Campbell (surname)
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Campbell is primarily a Scottish surname of Gaelic origins.
In Scotland, the name itself derives from two Scottish Gaelic words. "Cam" and "Béal" meaning "Crooked mouth" or "wry-mouthed", originally a nickname which over time became used as a surname.[2]
Campbell is the third most common surname in Northern Ireland, fourth most common in Jamaica, seventh most common in Scotland, 12th most common in Canada, 18th most common in Australia, 41st most common in the United States and 65th most common in England.[1]
The most common Irish derivation is from the surname Mac Cathmhaoil. Descendants of a famous war-leader named Cathmhaoil took the surname, and was often pronounced as "Cammle". This coincidentally was the same pronunciation as the Scottish surname "Campbell". From this Irish surname, a number of derivations were arrived including MacCawill, McCaul, MacCall, Caulfield, and of course Campbell.[3]
Notable persons named Campbell
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Military and politics
- Aileen Campbell, SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydesdale and Minister for Local Government and Planning
- Alastair Campbell, British political editor and spokesman
- Albert Ralph Campbell, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Colonel Alexander Campbell of Possil, Scottish soldier
- Andrew J. Campbell, American politician
- General Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill, Scottish Soldier
- General Sir James Campbell of Inverneill, Scottish Soldier
- Bill Campbell (California politician), American politician
- Bruce Campbell (Alberta politician), Edmonton city alderman 1986—1995
- Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, British soldier
- Colin Campbell (Scottish politician), SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland
- Daniel J. Campbell, American Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient
- Epsy Campbell Barr, Presidential Candidate in Costa Rica
- Eugene P. Campbell, Louisiana sheriff
- Frank Campbell, NYS Comptroller 1892-1893
- Francis Eastwood Campbell, Major, 1823-1911, 2nd Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Col. Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil, Scottish soldier
- General George Carter-Campbell, Scottish soldier
- Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician), Premier of British Columbia
- Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet (1786–1849), British Army officer of the Napoleonic era
- Harvey Campbell (politician), American politician
- Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister
- Jack M. Campbell, Governor of New Mexico
- James V. Campbell (1823–1890) was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1858-1890.
- James W. Campbell, former member of Maryland House of Delegates
- Jane L. Campbell, first female mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- John Campbell (of Strachur), well-known Commander-in-Chief
- John B. T. Campbell III, American politician
- Kim Campbell, first female Prime Minister of Canada
- Kim Campbell (pilot), US Air Force A-10 pilot
- Menzies Campbell, former British Liberal Democrat leader
- Merritt L. Campbell (1864-1915), American politician
- Nan Campbell (1926−2013), American politician
- Samuel Campbell (American politician), Congressional Representative from New York
- Tunis Campbell (1812–1891), African-American politician in Reconstruction Georgia
- 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
- Larry Campbell, Mayor of Vancouver BC
Sports
- Alec Campbell, English footballer
- Andy Campbell, English footballer
- Bill Campbell (baseball player), relief pitcher
- Brian Campbell, Canadian hockey player
- Cassie Campbell, Canadian former ice hockey player
- Chad Campbell, American Professional Golfer
- Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League
- Colin Campbell (ice hockey executive), National Hockey League player and current NHL executive
- DJ Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- Darren Campbell, English sprint athlete and Olympian
- Dave Campbell, baseball announcer and former player
- Don Campbell, retired Canadian ice hockey player
- Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer
- Earl Campbell, NFL running back
- Edward Fitzhardinge Campbell, Irish rugby international
- Elden Campbell, NBA player
- Eric Campbell, American baseball player
- Fraizer Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- Gene Campbell (1932–2013), American ice hockey player
- Greg Campbell (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Harvey Campbell (football player), Canadian football player
- Hugh Campbell (baseball), Irish baseball player
- J. Campbell, English footballer
- Jason Campbell, NFL quarterback
- Jeannette Campbell (1916–2003), Argentine swimmer
- Jim Campbell (baseball executive), baseball executive
- Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
- Julia Campbell (footballer), New Zealand women's international football player
- Kevin Campbell (footballer), English footballer
- Kieran Campbell, Irish scumhalf
- Malcolm Campbell, British holder of world land and water speed records
- Michael Campbell (born 1969), New Zealand golfer
- Michael Campbell (born 1978), Jamaican track and field sprinter
- Mike Campbell (first baseman), 19th century Irish baseball player
- Mike Campbell (pitcher), 20th century baseball player
- Nate Campbell, current WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight boxing champion
