Campbell (surname)

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.

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

• Clan Campbell
• Colin Campbell