Abe ([abe]) is one of several Japanese surnames (安倍, 安部, 阿部) and can refer to:
The Abe clan, one of the oldest Japanese clans, which was particularly prominent in the Heian period
Asami Abe (born 1985), Japanese J-pop singer
Genki Abe (1894–1989), pre-war police bureaucrat and head of the Tokko police, and war-time cabinet minister
Hiroaki Abe (1889–1949), Japanese admiral
Hiroshi Abe (actor) (born 1964), Japanese model and actor
Hiroshi Abe (astronomer), Japanese astronomer
Jun Abe (born 1955), Japanese photographer
Juran Hisao (born Masao Abe; 1902–1957), Japanese author
Kan Abe (1894–1946), Japanese politician, father of Shintaro Abe
Kazushige Abe (born 1968), Japanese author
Keigo Abe (born 1938), Senior Shotokan karate instructor
Keiko Abe (born 1937), Japanese composer and virtuoso marimba player
Kenshiro Abbe (born Kenshirō Abe; 1915–1985), Japanese martial artist in the United Kingdom
Kōbō Abe (born Kimifusa Abe; 1924–1993), Japanese author
Kōsō Abe (1892–1947), Japanese admiral, executed as war criminal
Mao Abe (born 1990), Japanese singer
Masao Abe (1915–2006), Japanese academic in Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion
Masashi Abe (born 1965), Japanese Nordic combined skier
Abe no Nakamaro, scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period
Natsumi Abe (born 1981), Japanese J-pop singer
Nobuyuki Abe (1875–1953), 36th Prime Minister of Japan
Norick Abe (1975–2007), Japanese motorcycle road racer
Sada Abe (1905 – after 1970), Japanese convicted murderer, prostitute, actress
Sadao Abe (born 1970), Japanese actor
Satoru Abe (born 1926), American sculptor
Abe no Seimei, an onmyōji, a leading specialist of onmyōdō during the middle of the Heian Period in Japan
Abe no Yasuna, a disciple of Kamo no Yasunori and father of Abe no Seimei
Shinnosuke Abe (born 1979), Japanese baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants
Shintaro Abe (1924–1991), Japanese politician, father of Shinzo
Shinzō Abe (born 1954), 90th and 96th Prime Minister of Japan
Takakazu Abe, character
Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996), Japanese ichthyologist
Tomoji Abe (1903–1973), Japanese novelist
Kae Araki, (born Yoshie Abe, 1963), Japanese voice actress
Yoshishige Abe (1883–1966), educator, cabinet minister
Yoshiteru Abe, Japanese go player
Yoshitoshi Abe (born 1971), Japanese graphic artist
Yoshiyuki Abe (born 1969), Japanese professional cyclist
Yuki Abe (born 1981), Japanese international football (association) player
Yumiko Abe (born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler
Yutaka Abe (1895–1977), Japanese film director
