Cecil

Cecil is the surname of an English noble family (see Cecil (family) ) and the following people:

• Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter (1701–1754), English peer and politician
• Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter (1725–1793), English peer and politician
• Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter (1795–1867), British peer and politician
• Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter (1849–1898), British peer and politician
• Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne (1619–1660), English nobleman and politician
• Charles Cecil (game developer) (* 1962) British game developer.
• Charles O. Cecil (* 1940), American diplomat
• David Cecil (politician) (around 1460–1540), English politician
• David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter (around 1600–1643), English peer and politician
• David Cecil (writer) (1902–1986), British writer
• David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–1981), British athlete, sports official and politician
• Derek Cecil (* 1973), American actor
• Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638), English officer and Member of Parliament
• Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley (1865–1941), British lawyer and politician (Conservative Party)
• Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter (1754–1804), British politician and peer
• Henry Cecil (trainer) (1943-2013), British horse riding trainer
• Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1869–1956), British politician
• James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1648–1683), English peer and politician
• James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1666–1694), English peer and politician
• James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1691–1728), British peer and politician
• James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury (1713–1780), British peer and politician
• James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury (1748–1823), British peer and politician
• James Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley (1934–2011), British peer, businessman and politician (non-party)
• James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (1791–1868), British politician and nobleman
• James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861–1947), British Conservative Party politician, House of Commons member and peer
• John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628–1678), English peer
• John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter (1648–1700), English peer and politician
• John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter (1674–1721), British peer and politician
• John Cecil, 7th Earl of Exeter (1700–1722), British peer and politician
• Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011), British actor and author
• Mallory Cecil (* 1990), American tennis player
• Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter (1909–1988), British-Canadian peer, rancher and religious leader
• Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (1857-1919), British amateur archaeologist
• Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter (born 1935), British peer and politician
• Nora Cecil (1878 / 1879–1951 / 1954), American actress
• Richard Cecil († 1553) (1495–1553), English politician
• Richard Cecil († 1633) (1570–1633), English politician
• Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563–1612), English statesman
• Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958), British politician and diplomat
• Robert Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley (1901–1976), British manager and politician
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903), British statesman
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury (1893–1972), British politician and businessman
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury (1916–2003), British nobleman and Conservative politician
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (* 1946), British nobleman and Conservative politician
• Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (1542–1623), English military and politician
• William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (* 1521 or 1520; † 1598), English politician and statesman
• William Cecil, 16th Baron de Ros (1590–1618), English peer and diplomat
• William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter (1566–1640), English peer and politician
• William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1591–1668), English peer and politician
• William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825–1895), British peer and politician
• William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter (1876–1956), British peer
• William Cecil (Military, 1854) (1854–1943) British military officer and courtier
• William Cecil (Military, 1886) (1886–1914) British military
• William Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney (1912–1980), British peer and politician
• William Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney (1940–2009), British peer and politician

First names of persons:

