Abraham (name)

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Pronunciation /ˈeɪbrəhæm/ Dutch: [ɑbrɑ'ɦɑm] See also Abram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram

This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Avraham, ʾAḇrāhām 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.

In the Russian language, the name is used in the forms Авраам (Avraam), Авраамий (Avraamy), Аврамий (Avramy), Абрам (Abram), Абрамий (Abramy), Аврам (Avram), Обра́м (Obram), and Абрахам (Abrakham).

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 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), American department store magnate

Abraham Angermannus (died 1607), Swedish Lutheran archbishop

Abraham Abramson (c.1753-1811), Prussian coiner

Abraham bar Hiyya (1070-1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher

Abraham Beame (1906–2001), first Jewish mayor of New York City

Abraham Beem (1934-1944), Dutch Jewish child; gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp

Abraham ben David (~1125-1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic

Abraham Blum (1905-1943), Polish-Jewish activist

Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American cleric

Abraham ibn Daud (~1110-~1180), Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher

Abraham ibn Ezra (1089—1164), Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar

Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer

Abraham Galitzki, saint and founder of four Russian monasteries

Abraham George Issa (Born 1982) Founder and CEO of Global Efficient Energy.

Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave

Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalonian (Spanish) association football player

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian

Abraham Hochmuth (1816-1889), Hungarian rabbi

Avraham Kalmanowitz (1891–1964), European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva (Brooklyn)

Abraham Khalfon (1741-1819), Tripoli Jewish community leader, historian, and paytan

Abraham Kurland (1912–99), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling

Abraham Lansing (1835–1899), American lawyer and politician in New York

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. President

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), American psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Abraham Mateo, Spanish actor and pop singer

Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican association football player

Abraham Olano, Spanish former professional cyclist

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 Robinson (1918-1974), Jewish mathematician, the founder of non-standard analysis

Abraham Roqueñi, Spanish kickboxer

Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim

Avraham Shlonsky (1900–73), Israeli poet and editor

Abraham Shneior (1928-1998), Israeli Olympic basketball player

Abraham Tokazier, (1909–1976), Finnish sprinter

Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer

Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879), American politician

Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652), German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer

Abraham Wickelgren, American lawyer

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe)

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe)

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe)

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)

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