# Avraham (given name)

Avraham is a masculine given name, the Hebrew version of Abraham. It may refer to:
* Avraham Adan (1926–2012), Israeli major general
* Avraham Avigdorov (1929–2012), Israeli soldier and recipient of the Hero of Israel award (today the Medal of Valor)
* Avraham Ben-Yitzhak (1883–1950), Israeli Hebrew poet
* Avraham Biran (1909–2008), Israeli Archaeologist.
* Avraham Burg (born 1955), Israeli author, politician and businessman
* Avraham Danzig (1748–1820), a Posek and codifier, author of the works of Jewish law Chayei Adam and Chochmat Adam
* Avraham Deutsch (1889–1953), Israeli politician
* Avraham Eilat (born 1939), Israeli artist, educator and curator
* Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Russian-born Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer, compiler of the Even-Shoshan dictionary
* Avraham Gombiner (c. 1635–1682), rabbi, Talmudist and religious authority in Poland
* Avraham Granot (1890–1962), Zionist and Israeli politician, a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.
* Avraham Grant (born 1955), Israeli football manager.
* Avraham Harman (1914–1992), Israeli diplomat and Hebrew University of Jerusalem president
* Avraham Herzfeld (1891–1973), Zionist activist and Israeli politician
* Avraham Hirschson (1941-2022), Israeli former politician convicted of embezzlement
* Avraham Katz (1931–1986), Israeli politician
* Avraham Katznelson (1888–1956), Russian-born Zionist and politician, a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence
* Avraham Maimuni (1186–1237), son of Maimonides and his successor as Nagid of the Egyptian Jewish community
* Avraham Menchel (1935-2023), Israeli former footballer
* Avraham Neguise (born 1958), Israeli politician
* Avraham Nudelman (1910–1985), Israeli footballer
* Avraham Ofek (1935–1990), Israeli sculptor, muralist, painter and printmaker
* Avraham Ofer (1922–1977), Israeli politician who committed suicide over a corruption scandal
* Avraham Oz (born 1944), Israeli associate professor of Theatre and Hebrew and Comparative literature at the University of Haifa, translator and peace activist
* Avraham Palman (1919–2000), Israeli footballer
* Avraham Poraz (born 1945), Israeli lawyer and former politician
* Avraham Ravitz (1934–2009), Israeli politician
* Avraham Sela, Israeli historian and scholar on the Middle East and international relations
* Avraham Shekhterman (1910–1986), Israeli politician
* Avraham Shapira (1914–2007), Israeli rabbi, head of the Rabbinical court of Jerusalem, member and head of the Supreme Rabbinical Court and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
* Avraham Yosef Shapira (1921–2000), Israeli politician and businessman.
* Avraham Duber Kahana Shapiro (1870–1943), last Chief Rabbi of Lithuania.
* Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973), Israeli poet.
* Avraham Shochat (1936-2024), Israeli former politician, twice Minister of Finance.
* Avraham Stern (1907–1942), one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun and founder of the breakaway paramilitary group Stern Gang
* Avraham Stern (politician) (1935–1997), Israeli politician
* Avraham Tamir (1924–2010), Israeli major general
* Avraham Trahtman (1944-2024), Russian-born Israeli mathematician
* Avraham Tal (born 1976), Israeli singer, musician, and musical producer.
* Avraham Yaski (1927–2014), Israeli architect
* Avraham Yoffe (1913–1983), Israeli general during the Six-Day War and politician
* Avraham Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Holon, Israel, and a Sephardi representative on the Chief Rabbinate Council
* Avraham Zilberberg (1915–1980), Israeli politician