Abner (name)
Abner is both a surname and a given name. The best known is Abner from the Bible (Book of Samuel), first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. Other notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Abnér (died 760), Irish abbot
- Abner of Burgos (c. 1270-c. 1347 or a little later), Jewish philosopher, convert to Christianity and polemical writer against his former religion
- Abner Biberman (1909–1977), American actor, director and screenwriter
- Abner Coburn (1803–1885), 30th Governor of Maine
- Abner Cole (1783–1835), American newspaper editor
- Abner Cook (1814-1884), Texas architect and general contractor
- Abner Cotto (born 1987), Puerto Rican boxer
- Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939), American Major League Baseball player
- Abner Dean (1910–1982), American cartoonist
- Abner Doble (1890–1961), American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles
- Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), American Civil War Union Army general often erroneously credited with inventing baseball
- Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), member of Congress, U.S. Representative from Illinois and Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War
- Abner Haynes (born 1937), American former college and American Football League player
- Abner Hazeltine (1793–1879), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York and lawyer
- Abner Jay (1921–1993), American multi-instrument musician
- Abner Jones (1772–1841), minister and early church reformer in the United States
- Abner Kneeland (1774–1844), American radical evangelist and theologian, the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy
- Abner Lacock (1770–1837), American politician, Senator from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Militia brigadier general, surveyor and civil engineer
- Abner Lewis (1801-1879), U.S. Representative from New York, judge and attorney
- Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas, lawyer and judge
- Abner Louima, a victim of police brutality
- Abner Mares (born 1985), Mexican boxer who won several world championship titles
- Abner Reid McClelan (1831-1917), Canadian politician
- Abner J. Mikva (born 1926), American former U.S. Representative from Illinois, White House Counsel, federal judge and law professor
- Abner Nash (1740–1786), second Governor of North Carolina, representative in the Continental Congress and lawyer
- Abner Pākī (c. 1808–1855), Hawaiian chief
- Abner Monroe Perrin (1827-1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Abner Powell (1860-1953), American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner
- Abner Read (1821–1863), United States Navy officer killed in the American Civil War
- Abner Shimony (born 1928), American physicist and philosopher of science
- Abner W. Sibal (1921-2000), American politician and U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Abner Silver (1899-1966), American songwriter
- Abner Taylor (1829-1903), U.S. Representative from Illinois and businessman
- Abner Wilcox (1808–1869), American missionary teacher in the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Abner Wimberly (1926-1976), American football player
- Abner Zwillman (1904-1959), Jewish-American gangster
Surname:
- David Abner, Sr. (1826–1902), American legislator and former slave
- Ewart Abner (1923-1997), American record company executive
- Shawn Abner (born 1966), American former Major League Baseball player
Fictional characters:
- Abner Jenkins, Marvel Comics character
- Abner Peabody, a character in the Lum and Abner American radio program (1931-1954)
- Abner Yokum, title character of the American comic strip L'il Abner
See also
- Avenir (given name), a related Russian male first name