Abraham (name)

Abraham
Other names
See also	Abram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram

This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʾAḇrāhām Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:

As recounted in the Torah, his name was originally Avram which means "High Father" - "av" (אב) "father", "ram" (רם) "high" - with the "ha" (ה) added in mark of his covenant with God.

Given name

• Abraham (Egyptian saint), martyred in Egypt with John of Samanoud and James of Manug
• Abraham (Ethiopian saint), martyred in Ethiopia with Ethnus, Acrates, James and John
• Abraham (Persian saint), 4th-Century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator
• Abraham of Arazd, 5th-Century Armenian deacon and one of the Leontine Martyrs
• Abraham of Arbela (died c.348), Syrian bishop, martyr, and saint
• Abraham of Armenia, 5th-Century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint
• Abraham of Bet-Parsaje, 4th-Century Persian Christian saint, martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
• Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint
• Abraham of Clermont (died c.485), Syrian-French abbot, founder of the abbey of St. Cirgues in Clermont
• Abraham of Cyrrhus (died 442), Syrian-born, Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
• Abraham of Egypt, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th-Century abbot and saint
• Abraham of the High Mountain (died 446), 5th-Century Christian saint
• Abraham of Kaskhar (died 366), a 4th-Century Christian priest and martyr
• Abraham of Kiev, a monk and Ukrainian Roman Catholic saint
• Abraham of Kratia (c.474–c.558), a Christian monk and saint
• Mar Abraham, a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Abraham of Miroshsk (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
• Abraham of Nephtaer, a 6th-Century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham of Nethpra, a 6th-Century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), Austrian Augustinian monk
• Abraham of Scetes, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220's), Catholic bishop of Dunblane
• Abraham of Smolensk (died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint
• Abraham the Great of Kaskhar, (492–586), saint and monastic reformer of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham the Great of Kidunja (died c.366), a Christian hermit, priest and saint
• Abraham the Laborious, a 14th-Century monk and saint of Ukraine
• Abraham (Copt), a saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• Abraham the writer, a saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church
• Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), German-American department store magnate
• Abraham Abramson (c.1753-1811), Prussian coiner
• Abraham Beame (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York City
• Abraham Blum (1905-1943), Polish-Jewish activist
• Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American cleric
• Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–84), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
• Abraham Galitzki, saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
• Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave
• Abraham González Casanova, (born 1985), Catalonian (Spanish) football (soccer) player
• Abraham Kurland (1912-99), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. President
• Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican football (soccer) player
• Abraham Paleostrowski, an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Abraham Razack, a legislative councillor in Hong Kong
• Abraham Robertson (1751–1826), English mathematician
• Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim
• Avraham Shlonsky (1900–73), Israeli poet and editor
• Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer
• Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist best known for his novel Dracula
• Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
• Abraha, a variant form, was King of Saba' (Yemen)

Surname

Abu Abraham (1924–2002), Indian cartoonist Alan Abraham (b. 1931), Canadian politician Andy Abraham (b. 1964), English vocalist Arthur Abraham (contemporary), German boxer Avi Ben-Abraham (contemporary), American scientist Clifton Abraham (b. 1971), American professional football player Daniel Abraham (disambiguation) Donnie Abraham (b. 1973), American professional football player Dustin Lee Abraham (contemporary), American actor Edward Abraham (1913–1999), British biochemist Emile Abraham (b. 1974), Trinidad and Tobago cyclist Erich Abraham (1895–1971), German infantry general F. Murray Abraham (b. 1939), American actor Farid F. Abraham (contemporary), American physicist Gabriel Abraham (b. 1991), Romanian fotballer Gareth Abraham (b. 1969), Welsh footballer George and Ashley Abraham (1870–1965), British climbers and photographers Hérard Abraham (b. 1940), Haïtian politician Jane Abraham (b. 1961), American Republican politician John Abraham (director) (1937–1987), Indian film director John Abraham (actor) (b. 1973), Indian model and Bollywood actor John Abraham (football player) (b. 1978), American John Abraham (politician) (fl. 1672–1689), British governor

Josh Abraham (contemporary), Music Producer Karl Abraham (1877–1925), German psychoanalyst Larry H. Abraham, (?-2008), American author Lucienne Abraham (1916–1970), French Trotskyist politician Lynne Abraham (b. 1941), American lawyer and judge Mark Abraham (contemporary), American amateur astronomer Max Abraham (1875–1922), German physicist Max Abraham (publisher) (1831–1900), in music Nicholas Abraham (1919–1975), Hungarian psychoanalyst Patrick Abraham (contemporary), American terrorist Paul Abraham (composer) (1892–1906), Serbian operetta composer Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), Austrian architect and illustrator Ralph Abraham (b. 1936), American mathematician and professor Robert Abraham (architect) (1774–1850), London architect Robert Abraham (linebacker) (b. 1960), American professional football player Roberto Abraham (b. 1965), Canadian astronomer and professor Roman Abraham (1897–1976), Polish cavalry officer Ronny Abraham (contemporary), French judge S. Daniel Abraham (contemporary), American businessman Shiny Abraham (b. 1965), Indian Olympic athlete Spencer Abraham (b. 1952), American businessman Walter Abraham (town planner) (1923–2006), Australian William Abraham (Irish politician) (1840–1915) William Abraham (trade unionist) (1842–1922), Welsh politician Winston Abraham (b. 1974), Australian rules footballer

See also

• Abram (name)
• Avram (given name)
• Bram (name)
• Ibrahim (name)
• Abiram
• Ebrahim