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