Abel (given name)

People

• Saint Abel, a saint of the Syrian church
• Abel, Lord of Langeland, Lord of Langeland
• Abel of Reims, saint, archbishop of Reims and abbot of Lobbes
• Abel of Denmark, a Danish monarch
• Abel of Tacla Haimonot, a monk and saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
• Abel Aguilar, Colombian association football player
• Abel Antón, Spanish long-distance runner
• Abel Balbo, Argentine association football player
• Abel Braga, Brazilian association football manager
• Abel Briones Ruiz, Mexican businessman and suspected drug lord.
• Abel Chimukoko, Zimbabwean long-distance runner
• Abel Douay, French military
• Abel Ferrara, American film director
• Abel Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• Abel Hernandez, Uruguayan association football player
• Abel Kirui, Kenyan long-distance runner
• Abel Gance, French film director, producer, writer and actor
• Abel Gómez Moreno, Spanish association football player
• Abel Goumba, Central African politician
• Abel Laudonio, Argentinian boxer
• Abel Lefranc, French literary historian
• Abel Makashvili, Georgian prince and soldier
• Abel Maldonado, American politician
• Abel Mutai, Kenyan long-distance runner
• Abel Muzorewa, Rhodesian/Zimbabwean politician/bishop
• Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor, French photographic inventor
• Abel Pacheco, former president of Costa Rica
• Abel Pavet de Courteille, French linguist
• Abel Pintos, is an Argentinian singer-songwriter
• Abel Resino, Spanish association football manager and former goalkeeper
• Abel Salazar , Portuguese physician and artist
• Abel Salazar , Mexican actor, director and producer
• Abel Seyler, Swiss banker and theatre principal
• Abel Stearns, trader and great landowner in California
• Abel Talamantez, Mexican American singer
• Abel Tapia, American senator of the Colorado General Assembly
• Abel Tasman, Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant
• Abel Tesfaye, Canadian musician better known as The Weeknd
• Abel Trujillo, American mixed martial artist
• Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of State
• Abel Wolman, American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering
• Abel Xavier, former Portuguese professional association football player

  Fictional characters

• Abel Magwitch, a leading character in the novel Great Expectatations by Charles Dickens
• Abel Rosnovoski, lead character in the novel Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey Archer
• Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel Green Mansions
• Abel Nightroad, in the anime Trinity Blood
• Abel, a host of horror comic anthologies
• Abel, Mabel's brother in the 1976–2000 comic strip Motley's Crew
• Abel Teller, the son of Jax Teller in the FX series Sons of Anarchy
• Abel, in the Battle Arena Toshinden video game series
• Abel, in the video game Street Fighter IV
• Abel, in the video game
• Abel, a playable character in the video game series Fire Emblem