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Revision as of 17:57, 15 October 2007
- This article is about the surname Campbell. For other uses, see Campbell.
Campbell is a Gaelic surname of two separate origins. One comes from the family name of a Scottish clan. A separate surname of Irish origins come from the Irish Mac Cathmhaoil meaning son of the battle chieftain.
Within the United States, it is ranked as the 46th-most common surname.[1]
Notable persons named Campbell
Military and Politics
- Aileen Campbell, member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alastair Campbell, British political editor and spokesman
- Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician
- Archibald Campbell, British army officer and administrator of the New Brunswick colony
- Bill Campbell, American politician
- Colin Campbell, Lieutenant General Sir, soldier of the Napoleonic Wars and governor of Nova Scotia and Ceylon
- Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, a British soldier
- Colin Campbell (Scottish politician), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Several people named George Campbell
- Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
- Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, Prime Minister
- Jane L. Campbell, the first female mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- John Campbell (of Strachur), well-known Commander-in-Chief
- John Campbell,Provest of Inveraray, Argyll 1958-1964.
- John B. T. Campbell III, American politician
- Kim Campbell, first female Prime Minister of Canada
- Menzies Campbell, former British Liberal Democrat leader
- Tom Campbell, American politician
- William Campbell (general), militia leader at the Battle of King's Mountain and at the Battle of Guilford Court House
- William B. Campbell, governor of Tennessee
Sports
- Bill Campbell (baseball player), former relief pitcher
- Cassie Campbell, Canadian former ice hockey player
- Clarence Campbell, former president of the National Hockey League
- Colin Campbell (ice hockey), former National Hockey League player and current NHL executive
- Dave Campbell, baseball announcer and former player
- Donald Campbell, Sir Malcolm's son
- Earl Campbell, former NFL running back
- Elden Campbell, former NBA player
- Hugh Campbell, Irish baseball player
- Jim Campbell, baseball executive
- Kevin Campbell (footballer), English footballer
- Malcolm Campbell, British holder of world land and water speed records
- Michael Campbell, professional golf player, 2005 U.S. Open Champion
- Mike Campbell (baseball), 19th century Irish baseball player
- Mike Campbell (baseball player), 20th century baseball player
- Preston Campbell, Australian rugby league player
- Sol Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- DJ Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- William C. Campbell, amateur golfer and former USGA president
- Brian Campbell, Sabres hockey player
Television and film
- Bruce Campbell, American actor of Scottish descent
- Campbell Brown, NBC-TV news announcer in the 2000s
- Carol Campbell, German actress
- John Campbell (broadcaster), New Zealand Current Events television presenter on "Campbell Live"
- Naomi Campbell, supermodel, actress and singer
- Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
- Nicky Campbell, critical Scottish TV journalist and presenter
- Norman Campbell, Canadian composer, director and Officer of the Order of Canada
- Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy, Irish-born British journalist, humorist and television personality
- Ryan Campbell, extra in Rambo III
- Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress
- Vernon Campbell, American actor
- William Campbell (film actor), American actor
Music, art, and literature
- Alex Campbell, Scottish folk singer
- Eddie Campbell, Graphic Novelist, Artist
- Glen Campbell, country music artist
- Glenn Ross Campbell, rock guitarist
- Graeme Campbell, musician
- Ian Campbell (vocalist), quebec's extreme-metal act: Descend into nothingness
- Isobel Campbell, musician
- J. Scott Campbell, comic book artist
- Jimmy Campbell (musician), singer-songwriter from Liverpool
- Jimmy Campbell (author), author of the "Tower Above All" books
- John W. Campbell, editor of science fiction magazine Astounding Stories
- Joseph Campbell, mythologist
- Phil Campbell (musician), guitarist of the heavy metal band Motörhead
- Ramsey Campbell, British horror writer
- Reginald Campbell, British writer
- Roy Campbell (musician), jazz trumpeter
- Roy Campbell (poet), South African poet and critic
- Tevin Campbell music artist
- Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet
- Beck (born Bek Campbell), musician
- Steve Campbell (artist), New Glasgow Boy
Science and education
- Archibald George Campbell (1880-1954), Australian ornithologist
- Archibald James Campbell (1853-1929), Australian ornithologist
- Colen Campbell, Scottish neo-Palladian architect
- Colin Campbell (geologist), oil industry analyst
- Colin Campbell (academic), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham
- Donald T. Campbell, American professor of psychology and education
- George Ashley Campbell, American pioneer in the theory of electronic filters
- George Campbell Jr., President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- John Francis Campbell, Celtic scholar
- Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean of Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
- Murray Campbell, computer scientist
- Neil Campbell (scientist), American Scientist and Textbook Author
- Reginald Campbell Thompson, British archaeologist
- John Edward Campbell, mathematician known for the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff
Other
- Alexander Campbell, American religious figure and a leader of the Restoration Movement
- Ffyona Campbell, British woman who was the first woman to walk around the world
- Patrick Campbell (INLA member)
- William D. Campbell, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1939
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995; <http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last>