origin (emigrated 1858)

B.

• Bas van Abel (* 1977), Dutch designer, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
• Bernd Abel (* 1960), German chemist and university professor
• Bernhard Abel (sculptor) († 1563/1564), German sculptor and stonemason of the Renaissance
• Bernhard Abel (sports teacher) (1928–2019), German sports teacher and university professor
• Bibi Abel , German video designer and singer
• Bodo Abel (* 1948), German economist
• Brooke Abel (* 1988), American synchronized swimmer

C.

• Carl Abel (artist) (1748–1795), German musician and painter
• Carl Abel (philologist) (1837–1906), German classical philologist, journalist and translator
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787), German composer
• Carl Julius Abel (1818–1883), German railway engineer
• Carl Wilhelm Abel (1838–1904), German leather manufacturer
• Caspar Abel (1676–1763), German historian and Low German poet
• Charles Abel (1824–1895), Franco-German lawyer and politician, MdR
• Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682–1761), German musician and viol virtuoso
• Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Abel (1826-1892), German military doctor
• Claire Abel , British biathlete
• Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696), German composer
• Clarence Abel (1900–1964), American ice hockey player; see Taffy Abel
• Clarke Abel (1789–1826), British physician and naturalist
• Clementine Abel (1826–1905), German writer
• Curt Abel-Musgrave (1860–1938), German-American chemist, physician, author and local politician

D.

• Dirk Abel (* 1958), German mechanical engineer

E.

• Edeltraud Abel (1924–1994), German-Swiss painter and graphic artist
• Edward Lincoln Abel (1860–1926), American politician
• Elijah Abel (1808-1885), African American priest
• Emil Abel (1875–1958), Austrian chemist
• Erich Abel (1919–1995), Austrian biologist
• Ernst August Abel (around 1720 – around 1790), German miniature painter
• Ernst Heinrich Abel (1721 – after 1787), German portrait painter
• Erwin Leonard Guy Abel (1911–1995), New Zealand businessman and racehorse owner

F.

• Filomeno Jacob Abel (* 1960), East Timorese clergyman and minister of social affairs
• Florian Abel (painter) († 1565), German painter and draftsman
• Florian Abel (soccer player) (* 1989), German soccer player
• Franz Abel (1860 – after 1900), Austrian sculptor
• Frederic Abel Senior (1822–1904), German-American singer (tenor), pianist, conductor and music teacher
• Frederic Lawrence Abel (1856–1943), American cellist and music teacher
• Frederick Augustus Abel (1827–1902), English chemist
• Friedrich Abel (botanist) (1844–1903), Austrian gardener and director of the kk horticultural society
• Friedrich Gottfried Abel (1714–1794), German physician and writer
• Friedrich Ludwig Abel (1794–1820), German violinist, pianist, music teacher and composer
• Fritz Abel (* 1939), German Romance scholar, French didactic and university lecturer

G

• Georg Abel (1852–1926), German diplomat
• George Abel (1916–1996), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gerd Abel (* 1941), German sociologist and essayist
• Graham Abel (* 1960), English football player
• Günter Abel (philosopher) (* 1947), German philosopher
• Günter Abel (soccer player) (* 1966), German soccer player
• Günther Abel (* 1956), German Nordic combined athlete
• Gustav Abel (District Administrator) (1869–1939), German District Administrator
• Gustav Abel (film architect) (1902–1963), Austrian film architect
• Gustave Abel (1901–1988), Austrian speleologist

H

• Hans Abel (civil servant) († after 1634), German mint officer, mountain officer and monastery administrator
• Hans Abel (publisher) (1855 – after 1890), German publisher
• Hans Abel (Egyptologist) (1883 – after 1934), German philologist and Egyptologist
• Hans-Joachim Abel (* 1952), German soccer player
• Hans Karl Abel (1876–1951), German-French writer
• Hans von Abel (1878–1937), Prussian district administrator
• Hazel Hempel Abel (1888–1966), American politician
• Heidi Abel (1929–1986), Swiss radio and television presenter
• Heinrich von Abel (1825–1917), German lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Ludwigsburg
• Heinrich Abel ( male apostle of Vienna ; 1843–1926), German priest and Jesuit
• Heinrich Abel (pedagogue) (1908–1965), German vocational school pedagogue , educational scientist and university professor
• Helmut Abel (* 1928), German biophysicist and university professor
• Herbert Abel (1911–1994), German geographer and museum director in Bremen
• Hermann Abel (1890 – after 1927), German publicist, editor and member of the Hamburg citizenship
• Hinrich Abel (1884–1954), German politician (NSDAP) and NSDAP functionary
• Horst Abel (1939–2008), German entrepreneur
• Hubert Abel (1927–2018), German physician

I.

