# Abe (given name)

Abe /ˈeɪb/ 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 Carver, on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
* Abe Fielding, on British soap opera Hollyoaks
* 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