Fabian
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Fabian is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. This was the name given to freed (emancipated) slaves which originally belonged to a Roman family with the family (gens=clan) name Fabius, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in the Roman Empire. It entered the English language with the Normans, but has never achieved the popularity of Fabien in France, Fabio or Fabiano in Italy and Fabián in Spain.
Fabian may refer to these persons:
- Pope Fabian (died 250), saint to whom is dedicated the Chapel of Saints Fabian and Sebastian in Donji Humac on the island of Brač, Dalmatia
- Robert Fabyan (d. 1513), English chronicler
- Fabian Månsson, Swedish Socialist (1872 - 1938),
- Fábián Imre, Hungarian musicologist and composer (in Hungary family names are put in front),
- Fabian (entertainer) (b. 1943), 50's American teen idol,
- Andrew Fabian, (b 1948) British astronomer and astrophysicist.
- Fabian Nicieza, (b. 1961) comic book writer,
- Fabian Núñez, (b.1966) a politician,
- Buff Bagwell, (b. 1970) a professional wrestler who briefly performed as "Fabian",
- Fabian Hasler, (b. 1974) Swiss athlete, winner of Beck Award,
- Fabian Washington, (b. 1983), American Football player who currently plays for the Baltimore Ravens
- Fabian Basabe, socialite
- Fabian Albeker royal member of Guatemala,Template:Fact
- Fabian Wilnis, (b.1970) a footballer,
- Fabian Harlang
- Fabian Akerström
- Fabian Andres Vargas
- Fabian Birkowski
as well as:
- The Fabian strategy of Fabius Maximus, part of military theory,
- Fabian Society, a socialist society in the UK devoted to such a long term strategy,
- Fabian, the Story of a Moralist, a novel by German author Erich Kästner,
- Fabian (film), a 1980 film adaptation of the Kästner novel
- Fabian Cortez, fictional character in Marvel comics,
- Hurricane Fabian, a hurricane which affected Bermuda in 2003,
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