# Stabler (surname)

Stabler is a surname from several European languages. Most common among these are the English occupational surname for one who keeps livestock, from Middle English stabler, or a variant of the German occupational surname Stäbler (also Staebler or Stebler) meaning an official who carries a staff of office.
The name may refer to:

## People

* Alexa Stabler-Adams, sports agent and daughter of Ken Stabler
* Arthur Fletcher Stabler, mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1983
* Brian Stabler, parish administrator, St George's Church, Kendal
* Bryan Stabler, financial controller of Reading Football Club
* Carl Stabler, former manager and chairman of the Wick Football Club
* Daniel Stabler, pseudonym of German expressionist poet, critic and writer Ernst Blass (1890–1939)
* David Stabler, pseudonym of American author Robert Schnakenberg
* David Stabler, music critic for The Oregonian and 2003 Pulitzer Prize finalist for feature writing
* Donald B. Stabler (1908–1997), founder of Stabler Companies, philanthropist, and Lehigh University trustee; see Stabler Arena
* Edward Stabler, mayor of York, England, 1779–1780
* Edward Stabler, founder and proprietor of the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop
* Edward Stabler (1794–1883), engraver of seals for the United States Senate and other federal agencies; postmaster of Sandy Spring, MD
* Edward Stabler, Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles
* Edward Stabler Field, step-brother of Hamilton Easter Field
* George Stabler and Elizabeth E. Stabler, former owners of the 1830 Reynolds' Cottages in Sydney, Australia
* Griffin M. Stabler, American businessman with Carpenter Steel Company and Whitney Brothers
* Harold Stabler (1872–1945), English designer and craftsman
* Harry P. Stabler, State Assembly member representing California's 13th district, 1891–1893
* Helen Byrd Stabler (1927-1974), daughter of explorer Richard E. Byrd
* Isabella Stabler, wife of English professional footballer Ted Widdowfield
* James P. Stabler (1796–1840), chief engineer for two of the earliest US railroads
* Jane Stabler, English literary scholar and author, and 2003 winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
* Jane Stabler, Scottish actress in The Acid House
* Jason Stabler, Superintendent of Bureau Valley High School, Manlius, Illinois
* John Stabler, U.S. State Department emissary to Colombia 1927–1928; involved in the unsuccessful Barco oil concession negotiations
* John G. Stabler (1871–1940), Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 1935–1940
* Josephine Stabler, British engineer and 2019 recipient of the Safety and Wellbeing Award from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
* Katie Stabler, early explorer of Wind Cave in South Dakota
* Ken Stabler (1945–2015), American football player
* Kirk B. Stabler, 18th Commander of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
* Lisa Stabler, American businesswoman, president of Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
* Lonnie Stabler (1945-2013), mayor of Bryan, TX, 1995-2001
* Meghan Stabler, first openly transgender woman to receive the Working Mother of the Year award from Working Mother magazine, 2014
* Oscar Richard Stabler, convicted member of the Duquesne Spy Ring
* Paul R. Stabler, Georgia politician
* Phoebe Stabler (1879–1955), English artist
* Robert W. Stabler, Hollywood-based movie and television producer for Back from the Dead and others
* Rose Stabler, American actress in Future Zone
* Sam Stabler, former captain and 2021 coach of the Chess Valley Rugby Football Club
* Sam Stabler, 3000m bronze medalist at the 2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships
* Samuel Stabler, mayor of Williamsport, PA, 1911–1916
* Simon Stabler, member of the Destructors, 2006-2008
* Stan Stabler, secretary, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, 2016–2017
* Steve Stabler, co-founder of Motion Picture Corporation of America, co-president of Orion Pictures, co-founder of Destination Films
* Sydney Martyn Stabler, British diplomat, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1947
* Tanya Stabler Miller, medieval historian and author of The Beguines of Medieval Paris: Gender, Patronage, and Spiritual Authority and other works
* Tim Stabler, co-promoter of Trade nightclub in London
* V. P. Stabler, sheriff involved in the 1911 opera house lynching in Livermore, Kentucky
* Vastine Stabler, managing artistic director of the Swine Palace professional theatre company associated with Louisiana State University
* Vernon Stabler, owner of the Little-Stabler House, a home listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Alabama
* Rev. W. Brooke Stabler, Provost of the Avon Old Farms School, 1940–1944
* W. Laird Stabler Jr. (1930–2008), American attorney and politician; Delaware Attorney General
* Wells Stabler (1919–2009), American ambassador to Jordan and Spain
* William Stabler Jr., fugitive criminal profiled on America's Most Wanted in 1992

## Fictional characters

* Anna Stabler, in the musical A Christmas Memory, based on the Truman Capote short story
* Bucky Stabler, in The Good Wife
* Carol Stabler, in the 1987 television series Beauty and the Beast
* Chris Stabler, in the 1978 television series The Next Step Beyond episode "The Haunted Inn"
* Danny Stabler, in the 2014 film Blood and Circumstance
* Dwayne Stabler, in the 1978 television film A Question of Love played by Ned Beatty
* Elliot Stabler, on the television series Law and Order: SVU
* Herb Stabler, in the play Herb Stabler, Wandering Spirit by Mike Beyer, performed at the Factory Theater in 1999
* Kathy Stabler, Bernie Stabler, and other family members, on the television series Law and Order: SVU
* Lisa and Tom Stabler, in the 1971 Mannix episode "Murder Times Three"
* Mrs. Stabler, in the 2014 film Blood and Circumstance played by Cynthia Watros
* Ray and Shirley Stabler, on the 2013–2020 television series Mom