Namesakes
Cecil Rhodes
(m) 1853-1902 
Notable Businesspeople
Cecil B. DeMille
(m) 1881-1959
Notable Filmmakers
Cecil Healy
(m) 1881-1918
Olympic Medalists 1912 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver/gold)
Burton Downing
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1885-1929
Olympic Medalists 1904 cycling - track (bronze/gold/silver)
Cecil Kellaway
(m) 1890-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cecil McMaster
(m) 1895-1981
Olympic Medalists 1924 10 km walk (bronze)
John Gilbert
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1897-1936
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cecil "Babe" Dye
(m) 1898-1962
Hall-of-Famers 1970 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Cecil Griffiths
(m) 1900-1945
Olympic Medalists 1920 4x400 m relay (gold)
Cecil "Tiny" Thompson
(m) 1903-1981
Hall-of-Famers 1959 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Cecil Frank Powell
(m) 1903-1969
Nobel Prize Winners 1950 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Alwyn Kurts
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1915-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Douglass North
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1920-2015
Nobel Prize Winners 1993 (economics)
Freddie Bartholomew
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1924-1992
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tony Richardson
(a.k.a. Cecil) (m) 1928-1991
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 1964 Tom Jones (director)
Cecil Taylor
(m) 1929-2018
Notable Musicians
William C. Campbell
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1930-
Nobel Prize Winners 2015 (medicine)
Carl Cain
(middle name Cecil) (m) 1934-2024
Olympic Medalists 1956 basketball (gold)
Cecil Colby
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1981; 2017 Dynasty