Abe /ˈb/ is commonly used in English-speaking countries as a diminutive of the masculine name Abraham, or as a personal name in its own right.[1] It may refer to:

Abe
GenderMale
Other names
See alsoAbraham, Abey, Avi

People

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  • Abe Aaron (1910–1970), Canadian clarinetist and saxophonist
  • Abe Addams (1926–2017), American football player
  • Abe Ajay (1919–1998), American artist
  • Abe Akira (1934–1989), Japanese author
  • Abe Alvarez (born 1982), American baseball pitcher and coach
  • Abe Anellis (1914–2001), Russian food microbiologist
  • Abe Aronovitz (1898–1960), American lawyer and politician
  • Abe Atkins (1893–1961), American baseball player
  • Abe Attell (1884–1970), American world champion Hall-of-Fame featherweight boxer
  • Abe Bailey (1864–1940), South African diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer
  • Abe Bekker (born 1935), British boxer
  • Abe Bell, American baseball pitcher
  • Abe Berenbaum, American table tennis player
  • Abe Bernstein (1892–1968), American gangster
  • Abe L. Biglow (1872–1923), American politician and businessman
  • Abe Bluestein (1909–1997), American anarchist
  • Abe Bolar (1909–2000), American double bass player
  • Abe Bonnema (1926–2001), Dutch architect
  • Abe Bowman (1893–1979), American baseball pitcher
  • Abe Brault (1909–2007), American lawyer, naval veteran, and politician
  • Abe Burrows (1910–1985), American playwright, director and humorist
  • Abe Clark (1894–1973), Australian rugby player
  • Abe Cohen (1933–2001), American football player
  • Abe Cohn (1897–1970), American football player and basketball player, coach, and official
  • Abe Coleman (1905–2007), Polish wrestler, promoter, and referee
  • Abe Cunningham (born 1973), American drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones
  • Abe Deutschendorf (1935–2012), American politician
  • Abe Elenkrig (1878–1965), Russian-American bandleader, cornet player, barber, and recording artist
  • Abe Elimimian (born 1982), American football player and coach
  • Abe Eliowitz (1910–1981), American college and Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
  • Abe Elkinson (born 1969), English businessman
  • A. L. Erlanger (1859–1930), American theatrical producer, director, designer and theatre owner
  • Abe Espinosa (1889–1980), American golfer
  • Abe Feder (1908–1997), American lighting designer
  • Abe Forsythe (born 1981), Australian film and television actor, director, writer, and producer
  • Abe Fortas (1910–1982), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
  • Abe Garver, American investment banker, magazine contributor, television commentator, and conference speaker
  • Abe Gelbart (1911–1994), American mathematician
  • Abe Geldenhuys (1932–1998), South African wrestler
  • Abe Gibron (1925–1997), American football player and coach
  • Abe Goff (1899–1984), American politician
  • Abe Goldberg (1929–2016), Polish-born Jewish Australian businessman
  • Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American world champion bantamweight boxer
  • Abe Gray (born 1982), American-New Zealand politician and cannabis activist
  • Abe Greenhalgh (1920–1982), British weightlifter
  • Abe Greenthal (1822–1889), American criminal
  • Abe Gubegna (1933–1980), Ethiopian writer
  • Abe Gutnajer (1888–1942), Polish art dealer
  • Abe Harrison (1867–1932), American baseball player
  • Abe Hartley (1872–1909), Scottish footballer
  • Abe Hawkins (died 1867), American horse jockey and freed slave
  • Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), American composer
  • Abe M. Hudson Jr. (born 1976), American politician
  • Abe Isoo (1865–1949), Japanese socialist, parliamentarian, and pacifist
  • Abe Jacob (born 1944), American sound designer and audio engineer
  • Abe Jacobs (1928–2023), New Zealand professional wrestler
  • Abe Johnson, American baseball player
  • Abe Jones (1880–1890), American baseball player
  • Abe Jones, American attorney
  • Abe Jones Jr. (1899–1923), English footballer
  • Abe Kakepetum (1944–2019), Canadian Anishinaabe painter
  • Abe Katzman (1868–1940), Klezmer violinist, bandleader, composer, and recording artist
  • Abe Kesh (1933–1989), American DJ and record producer
  • Abe King (born 1957), Filipino basketball player
  • Abe Knoop (born 1963), Dutch football goalkeeper
  • Abe Kovnats (1928–1996), Canadian politician
  • Abe Kruger (1885–1962), American baseball pitcher
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. (born 1971), American drummer
  • Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ
  • Abe Landa (1902–1989), Australian politician
  • Abe Lastfogel (1898–1984), Russian politician
  • Abe Lemons (1922–2002), American college basketball player and coach
  • Abe Lenstra (1920–1985), Dutch footballer
  • Abe Levitow (1922–1975), American cartoon animator and director
  • Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States
  • Abe Lincoln (1907–2000), American jazz trombonist
  • Abe Loewen, Canadian drag racer
  • Abe Lyman (1897–1957), American jazz bandleader
  • Abe Manley (1885–1952), American baseball executive
  • Abe Martin (1906–1997), American football player, football, basketball, and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator
  • Abe Martin (1908–1979), American college football player, head coach and administrator
  • Glenn Martin (coach) (1906–1997), American college football, basketball and baseball coach
  • Abe Masahiro (1819–1857), Japanese chief senior councillor
  • Abe Masakatsu (1541–1600), Japanese samurai
  • Abe Masakiyo (1850–1878), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masakoto (1860–1925), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masanori (1806–1823), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masatsugu (1569–1647), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masatō (1828–1887), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe Masayoshi (1769–1808), Japanese daimyō
  • Abe McDougall (1876–1948), Australian rules footballer
  • Abe Meyer (1901–1969), American film score composer
  • Abe Mickal (1912/1913–2001), Lebanese-American college football player and doctor
  • Abe William Miller (1897–1964), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Abe Mitchell (1887–1947), English golfer
  • Abe Mitchell, American baseball player
  • Abe Moffat (1896–1975), Scottish trade unionist and communist activist
  • Abe Mosseri (born 1974), American professional backgammon and poker player
  • Abe Most (1920–2002), American clarinetist and alto saxophonist
  • Abe Motozane (1513–1587), Japanese samurai
  • Abe Munro (1896–1974), New Zealand rugby player
  • Abe Newborn (1920–1997), American talent agent and theatre producer
  • Abe Notshweleka (1954–2021), South African Army soldier
  • Abe Okpik (1928–1997), Canadian Inuit community leader
  • Abe Olman (1887–1984), American songwriter and music publisher
  • Abe Orpen (1854–1937), Canadian businessman
  • Glenn Osser (1914–2014), American musician, musical arranger, orchestra leader and songwriter
  • Abe Peck (born 1945), American magazine consultant, writer, editor, and professor
  • Abe Peled, Israeli-American businessman
  • Abe Piasek (1928–2020), American U.S. Army soldier and slave labor camp survivor
  • Abe E. Pierce III (1934–2021), American educator and politician
  • Abe Poffenroth (1917–1997), American football and baseball coach
  • Abe Pollin (1923–2009), American businessman and owner of several major sports teams
  • Abe Reles (1906–1941), American-Jewish mobster
  • Abe Rich (1926–2008), Lithuanian wood craftsman and Holocaust survivor
  • Abe Rosenthal (1921–1986), English footballer
  • Abe Ruef (1864–1936), American lawyer and politician
  • Abe Saffron (1919–2006), Australian hotelier, nightclub owner, and property developer
  • Abe Saperstein (1908–1966), UK-born American founder and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters
  • Abe Sarkis (1913–1991), American mobster
  • Abe Schwartz (1881–1963), Romanian-American Klezmer violinist, composer, Yiddish theater and ethnic recordings bandleader
  • Abe Segal (1930–2016), South African tennis player
  • Abe Shannon (1869–1945), Australian pastoralist
  • Abe Shires (1917–1993), American football player
  • Abe Silverstein (1908–2001), American engineer
  • Abe Simon (1913–1969), American heavyweight boxer
  • Abe Sklar (1925–2020), American mathematician and professor
  • Abe Stark (1894–1972), American businessman and politician
  • Abe Stern (1888–1951), American film producer
  • Abe Tadaaki (1602–1671), Japanese politician
  • Abe Terry (born 1934), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s
  • Abe Thompson (born 1982), American soccer player
  • Abe Turner (1924–1962), American chess master
  • Abe W. Turner (1893–1947), American politician
  • Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), American actor
  • Abe Waddington (1893–1959), English cricketer
  • Abe Walsh (born 1971), American author
  • Abe Watson (1871–1932), Australian rules footballer
  • Abe White (1904–1978), American baseball player
  • Abe Wiersma (born 1994), Dutch rower
  • Abe Wilson (1899–1981), American football player
  • Abe Wolstenholme (1861–1916), American baseball player
  • Abe Woodson (1934–2014), American football player
  • Abe Yourist (1909–1991), Russian-American basketball player
  • Abe Zvonkin (1910–2002), Canadian track and field athlete, Canadian football player, and wrestler

Fictional characters

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See also

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  • Old Abe (died 1881), a bald eagle, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in the American Civil War

References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 2018-11-17.