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 Carver, on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
 * 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