Campbell (surname)
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Campbell is a Scottish and Northern Irish surname —derived from the Gaelic roots cam ("crooked") and beul ("mouth")—that originated as a nickname meaning "crooked mouth" or "wry mouthed."[1] Clan Campbell, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans, traces its origins to the ancient Britons of Strathclyde.[2] Between 1200 and 1500 the Campbells emerged as one of the most powerful families in Scotland, dominant in Argyll and capable of wielding a wider influence and authority from Edinburgh to the Hebrides and western Highlands.[3]
Today, the name is found throughout the world as a consequence of large scale emigration from Scotland from the 18th century onwards and the settlement of the Scottish diaspora in many countries particularly the United States, Canada and Australia. Due to significant Scottish immigration in the 16th and 17th Centuries, the name is also found across the island of Ireland but particularly in Ulster. Outside of Ulster, Irish occurrences of the name can also derive from the surname Mac Cathmhaoil, from which also descend the surnames MacCawill, McCaul, MacCall, and Caulfield. The Irish pronunciation of Cathmhaoil ("battle chief") coincided with the Scottish pronunciation of Campbell, and the name was anglicised accordingly.[4]
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.[5]
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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
- 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
- Graeme Campbell (politician), Australian politician
- 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 to 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
- Larry Campbell, Canadian politician
- Marsha Campbell, American politician from Missouri
- 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
- Sharon Campbell, British diplomat
- Skip Campbell (1948–2018), American politician
- 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
Sports
- Alec Campbell, English footballer
- Andrew Campbell (outfielder) (born 1992), Australian professional baseball player
- Andy Campbell, English footballer
- Bill Campbell (baseball player), American baseball pitcher
- Brian Campbell, Canadian former ice hockey player
- Calais Campbell, American football player
- Cassie Campbell, Canadian former ice hockey player
- Chad Campbell, American golfer
- Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey executive
- Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- Dante Campbell, Canadian soccer player
- DJ Campbell, English footballer
- Darren Campbell, English sprint athlete and Olympian
- Dave Campbell, baseball announcer and former player
- Dean Campbell, Scottish footballer
- Don Campbell, Canadian retired ice hockey player
- Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer
- Earl Campbell, American football player
- Edward Fitzhardinge Campbell, Irish rugby international
- Elden Campbell, American basketball player
- Eric Campbell, American baseball player
- Fraizer Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- Fred Campbell, English footballer
- Gene Campbell, American ice hockey player
- Georgia Campbell, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 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, American football player
- Jean Campbell, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Jeannette Campbell, Argentine swimmer
- Jerry Campbell, American-Canadian football player
- Jim Campbell (baseball executive), American 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
- LeRoy Campbell, American football player
- Louis Campbell, American basketball player
- Malcolm Campbell, British holder of world land and water speed records
- Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
- Michael Campbell, Jamaican track and field sprinter
- Mike Campbell (first baseman), Irish-American baseball player
- Mike Campbell (pitcher), American baseball pitcher
- Natalie Campbell (after marriage Thurlow), New Zealand curler
- Nate Campbell, current WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight boxing champion
- Parris Campbell, American football player
- 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
- Shannon Campbell, Australian rules footballer
- Sol Campbell, English footballer (soccer player)
- Tara Campbell, Canadian water polo player
- Terran Campbell, Canadian soccer player
- Terry Campbell, Canadian-born German ice hockey player
- Tevaughn Campbell, American football player
- Tilden Campbell, American college sports coach
- Tyger Campbell (born 2000), American basketball player
- Tyson Campbell (born 2000), American football player
- Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
- William C. Campbell, American amateur golfer and former USGA president
Television, film, and stage