• Cecil Aldin (1870–1935), British painter and illustrator
• Cecil D. Andrus (1931–2017), American politician
• Cecil Ashby (1897 or 1898 - 1929), British motorcycle racer
• Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), British photographer, set designer and graphic artist
• Cecil Bødker (1927–2020), Danish writer
• Cecil Bridgewater (* 1942), American jazz trumpeter, composer and music teacher
• Cecil Brooks III (born 1961), American jazz drummer
• Cecil Farris Bryant (1914–2002), American politician and 34th Governor of Florida
• Cecil Bustamante Campbell , known as Prince Buster (1938-2016), Jamaican ska musician
• Cecil Chao Sze-tsung (* 1936), Chinese entrepreneur
• Cecil Cooke (1923–1983), Bahamian regatta sailor and Olympic champion
• Cecil Crawford O'Gorman (1874–1943), Mexican painter
• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), British-Irish writer and poet
• Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), American film director and producer
• Cecil De Vere (1845–1875), British chess master
• Cecil Dye , known as Babe Dye (1898–1962), Canadian ice hockey player
• Cecil Egwuatu (* 1980), German basketball player and fitness trainer
• Cecil Mallaby Firth (1878–1931), British Egyptologist
• Cecil Scott Forester (1899–1966), British writer and journalist
• Cecil Gant (1913–1951), American blues singer and pianist
• Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960), British composer
• Cecil Crawford O'Gorman (1874–1943), Irish mining engineer and painter
• Cecil Gordon (1941–2012), American racing car driver and team owner
• Cecil Green (1919–1951), American racing driver
• Cecil Griffiths (1901–1973), British athlete
• Cecil Heftel (1924-2010), American politician
• Cecil Hepworth (1874–1953), British film director, producer, writer and actor
• Cecil Hurst (1870–1963), British lawyer
• Cecil Irwin (1902-1935), American jazz musician
• Cecil Isbell (1915–1985), American football player and coach
• Cecil Kellaway (1890–1973), American actor and screenwriter
• Cecil Kimber (1888–1945), British entrepreneur
• Cecil Lewis (1898–1997), British pilot, author, co-founder of the BBC
• Cecil McBee (* 1935), American jazz bassist
• Cecil James McNeely , known as Big Jay McNeely (1927-2018), American rhythm and blues tenor saxophonist
• Cecil Parker (1897–1971), British actor
• Cecil Parkinson (1931-2016), British politician
• Cecil William Chase Parr (1871–1943), British colonial governor in British North Borneo
• Cecil Payne (1922–2007), American jazz baritone saxophonist and flautist
• Cecil Powell (1903-1969), British nuclear physicist
• Cecil Price-Jones (1863-1943), British hematologist and pathologist
• Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player
• Cecil Rawling (1870-1917), British soldier and explorer
• Cecil Reddie (1858–1932), British educator
• Cecil Remmler (* 1988), music producer and singer
• Cécil von Renthe-Fink (General) (1845–1909), Prussian Lieutenant General
• Cécil von Renthe-Fink (diplomat) (1885–1964), German diplomat
• Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), British statesman
• Cecil Roth (1899–1970), Anglo-Jewish historian and art connoisseur
• Cecil Sandford (* 1928), British motorcycle racer
• Cecil ffrench Salkeld (1904–1969), Irish painter
• Cecil Spring-Rice (1859-1918), British diplomat
• Cecil Taylor (1929–2018), American jazz pianist, composer and poet
• Cecil H. Underwood (1922–2008), American politician
• Cecil Walker (cyclist) (1900–1969), Australian cyclist
• Cecil Walker (politician) (1924-2007), Northern Irish politician
• Cecil Williams (1909–1979), British-South African theater director and anti-apartheid activist

Places in the United States:

• Cecil, Alabama
• Cecil (Arkansas)
• Cecil (Georgia)
• Cecil (Ohio)
• Cecil, Pennsylvania
• Cecil, Wisconsin , in Shawano County
• Cecil County , Maryland administrative division

Others:

• Cecil (programming language) , an object-oriented programming language
• a brand of the fashion company CBR Fashion Holding
• Cecil B. DeMille Award , award given at the Golden Globe Awards
• Cecil (lion) , a well-known lion who was illegally hunted and shot in Zimbabwe in July 2015
• Cecil Cave , cave on the coast of Peter I Island, Antarctica

In NRHP listed items:

• Cecil Apartments , in Baltimore, Maryland, ID No. 00000743
• Cecil Ranch , in Grimes, California, ID No. 03000988
• Cecil's Mill Historic District , in Great Mills, Maryland, ID No. 78003121

Fictional people:

• Cecil Harvey , the main character of the computer game Final Fantasy IV .

See also:

• Cecil Hotel
• Cecil Kop Nature Reserve
• Cecil Peak
• Cecil Township
• Cecil Lake
• Cécile
• CeCILL

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.