Abe (given name)

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

People

• 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

• Abe (Oddworld), primary protagonist in the Oddworld fictional universe
• Abe, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
• Abe Carver, on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Abe Fielding, on British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Abe Kenarban, Stevie's father from Malcolm in the Middle
• Abe Martin, titular main character of the American comic strip of the same name
• Abe Sapien, in the Hellboy comic book series
• Abraham Simpson, on The Simpsons
• Abe Slaney Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Dancing Men

See also

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

References