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 Ancient Rome, Roman family named ''Fabia gens, Fabius'', that derived from the Latin ...
, including a list of people with the given name or surname
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Pope Fabian
Pope Fabian () was the bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 until his death on 20 January 250, succeeding Pope Anterus, Anterus. A Doves as symbols, dove is said to have descended on his head to mark him as the Holy Spirit in Christianity, Holy Sp ...
(died 250), Catholic saint
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Fabian Forte (born 1943), 1950s American teen idol, singer and actor, known by the mononym Fabian
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Fabian Monge (born 2001), Australian footballer
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Fabian (footballer), 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
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including ''Emil and the Detectives'' and '' Lisa an ...
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''Fabian'' (film), a 1980 adaptation of Kästner's novel
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Fabian – Going to the Dogs'', a 2021 film adaptation of Kästner's novel
Characters
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Fabian Cortez, a Marvel Comics villain, enemy of the X-Men
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Fabian Prewett in the Harry Potter universe, maternal uncle to Ron Weasley
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Fabian Rutter, from the Nickelodeon television show ''House of Anubis''
* Robert Fabian, protagonist of ''
Fabian of the Yard'', a British 1950s television series
* Fabian, in Shakespeare's play ''
Twelfth Night''
* Fabian, a cat in the cartoon series ''
Boonie Bears''
Other uses
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Fabian (grape), another name for the wine grape Chasselas
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Fabian Society
The Fabian Society () is a History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom, British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in ...
, a socialist society in the UK
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Tropical Storm Fabian, 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 attrition warfare, war of attrition and indirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side emplo ...
, a military strategy
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Fabiani, a surname
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