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: Surname: Charles P. Cabell (1903–1971), United States Air Force, CIA Earle Cabell (1906–1975), politician from Texas Edward Carrington Cabell (1816–1896), politician from Florida Elizabeth Cabell (granddaughter of William Cabell (American Revolution) and mother of Albert Cabell Ritchie) Enos Cabell (born 1949), Major League Baseball player George Cabell (1766–1823), physician from Virginia George Craighead Cabell (1836–1906), United States Congressman from Virginia James Branch Cabell (1879–1958), American author of fantasy fiction James Laurence Cabell (1813–1889), sanitarian Mary Barnes Cabell (1815-1900), freedwoman who owned the land which became Institute, West Virginia Nicole Cabell (born 1977), opera singer Samuel Jordan Cabell (1756–1818), United States Congressman from Virginia William Cabell (disambiguation), one of several people with this name, including: William Cabell Bruce (1860–1946), United States Senator from Maryland and author William Cabell (American Revolution) (1730–1798), a figure in the American Revolution William H. Cabell (1772–1853), Governor of Virginia William Lewis Cabell (1827–1911), Confederate General and Mayor of Dallas William Cabell Rives (1793–1868), American statesman from Virginia Given name: Cabell R. Berry (1848–1910), Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate from 1885 to 1887 John Cabell Breckinridge (1821–1875), 14th Vice President of the United States John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge (1903–1996), American actor Cab Calloway (1907–1994), American jazz singer and bandleader Clement Cabell Dickinson (1849–1938), United States Congressman from Missouri Albert Cabell Ritchie (1876–1936), 49th Governor of Maryland Marion Cabell Tyree, author of the community cookbook called Housekeeping in Old Virginia, which contains the oldest known recipe for sweet ice tea, published in 1879 See also Cabell County, West Virginia Cabell City, Oregon Cabell Publishing The Putnam-Cabell Post Cable (disambiguation) Cabel, a surname References