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Abner (name)

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Abner is both a surname and a given name. The best known is Abner from the Bible (Book of Samuel), first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. Other notable people with the name include:

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Given name

  • Abnér (died 760), Irish abbot
  • Abner of Burgos (c. 1270-c. 1347 or a little later), Jewish philosopher, convert to Christianity and polemical writer against his former religion
  • Abner Biberman (1909–1977), American actor, director and screenwriter
  • Abner Coburn (1803–1885), 30th Governor of Maine
  • Abner Cole (1783–1835), American newspaper editor
  • Abner Cook (1814-1884), Texas architect and general contractor
  • Abner Cotto (born 1987), Puerto Rican boxer
  • Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939), American Major League Baseball player
  • Abner Dean (1910–1982), American cartoonist
  • Abner Doble (1890–1961), American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles
  • Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), American Civil War Union Army general often erroneously credited with inventing baseball
  • Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), member of Congress, U.S. Representative from Illinois and Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War
  • Abner Haynes (born 1937), American former college and American Football League player
  • Abner Hazeltine (1793–1879), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York and lawyer
  • Abner Jay (1921–1993), American multi-instrument musician
  • Abner Jones (1772–1841), minister and early church reformer in the United States
  • Abner Kneeland (1774–1844), American radical evangelist and theologian, the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy
  • Abner Lacock (1770–1837), American politician, Senator from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Militia brigadier general, surveyor and civil engineer
  • Abner Lewis (1801-1879), U.S. Representative from New York, judge and attorney
  • Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas, lawyer and judge
  • Abner Louima, a victim of police brutality
  • Abner Mares (born 1985), Mexican boxer who won several world championship titles
  • Abner Reid McClelan (1831-1917), Canadian politician
  • Abner J. Mikva (born 1926), American former U.S. Representative from Illinois, White House Counsel, federal judge and law professor
  • Abner Nash (1740–1786), second Governor of North Carolina, representative in the Continental Congress and lawyer
  • Abner Pākī (c. 1808–1855), Hawaiian chief
  • Abner Monroe Perrin (1827-1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
  • Abner Powell (1860-1953), American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner
  • Abner Read (1821–1863), United States Navy officer killed in the American Civil War
  • Abner Shimony (born 1928), American physicist and philosopher of science
  • Abner W. Sibal (1921-2000), American politician and U.S. Representative from Connecticut
  • Abner Silver (1899-1966), American songwriter
  • Abner (footballer) (Abner Felipe Souza de Almeida) (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
  • Abner Taylor (1829-1903), U.S. Representative from Illinois and businessman
  • Abner Wilcox (1808–1869), American missionary teacher in the Kingdom of Hawaii
  • Abner Wimberly (1926-1976), American football player
  • Abner Zwillman (1904-1959), Jewish-American gangster

    • Surname

  • David Abner, Sr. (1826–1902), American legislator and former slave
  • Ewart Abner (1923-1997), American record company executive
  • Shawn Abner (born 1966), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Seth Abner (born 1995), better known as Scump, American professional Call of Duty player, son of Shawn Abner

    • Fictional characters

  • Abner Jenkins, Marvel Comics character
  • Abner Peabody, a character in the Lum and Abner American radio program (1931-1954)
  • Abner Yokum, title character of the American comic strip L'il Abner

    • References

    Abner (name) Wikipedia
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