- Preston Campbell, Australian rugby league player
- Randy Campbell,(Quarterback) Auburn University
- Ryan Campbell, Australian cricketer
- Selvin Campbell, birth name of boxer Lefty Satan Flynn
- Sherwin Campbell, Barbadian cricketer
- Sol Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- Tara Campbell, Canadian water polo player
- Terry Campbell, Canadian-born German ice hockey player
- Tilden Campbell (1908–1963), American college sports coach
- Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
- William C. Campbell (1923–2013), amateur golfer and former USGA president
Television and film
- Bruce Campbell, American actor of Scottish descent
- Carol Campbell (actress), German actress
- Christian Campbell, Canadian actor and brother of Neve Campbell
- Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
- Danielle Campbell, American actress
- Graeme Campbell, Canadian film director
- John Campbell (broadcaster), New Zealand current events television presenter on "Campbell Live"
- Julia Campbell, American actress
- Ken Hudson Campbell, American actor
- Martin Campbell, New Zealand director
- Naomi Campbell (born 1970), British 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
- Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress
- Tim Campbell (actor), ex-Home and Away star and host of Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune
- Vernon Campbell, American actor
- William Campbell (film actor), American actor
Music, art, and literature
- Alex Campbell, Scottish folk singer
- Ali Campbell, singer-songwriter of the reggae band UB40
- Beck (born Bek Campbell), musician
- Brun Campbell, ragtime composer and pianist
- Cecil Bustamente Campbell, better known as Prince Buster, musician from Kingston, Jamaica
- Chris Campbell, artist
- Eddie Campbell, graphic novelist, artist
- Erica Campbell (born 1972), American musician and singer
- Glen Campbell, country music artist
- Glenn Ross Campbell, rock guitarist
- Isobel Campbell, musician
- J. Scott Campbell, comic book artist
- Jimmy Campbell (musician), singer-songwriter from Liverpool
- John Francis Campbell, (1822–1885) Celtic scholar
- John W. Campbell, editor of science fiction magazine Astounding Stories
- Jon Campbell (producer), singer-songwriter and producer of The Time Frequency
- Julia Campbell (journalist), American journalist
- Ken Campbell, (1941–2008), British writer, actor, director and comedian
- Kurtis Campbell, British DJ
- Lorne Campbell Scottish art historian
- Michael Campbell, ex-singer for Canadian punk band Polictically Incorrect
- Nellie Campobello (originally spelled Campbell), (1900-1986) Mexican writer
- Nina Campbell, interior designer
- Phil Campbell (musician), guitarist of the heavy metal band Motörhead
- Ramsey Campbell, British horror writer
- Reginald Campbell, British writer
- Roy Campbell, Jr. (1952–2014), American jazz musician
- Roy Campbell (poet), South African poet and critic
- Steve Campbell (artist), British artist
- Tevin Campbell, music artist
- Tina Campbell (born 1974), American musician and singer
- Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet
- Vivian Campbell, Northern Irish rock guitarist
Science and education
- Archibald George Campbell (1880–1954), Australian ornithologist
- Archibald James Campbell (1853–1929), Australian ornithologist
- Charlotte C. Campbell (1914–1993), American medical mycologist
- 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
- Ian McDonald Campbell, engineer
- Jonathan A. Campbell, American herpetologist
- John Edward Campbell, mathematician known for the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff
- John Francis Campbell, Celtic scholar
- Joseph Campbell, mythologist
- Lyle Campbell, linguist
- 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
- Norman Robert Campbell, English physicist and measuremental theorist
- Reginald Campbell Thompson, British archaeologist
- Samuel Campbell (doctor), ship's surgeon on board the HMS Plummper 1857-1861 and the namesake of the city Campbell River, British Columbia and of Campbell Island
Other
- Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway (1917–2013), British judge, barrister and writer
- Alexander Campbell, American religious figure and a leader of the Restoration Movement
- Ann-Marie Campbell, Jamaican-American business executive
- Charles Rodman Campbell Convicted murderer hanged in Washington state in 1994
- Christiana Burdett Campbell, (ca. 1723–1792) Colonial American innkeeper
- Erica Campbell, former American glamour model and actress
- Ffyona Campbell, British woman who was the first woman to walk around the world
- Maria Campbell, Native American author of Canadian descent
- Patrick Campbell (INLA member)
- Pete Campbell, fictional character
- Reginald John Campbell, British cleric and theologian
- Simone Campbell (born 1945), feminist nun
- Thomas Lopton Campbell Jr., 19th century American pioneer and Texas Ranger
- Will D. Campbell (1924–2013), American Baptist minister, activist, writer, and lecturer
- William D. Campbell, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1939
See also
References
- ^ a b "Campbell Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ^ Partick Woulfe (March 2010). Irish Names and Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-0381-9. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ Alastair Campbell (September 2000). A history of Clan Campbell. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-902930-17-6. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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