• Ilse Abel (1909–1959), German actress
• Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
• Ingo Abel (* 1966), German actor and speaker
• Irene Abel (* 1953), German gymnast

J

• Jacob Adam Abel (1754-1824), German lawyer
• Jakob Friedrich von Abel (1751–1829), German philosopher
• Jake Abel (* 1987), American actor
• Jakob Friedrich von Abel (1751–1829), German philosopher, Schiller's teacher
• Jean-Baptiste Abel (1863–1921), French politician
• Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788–1832), French sinologist and librarian
• Jennifer Abel (* 1991), Canadian water diver
• Jenny Abel (* 1942), German violinist
• Jenő Ábel (Eugen Abel) (1858–1889), Hungarian classical philologist
• Joachim Gottwalt Abel (1723–1806), German historian and preacher
• Johann Gotthelf Leberecht Abel (1749–1822), German doctor and art collector
• Johann Leopold Abel (1795–1871) German-British composer, pianist, cellist, violinist and music teacher
• John Jacob Abel (1857–1938), American pharmacologist
• Jonathan Abel (* 1988), Dominican soccer player
• José Abel , East Timorese politician
• Josef Abel (1764–1818), Austrian painter
• Josef Abel (composer) (* 1929), Austrian composer
• Jürgen Abel (1941–2009), German translator

K

• Karl von Abel (1788-1859), German politician and Bavarian State Minister.
• Karl Abel (politician) (1897–1971), German trade unionist and politician (KPD)
• Karlhans Abel (1919–1998), German classical philologist
• Katharina Abel (1856–1904), ballerina
• Katja Abel (* 1983), German gymnast
• Kenneth Abel (* 1962), American literary scholar and crime writer
• Kornel Abel (1881–1940?), Jewish officer in the joint army of the Austro-Hungarian land forces

L.

• Leighton Abel (1900-1975), American politician (Republican Party)
• Leopold Abel (lawyer) ( Anton Leopold Abel ; 1824–1907), German lawyer
• Leopold August Abel ( LEBA ; 1718–1794), German violinist, composer and painter
• Lothar Abel (1841-1896), Austrian architect, garden architect and university professor
• Louis Abel-Truchet (1857–1918), French painter
• Ludwig Abel (musician) (1835–1895), German violinist, composer and conductor
• Ludwig Abel (Semitist) (1863–1900), German Semitist
• Ludwig Abel (entomologist) (1878–1940), Austrian entomologist
• Ludwig Heinrich Abel (1754–1818), Oberamtmann of Württemberg

M.

• María Abel (* 1974), Spanish long-distance runner
• Martin-Sebastian Abel (* 1985), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Mathias Abel (* 1981), German soccer player
• May Leggett Abel (1867–1952), American violinist and music teacher
• Michael Abel (humanist) (1542–1609), German humanist and neo-Latin poet
• Michael Abel (soccer player) (* 1930), German soccer player
• Myriam Abel (* 1981), French singer

N

• Nicolas Abel (* 1979), German American football player
• Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician

O

• Othenio Abel (1875–1946), Austrian paleontologist
• Otto Abel (historian) (1824-1854), German historian
• Otto Abel (composer) (1905–1977), German composer

P

• Paul Abel (1874–1971), British lawyer of Austrian origin
• Peter Abel (theologian) (* 1960), German Catholic theologian and author
• Peter Abel (Judoka) (* 1988), German judoka

R.

• Richard Abel (literary scholar) (* 1941), American literary and film scholar
• Richard Abel (Righteous Among the Nations) , German "Righteous Among the Nations" (1969), see List of Righteous Among the Nations from Germany #List
• Richard Abel-Musgrave (1910–2007), German-American economist, see Richard Musgrave
• Robert Abel (Animator) (1937–2001), American director, entrepreneur, computer scientist and computer graphic artist
• Robert Abel (soccer player) (1912–1986), English soccer player
• Roger Abel (1900–?), Monegasque marksman
• Rudolf Abel (doctor) (1868–1942), German bacteriologist
• Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (1903–1971), Soviet agent

S.

• Sam Abel (1908-1959), English football player
• Sibylle Abel (1956–2016), German politician
• Sid Abel (1918-2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Sigrid Abel-Struth (1924–1987), German music teacher
• Sigurd Abel (1837–1873), German historian
• Sten Abel (1899–1989), Norwegian sailor
• Stephan Abel (* 1953), German hockey and sports official

T

• Taffy Abel (1900–1964), American ice hockey player
• Theodor Abel (1899–1946), German gardener, civil servant and politician (KPD) (1933 prison and Breitenau concentration camp )
• Theodora Mead Abel (1899–1998), American psychologist
• Theodore Abel (1896–1988), American sociologist of Polish origin
• Thomas Abel (around 1497–1540), English martyr
• Tom Abel (* 1970), German astrophysicist and cosmologist
• Torsten Abel (* 1974), German triathlete

U

• Ulrich Abel (* 1952), German biometrician and cancer researcher
• Uwe Abel (* 1966), German soccer player

V

• Volker Abel , professor emeritus for mathematics at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich

W.

• Walter Abel (1898–1987), American actor
• Walther Abel (1906–1987), German classical philologist
• Werner Abel (1902–1935), German journalist
• Werner Abel (historian) (* 1943), German historian
• Wilhelm Abel (1904–1985), German economic historian
• Wilhelm August Christian Abel (1748 – after 1803), German painter
• Willy Abel (1875–1951), German designer and inventor
• Wolfgang Abel (anthropologist) (1905–1997), Austrian anthropologist and Nazi racial biologist
• Wolfgang Abel (author) (* 1954), German non-fiction author of travel and gastronomy guides
• Wolfgang Abel (* 1959), German terrorist, see group Ludwig

Z

• Zachary Abel (born 1980), American actor

See also

• Abeln
• Abell

Web links

 Wikisource: Abel  - Article of the 4th edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexikon