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:

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* 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 Major general (United States), Major General DeRosey Caroll Cabell (July 7, 1861 – March 15, 1924) was chief of staff for the Pancho Villa Expedition into Mexico in 1915–1916 and an American general during World War I. Early life and educati ...

(1861–1924), United States Army major general *

Earle Cabell Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the John F. Kennedy assassination, assassination of United States President ...

(1906–1975), American politician * Edward C. Cabell (1816–1896), American politician *

Enos Cabell Enos Milton Cabell (pronounced ), (born October 8, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and third baseman from 1972 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Hous ...

(born 1949), American Major League Baseball player * George Cabell (1836–1906), American politician *

George Cabell (physician) Dr. George Cabell Sr. (November 1, 1766 – December 27, 1823) was a surgeon and builder of Point of Honor, a mansion in the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. Cabell was born in Buckingham County, Virginia and attended Hampden-Sydney Academy. He be ...

(1766–1823), physician from Virginia * Jake Cabell, American college football coach and former player *

James Branch Cabell James Branch Cabell (; April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and ''belles-lettres''. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His work ...

(1879–1958), American author of fantasy fiction * James Lawrence Cabell (1813–1889), American doctor and author * Joseph Carrington Cabell (1778–1856), American politician *

Mary Barnes Cabell Mary Barnes Cabell (February 1815 – June 11, 1900) was an American freedwoman who enabled the foundation of Institute, West Virginia. Her story was dramatized in a movie in 2020 called ''River of Hope''. Cabell, born Mary Barnes, was born en ...

(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 Michael Cabell (born April 12, 1985) is an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 117th district from 2023 to 2024. Education Cabell attended Bishop Hafey High School and earned a Bac ...

(born 1985), American politician *

Nicole Cabell Nicole Cabell (born October 17, 1977) is an American opera singer. She is best known as the 2005 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Cabell was born in Panorama City, California. Her grandfather, Luther Lanier, was the fi ...

(born 1977), American opera singer *

Richard Cabell Richard Cabell (died 5 July 1677), of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, is believed to be the inspiration for the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "the first of his family to be hounded to death w ...

(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 Samuel Jordan Cabell (December 15, 1756August 4, 1818) was an American Revolutionary War officer, planter and Virginia politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates (from 1785 to 1793) and at the Virginia Ratification Convention of 1 ...

(1756–1818), American Revolutionary War officer, planter and politician *

William Cabell (disambiguation) William Cabell may refer to: * William Cabell (physician) (1700–1774), notable figure in 18th century Warminster, Virginia * William Cabell (American Revolution) (1730–1798), Virginia state official during the American Revolution * William H ...

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* Cabell R. Berry (1848–1910), American politician *

Cabell Breckinridge Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (July 14, 1788 – September 1, 1823) was an American lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician in Kentucky. From 1816 to 1819, he represented Fayette County in the Kentucky House of Representatives, and fellow mem ...

(1788–1823), American lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician *

Cab Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the Swing music, swing era. His niche ...

(1907–1994), American jazz singer and bandleader *

W. Cabell Greet William Cabell Greet (28 January 1901, in El Paso, Texas – 19 December 1972, in Santa Barbara, California) was an American philologist and a professor of English. He graduated as valedictorian with a bachelor's degree in 1920 from Sewanee's Un ...

(1901–1972), American philologist and English professor * Cabell Tennis (born 1932), American former Episcopalian Bishop of Delaware

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