Abe /ˈeɪb/ is commonly used in English-speaking countries as a shortened form of the name "Abraham", or as a personal name in its own right.
People with the given name Abe:
Abe (Glenn) Osser (1914-2014), American musician
Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"; 1884–1970), American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer
Abe Burrows (1910–1985), American playwright/director
Abe Cohen (1933–2001), American football player
Abe Fortas (1910–1982), Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American world champion bantamweight boxer
Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ
Abe Saperstein (1908–1966), UK-born American founder & owner of the Harlem Globetrotters
Abe Vigoda (1921-2016), American actor
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States
Fictional characters with the given name Abe:
Abraham Simpson, Famous cartoon grandfather
Abe (Oddworld), primary protagonist in the Oddworld fictional universe.
Abe Pollack, Fictional time travel theorist.
Abe Froman, an unseen character nicknamed "The Sausage King of Chicago" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
