Cecil (surname)

Cecil is a surname of Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brett Cecil (born 1986), Canadian baseball pitcher
• Edward Cecil (born 1972), English landscape gardener
• Chuck Cecil (born 1964), American football player
• Lord David Cecil (1902–1986), British biographer, historian and academic
• Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958), politician, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Malcolm Cecil (born 1937), British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer
• Rex Cecil (1916–1966), American baseball pitcher 1944–1945
• William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley or Lord Burghley (1520–1598), English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I

See also

• Henry Cecil (disambiguation), multiple people
• Marquess of Salisbury, which has a family name of Cecil
• Marquess of Exeter, which has a family name of Cecil