Abraham

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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 Cprius 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 Ukranian 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 Joya,

• 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 H. Cannon (1859-1896), American cleric
• Abraham Galitzki, saint and founder of four Russian monasteries
• Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696-1781), African slave
• 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 Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer
• Abraham Tung Livingston Langford (born 2010), Muglabah maker
• Abraham Verghese, professor of medicine and writer
• Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
• a priest martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
• Abraha, a variant form, was King of Saba' (Yemen)
• See Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith for Abram Smith, African American lynching victim

Surname

See also

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

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