- 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
- Evelyn Campbell (actress) (1868 – ?), British-born American stage 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
- Maurice S. Campbell, American silent film 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 (1931–1987), Scottish folk singer
- Ali Campbell, singer-songwriter of the English reggae band UB40
- Ashley Campbell (born 1986), American musician; daughter of Glen Campbell
- Beck (born Bek Campbell), American musician
- Brun Campbell (1884–1952), American ragtime composer and pianist
- Cecil Bustamente Campbell, better known as Prince Buster (1938–2016), musician from Kingston, Jamaica
- Chris Campbell, American artist
- Christine Campbell (born 1938), British Soprano
- Darius Campbell, Scottish singer, songwriter
- Eddie Campbell, Scottish graphic novelist, artist
- Eddie C. Campbell (1939–2018), American musician and singer
- Felicity Campbell (artist), English artist
- Glen Campbell (1936–2017), American country artist and actor
- Glenn Ross Campbell, rock guitarist
- Grace Campbell (1895–1963), Canadian writer
- Hazel Campbell (1940–2018), Jamaican writer
- Helen Stuart Campbell (1839–1918; pseudonym, "Helen Wheaton"), American author, editor, social reformer, home economist
- Isobel Campbell, Scottish musician
- J. Scott Campbell, comic book artist
- Jimmy Campbell (1944–2007), singer-songwriter from Liverpool
- John Francis Campbell, (1822–1885) Celtic scholar
- John W. Campbell (1910–1971), American editor of science fiction magazine Astounding Stories
- Joe Campbell, singer-songwriter and producer of The Time Frequency
- Julia Campbell (1967–2007), American journalist
- Ken Campbell (1941–2008), British writer, actor, director and comedian
- Kurtis Campbell, British DJ
- Liza Campbell (born 1959), Scottish artist, calligrapher, columnist and writer
- Lorne Campbell Scottish art historian
- Nellie Campobello (originally spelled Campbell), (1900–1986), Mexican writer
- Nina Campbell, English interior designer
- Phil Campbell, guitarist of the heavy metal band Motörhead
- Ramsey Campbell, British horror writer
- Reginald Campbell (1894–1950), British writer
- Rosemary Campbell (born 1944), New Zealand painter
- Roy Campbell Jr. (1952–2014), American jazz musician
- Roy Campbell (1901–1957), South African poet and critic
- Sidney S. Campbell (1909–1974), English organist
- Sophie Campbell, American comic book creator
- Steve Campbell (1953–2007), British artist
- Tevin Campbell, American music artist
- Tina Campbell (born 1974), American musician and singer
- Thomas Campbell (1777–1844), Scottish poet
- V. Floyd Campbell (1873–1906), American illustrator
- Vivian Campbell, Northern Irish rock guitarist
Science and education
- Alfred Walter Campbell (1868–1937), English neuroanatomic scientist
- Archibald George Campbell (1880–1954), Australian ornithologist
- Archibald James Campbell (1853–1929), Australian ornithologist
- Betty Campbell (1934–2017), 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
- Eila Campbell (1915–1994), English geographer
- 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
- Jacquelyn Campbell (born 1946), American nurse
- Jane Maud Campbell (1869 – 1947), American librarian and social reformer
- 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
- John Maurice Hardman Campbell (1891–1973), British physician and medical journal editor
- 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 HMS Plumper 1857–1861 and the namesake of the city Campbell River, British Columbia and of Campbell Island
- Sabine Hyland (née Campbell), American anthropologist
- T. Colin Campbell (1934), American biochemist
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, (c. 1723 – 1792) Colonial American innkeeper
- Ernest T. Campbell, American Presbyterian clergyman
- Ffyona Campbell, British woman who was the first woman to walk around the world
- Maria Campbell, Native American author of Canadian descent
- Minnie Campbell (1862–1952), Canadian clubwoman, lecturer, and editor
- Patrick Campbell (INLA member)
- Pete Campbell, fictional character
- Reginald John Campbell, British cleric and theologian
- Ralph E. Campbell (1867–1921), American attorney born in Pennsylvania, earned an LLB. from University of Kansas Law School and who became notable in Indian Territory and its successor, the state of Oklahoma, appointed as federal judge (1907–1918)
- Simone Campbell (born 1945), feminist nun
- Thomas Lopton Campbell Jr., 19th-century American pioneer and Texas Ranger
- Todd J. Campbell (1956–2021), American judge
- Will D. Campbell (1924–2013), American Baptist minister, activist, writer, and lecturer
- William Durant Campbell, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1939
- Matthew Charles Campbell (born 1973), American attorney born in Worcester, Massachusetts
See also
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