Abe is commonly used in English-speaking countries as a diminutive of the masculine name Abraham, or as a personal name in its own right. It may refer to: People Abe Aaron (1910–1970), Canadian clarinetist and saxophonist Abe Addams (1926–2017), American football player Abe Ajay (1919–1998), American artist Abe Akira (1934–1989), Japanese author Abe Alvarez (born 1982), American baseball pitcher and coach Abe Anellis (1914–2001), Russian food microbiologist Abe Aronovitz (1898–1960), American lawyer and politician Abe Atkins (1893–1961), American baseball player Abe Attell (1884–1970), American world champion Hall-of-Fame featherweight boxer Abe Bailey (1864–1940), South African diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer Abe Bekker (born 1935), British boxer Abe Bell, American baseball pitcher Abe Berenbaum, American table tennis player Abe Bernstein (1892–1968), American gangster Abe L. Biglow (1872–1923), American politician and businessman Abe Bluestein (1909–1997), American anarchist Abe Bolar (1909–2000), American double bass player Abe Bonnema (1926–2001), Dutch architect Abe Bowman (1893–1979), American baseball pitcher Abe Brault (1909–2007), American lawyer, naval veteran, and politician Abe Burrows (1910–1985), American playwright, director and humorist Abe Clark (1894–1973), Australian rugby player Abe Cohen (1933–2001), American football player Abe Cohn (1897–1970), American football player and basketball player, coach, and official Abe Coleman (1905–2007), Polish wrestler, promoter, and referee Abe Cunningham (born 1973), American drummer of the alternative metal band Deftones Abe Deutschendorf (1935–2012), American politician Abe Elenkrig (1878–1965), Russian-American bandleader, cornet player, barber, and recording artist Abe Elimimian (born 1982), American football player and coach Abe Eliowitz (1910–1981), American college and Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Abe Elkinson (born 1969), English businessman A. L. Erlanger (1859–1930), American theatrical producer, director, designer and theatre owner Abe Espinosa (1889–1980), American golfer Abe Feder (1908–1997), American lighting designer Abe Forsythe (born 1981), Australian film and television actor, director, writer, and producer Abe Fortas (1910–1982), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Abe Garver, American investment banker, magazine contributor, television commentator, and conference speaker Abe Gelbart (1911–1994), American mathematician Abe Geldenhuys (1932–1998), South African wrestler Abe Gibron (1925–1997), American football player and coach Abe Goff (1899–1984), American politician Abe Goldberg (1929-2016), Polish-born Jewish Australian businessman Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American world champion bantamweight boxer Abe Gray (born 1982), American-New Zealand politician and cannabis activist Abe Greenhalgh (1920–1982), British weightlifter Abe Greenthal (1822–1889), American criminal Abe Gubegna (1933–1980), Ethiopian writer Abe Gutnajer (1888–1942), Polish art dealer Abe Harrison (1867–1932), American baseball player Abe Hartley (1872–1909), Scottish footballer Abe