Abraham (given name)
| Abraham | |
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| Pronunciation |
/ˈeɪbrəhæm/ Dutch: [ɑbrɑ'ɦɑm] |
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| See also | Abram, Avram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim, Abe, Avi, Bram |
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.
In the Russian language, the name is used in the following forms: Авраам (Avraam),[1][2] Авраамий (Avraamy),[2] Аврамий (Avramy),[3] Абрам (Abram),[1][4] Абрамий (Abramy),[4] Аврам (Avram),[3] Обра́м (Obram),[3] and Абрахам (Abrakham).[3]
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 Bankier (1910-1956), Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities
- 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
- Abram Cohen (1924–2016), American Olympic fencer
- Abraham Cykiert (1926–2009), Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s.
- 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
- Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781), African slave
- Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalan (Spanish) association football player
- Abraham Hatfield (1867-1957), American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist
- 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)
See also
References
Notes
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