Abel is a surname.
Arts
- Alan Abel (born 1930), American actor
- Alfred Abel (1879-1937), German film actor, director, and producer
- Bernhard, Arnold, and Florian Abel, two sculptors and a painter in the 16th century
- Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), German classical composer
- Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634-1696), German classical composer
- David Abel (1884-1973), American cinematographer
- Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
- Jack Abel (1927–1996), American comic book artist
- Jake Abel (born 1987), American actor
- Jessica Abel (born 1969), American comics writer
- Josef Abel (1768–1818), Austrian painter and etcher
- Josh Abel (born 1985), Icelandic-Canadian musician
- Ludwig Abel (1834-1895), German violinist, composer, and conductor
- Morten Abel (born 1962), Norwegian singer
- Myriam Abel (born 1981), French singer
- Robert Abel (1937–2001), American visual effects artist
- Sam Abell (born 1945), American photographer
- Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand singer-songwriter and environmental activist
- Walter Abel (1898–1987), American actor
Craft
History, medicine, religion, and politics
- Annie Heloise Abel (1873-1947), British historian
- Caspar Abel (1676–1763), German theologian, historian and poet
- Clarke Abel (c.1780-1826), British surgeon and naturalist
- Donald Abel (born 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
- Friedrich Gottfried Abel (1714-1794), German physician and son of Caspar Abel
- Hazel Abel (1888–1966), American politician
- Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel (1824–1854), German historian
- Iorwith Wilbur Abel (1908-1987), American labor leader
- John Abel (Australian politician) (born 1939), Australian politician
- Johnny Abel (1947-1995), Canadian politician
- Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesman
- Sigurd Abel (1837–1873), German historian
- Shlomo Zalman Abel (1857–1886), Lithuanian rabbi
- Thomas Abel (c.1497–1540), English priest
Mathematics, philosophy, science, and technology
Sports
- Bobby Abel (1857–1936), British cricketer
- Bobby Abel (NASCAR driver) (1930-1995), racecar driver
- George Abel (born 1916), Canadian ice hockey player
- Graham Abel (born 1960), English footballer
- Hans-Joachim Abel (1952–), German football (soccer) player
- Mathias Abel (born 1981), German football (soccer) player
- Neil Abel (born 1960), British ice hockey player
- Sid Abel (1918–2000), Canadian hockey player and coach
- Sten Abel (1872-1942), Norwegian Olympic sailor
- Taffy Abel (1900-1964), American ice hockey player
- Thomas Abel (football) (born 1974), Danish football player
- Tom Abel (cricketer), a first class cricketer who played for Surrey and Glamorgan
- William Abel (1887-1934), English cricketer
See also
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