List of Famous people named Cecil

Similar names: Cecilia, Cecile, Cicely, Cecily, Cecilie, Cecelia, Cecilio, Caecilia, Cecila, Cecille, Ceciel, Cicily, Cecylia. Here are some famous Cecils:

Cecil John Rhodes

First Name Cecil
Last Name Rhodes
Born on July 5, 1853
Died on March 26, 1902 (aged 48)

Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate, and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890-96. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which the company named after him in 1895. South Africa's Rhodes University is also named after him. Rhodes set up the provisions of the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate. He also put much effort towards his vision of a Cape to Cairo Railway through British territory.

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Cecil Chubb

First Name Cecil
Last Name Chubb
Born on April 14, 1876
Died on September 22, 1934 (aged 58)

Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, 1st Baronet, was the last private owner of Stonehenge prehistoric monument, Wiltshire, which he donated to the British government in 1918.

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Cecil B. DeMille

First Name Cecil
Last Name DeMille
Born on August 12, 1881
Died on January 21, 1959 (aged 77)

Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and producer. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship. His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants.

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Cecil Parkinson

First Name Cecil
Last Name Parkinson
Born on September 1, 1931
Died on January 22, 2016 (aged 84)

Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, was a British Conservative politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in May 1979. He successfully managed the Conservative Party's 1983 election campaign, and was rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, but was forced to resign after revelations that his former secretary, Sara Keays, was pregnant with his child, whom she later bore and named Flora Keays.

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Cecil Taylor

Cecil Percival Taylor
First Name Cecil
Last Name Taylor
Born on March 25, 1929
Died on April 5, 2018 (aged 89)

Cecil Percival Taylor was an American pianist and poet.

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Cecil Day-Lewis

First Name Cecil
Last Name Day-Lewis
Born on April 27, 1904
Died on May 22, 1972 (aged 68)
Born in Ireland, Leinster

Cecil Day-Lewis, often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake.

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Cecil Fielder

First Name Cecil
Last Name Fielder
Born on September 21, 1963 (age 60)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Cecil Grant Fielder is a former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). Fielder was a power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays (1985–88), in Japan's Central League for the Hanshin Tigers (1989), and then in MLB for the Detroit Tigers (1990–96), New York Yankees (1996–97), Anaheim Angels in 1998, and Cleveland Indians in 1998. With the Yankees, he won the 1996 World Series over the Atlanta Braves. In 1990, he became the first player to reach the 50–home run mark since George Foster hit 52 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1977 and the first American League player to do so since Roger Maris famously hit 61 in 1961.

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Cecil Newton

Cecil Newton Jr. is a former American football center. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Tennessee State. He is the son of Cecil Newton Sr. and older brother of Cam Newton.

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Cecil Thiré

Cecil Aldary Portocarrero Thiré
First Name Cecil
Last Name Thiré
Born on May 28, 1943
Died on October 9, 2020 (aged 77)

Cecil Aldary Portocarrero Thiré was a Brazilian television, film and stage actor, and director.

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Cecil D. Haney

First Name Cecil
Last Name Haney
Born on December 1, 1955 (age 68)

Cecil Eugene Diggs Haney is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as Commander, United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) from November 15, 2013 to November 3, 2016. Prior to STRATCOM, he served as Commander, United States Pacific Fleet. He received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.

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