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Abel is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alan Abel (b. 1930), American prankster
• Bernhard Abel and his brothers Arnold Abel and Florian Abel, sculptors and painters in the XVI century
• Bobby Abel (1857–1936), British cricketer of the 1890s and early 1900s.
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), German classical composer
• Caspar Abel (1676–1763), German theologian, historian and poet
• Clarence "Taffy" Abel (1900-1964), American ice hockey player
• Clarke Abel (c.1780-1826) , British surgeon and naturalist
• Donald Abel (1952–), Canadian politician
• Elie Abel (1920-2004), Canadian-American journalist, author and academic
• Elijah Abel (1810-1884), Elder and Seventy in The Latter Day Saint movement
• Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (1827–1902), a chemist who made a special study of explosives.
• Friedrich Gottfried Abel (1714-1794), German physician and son of Caspar Abel
• Hans-Joachim Abel (1952–), German football (soccer) player
• Hazel Abel (1888–1966), American politician
• Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel (1824–1854), German historian
• I. W. Abel (1908–1987), American labor leader
• Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
• Jacob Friedrich von Abel (1751–1829), German philosopher, teacher of Schiller
• Jack Abel (1927–1996), American comic book artist
• Jake Abel (1987–), American actor
• Jessica Abel (1969–), American comics writer
• Johannes Abel (1756–1787), Revolutionary War soldier
• John Abel (c.1578–1675), English master carpenter
• John Jacob Abel (1857–1938), American pharmacologist
• Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian painter and etcher
• Karl Friedrich Abel—variant spelling of Carl Friedrich Abel
• Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesman
• Mathias Abel (1981–), German football (soccer) player
• Morten Abel (1962–), Norwegian singer
• Myriam Abel (1981–), French singer
• Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician
  • The Abel Prize given annually by the King of Norway is named after Niels Henrik Abel
• Othenio Abel (1875–1945), Austrian paleontologist
• Robert Abel (1937–2001), Movie director and visual effects artist
• Sam Abell (1945–), American photographer
• Shlomo Zalman Abel (1857–1886), Rabbi
• Sid Abel (1918–2000), Canadian hockey player and coach
• Sigurd Abel (1837–1873), German historian
• Thomas Abel (c.1497–1540), English priest
• Tom Abel, German astrophysicist
  • Abel crater on the Moon, named for Tom Abel
• Tom Abel (cricketer), A first class cricketer who plyed for Surrey and Glamorgan
• Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (1903–1971), alias Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy
• Walter Abel (1898–1987), American actor

See also

• Abel (disambiguation)
• Abel

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