Campbell is primarily a Scottish surname of Gaelic origins.
In Scotland, the name itself derives from two Scottish Gaelic words. "Cam" (crooked) and "Beul" (mouth) meaning "Crooked mouth" or "wry-mouthed", originally a nickname which over time became used as a surname.
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.
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.
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
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
Keith Campbell (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
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
Betty Campbell (born 1934), Welsh head teacher
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
Jean Helen St. Clair Campbell
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
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
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