Abe (given name)
| Abe | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| See also | Abraham, Abey, Avi |
Abe /ˈeɪb/ is commonly used in English-speaking countries as a shortened form (hypocorism) of the masculine name Abraham, or as a personal name in its own right. It may refer to:
People
- 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 Burrows (1910–1985), American playwright, director and humorist
- Abe Cohen (1933–2001), American football player
- Abe Cunningham (born 1973), American drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones
- Abe Eliowitz (1910-1981), American college and Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
- Abe Fortas (1910–1982), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
- Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American world champion bantamweight boxer
- Abe Hawkins (died 1867), American jockey and freed slave
- Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ
- 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 Lyman (1897-1957), American jazz bandleader
- 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 Mosseri (born 1974), American professional backgammon and poker player
- Glenn Osser (1914-2014), American musician, musical arranger, orchestra leader and songwriter
- Abe Pollin (1923-2009), American businessman and owner of several major sports teams
- Abe Saperstein (1908–1966), UK-born American founder and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters
- Abe Segal (1930–2016), South African tennis player
- Abe Terry (born 1934), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s
- Abe Vigoda (1921-2016), American actor
Fictional characters
- Abe (Oddworld), primary protagonist in the Oddworld fictional universe
- Abe Carver, on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Abe Pollack, fictional time travel theorist
- Abe Sapien, in the Hellboy comic book series
- Abraham Simpson, on The Simpsons
See also
- Old Abe (died 1881), a bald eagle, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in the American Civil War
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