Cecil (given name)

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Cecil is a given name, usually male. Notable people with the name include:

Male

Cecil Banes-Walker (1888–1915), English first-class cricketer

Cecil A. Beasley (1876-1959), American lawyer and politician

Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), English photographer and Academy Award-winner

Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (1887–1983), British thoroughbred racehorse trainer

Cecil Brooks III (born 1961), American jazz drummer

Cecil Clarke (born 1968), Canadian Legislative Assemblyman

Cec Cooper (born 1926), Australian retired professional rugby league player and coach

Cecil Cooper (born 1949), American baseball player and manager

Cecil Cooper (bishop) (1882-1964), fourth Bishop in Korea from 1931 until 1954

Cecil Cooper (priest) (1871-1942), British priest and Dean of Carlisle from 1933 to 1938

Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), Irish poet and the British Poet Laureate

Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959), American film director and film producer

Cecil Dolecheck (born 1951), Iowa State Representative from the 96th District

Cecil Fielder (born 1963), American baseball player

Cecil Grigg (1891–1968), American football player

Cecil Heftel (1924–2010), American politician in Hawaii

Cecil Humphery-Smith (born 1928), British genealogist and heraldist

Cecil Leonard (born 1946), American football player

Cecil Mamiit (born 1977), American tennis player representing the Philippines

Cecil McBee (born 1935), American post bop jazz bassist

Cecil Mountford (1919–2009), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach

Cecil Parker (1897–1971), English character and comedy actor

Cecil Parkinson (born 1931), British politician

Cecil Potter (born 1888), former professional manager

Cecil Frank Powell (1903–1969), British physicist and Nobel laureate

Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player

Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British imperialist and businessman

Cecil Saint-Laurent, the nom de plume of Jacques Laurent

Cecil Sandford (born 1928), British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

Cecil Sandford (footballer) (1874-1946), Australian rules footballer

Cecil Spring Rice (1859–1918), British diplomat and Ambassador to United States 1912–1918

Cecil Taylor (born 1929), American pianist and poet

Cecil Taylor (playwright) (1929-1981), Scottish playwright

Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949), British missionary and educationalist, working in Kashmir

Cecil Waidyaratne (1938-2001), 12th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army

Cecil Williamson (1909–1999), influential English Neopagan Witch

Cecil Charles Worster-Drought (1888–1971), English physician

Female

Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), Irish hymnist

Cecil Arden (1894–1989), American opera singer (mezzo-soprano/contralto)

Cecil Bødker (born 1927), Danish writer

Cecil Cunningham (1888–1959), American film and stage actress

Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977), British historian and biographer

Cecil Castellucci (born 1969), American writer and musician

Fictional characters

Cecil, main character in the Welcome to Night Vale podcast

Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy), main character of Square's Final Fantasy IV video game

Cecil Adams, an author pseudonym in The Straight Dope newspaper column

Cecil Vyse, character in E. M. Forster's novel A Room with a View

Cecil Aijima, one of the main characters in the anime series Uta no Prince-sama

Cecil Fredricks, the villain in Night at the Museum

Cecil, an alien in Claudio Sanchez's Amory Wars

Others

Cecil, a lion that had lived in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, until being killed by a hunter in 2015

References

Cecil (given name) Wikipedia

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