Mabel

Mabel Hampton (1902 – 1989) was an American lesbian activist, a dancer during the Harlem Renaissance, and a volunteer for both Black and lesbian/gay organizations. She was a significant contributor to the Lesbian Herstory Archives.

Mabel Mercer (1900 – 1984) was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret. She was a featured performer at Chez Bricktop in Paris, owned by the hostess Bricktop, and performed in such clubs as Le Ruban Bleu, Tony's, the RSVP, the Carlyle, the St. Regis Hotel, and eventually her own room, the Byline Club. Among those who frequently attended Mercer's shows was Frank Sinatra, who made no secret of his emulating her phrasing and story-telling techniques.

Mabel Smith (1924 – 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.

Mabel McVey, known monomynously as Mabel, is an English and Swedish singer and songwriter. She had her breakthrough in 2017 with her single "Finders Keepers" which peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Her debut studio album High Expectations entered the UK Albums Chart at number three and was certified platinum. It included the UK top 10 singles: "Don't Call Me Up", "Mad Love" and "Boyfriend". She won the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist in 2020.

Mabel Windred-Wornes is part of the Australian indie folk duo Charm of Finches, together with her sister Ivy.

Mabel Walker (1902 – 1987), an American-Bahamian suffragist, was the founding president of the Bahamas Union of Teachers and the first woman to head a trade union in The Bahamas. Walker along with Mary Ingraham, Georgianna Symonette, and Eugenia Lockhart started the Women's Suffrage Movement that campaigned for universal adult suffrage. In 2012 on the fiftieth anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, the Bahamian government created a series of postage stamps to honor these women. Walker appeared on a 50 cent stamp.

Mabel Fairbanks (1915 – 2001) was an American figure skater and coach. As an African American and Native American woman she paved the way for other minorities to compete in the sport of figure skating such as Naomi Lang. She was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, as the first person of African American and Native American descent, and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (Chinese: 李彬华; 1896 – 1966) was a Chinese-American women's rights activist and minister who campaigned for women's suffrage in the United States. Later in life, Lee became a Baptist minister, working with the First Chinese Baptist Church in Chinatown.

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Lee received a bachelor's degree and master's degree from Barnard College of Columbia University, and later a doctorate in economics from Columbia University in 1921, becoming the first Chinese woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in economics.

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In the 1910s, Lee became an activist for women's suffrage, and participated in the 1912 New York City women's suffrage parade, where she rode on horseback. Following the eventual passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Lee still was unable to vote due to her status as a Chinese immigrant per the Chinese Exclusion Act. She would not gain the right to vote until at least the passage of the Magnuson Act in 1943.

Mabel Cheung (Chinese: 張婉婷) is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema and is considered one of the three women (along with Ann Hui and Clara Law) who came to achieve acclaim in the New Wave/Second Wave in Hong Kong.

Mabel St Clair Stobart (nee Boulton; 1862 – 1954) was a British suffragist and aid-worker. She created and commanded all-women medical units to serve in the Balkan Wars and the First World War. She became the first woman to achieve the rank of Major in any national army. She was also the author of several books and articles.

Mabel Mora is one of the protagonists of the comedy-mystery show Only Murders In The Building. She is portrayed by Selena Gomez.

Mabel is one of my favorite characters in the Animal Crossing series. Overall, it's a sweet and classic name that fits a female of any age.

Mabel Longhetti, played by Gena Rowlands, is the main protagonist of the movie A Woman Under the Influence.

Mabel-Ocean Mai Gilbert is the daughter of YouTuber Mia Jeal.

Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant US Attorney General in charge of Prohibition from 1921-1929.

On the animated show "Gravity Falls", there is a character named Mabel Pines, the twin sister of Mason "Dipper" Pines.

As far as the children's rhyme goes, the version I heard was:

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Mabel, Mabel, if you're able,
Get your elbows off the table.
This is not a horses' stable
But a high-class place to eat.
(or, "a high-class dining room")

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(This was sung to the tune of "Reuben and Rachel" on the occasion of the commission of that "offense." Personally, I think it's high time we forgot that stupid rule.)

The name of the auntie in "I'm Not Even Going To Try" by David Devant & His Spirit Wife.

Mabel is the daughter of Major General Stanley from Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. She sings the aria, Poor Wand'ring One.

Mabel Pines is one of the main characters in the Disney Channel cartoon, Gravity Falls.

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Mabel Able is a character in the Animal Crossing series series, co-owning the Able Sisters tailor shop.

Alexander Graham Bell's wife was named Mabel. She was deaf since the age of five. A little ironic, considering her husband invented the telephone.

I'm surprised nobody's kids watch this show! It's on Disney. Ask your kids who Mabel from Gravity Falls is.

There's a song called "Mistress Mabel" by the Fratellis.

There is a children's rhyme that goes: "Mabel, Mabel, set the table, just as fast as you are able." When I hear the name I always think of this rhyme.

Bruce Willis recently named his newborn daughter Mabel.

"Mack and Mabel" the name of a musical.

Mabel Simmons is the real name of Madea, Tyler Perry's character in Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion, and Madea Goes to Jail.

Mabel is the main female character in Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta "The Pirates of Penzance" (1879).

Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (born 1968) is the wife of Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau, second son of Queen Beatrix and the late Prince Claus of the Netherlands. She has two daughters, Luana and Zaria.

The cosmetic company Maybelline got its name from the founder's sister Mabel, who he had created the first mascara for.

Mabel was the name of Tolkien's mother.

Mabel Philipson (1 January 1887 - 8 January 1951) was a British actress and politician. She was the third female member to serve in the House of Commons after this became legally possible in 1918, serving Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Mabel Taliaferro (Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro) alias Nell (May 21, 1887 New York, NY - January 24, 1979 Honolulu, HI) was an Italian-American stage and a silent screen actress, known as the Sweetheart of American Movies.

Mabel Normand was a comic actress of the silent screen.