Abraham (name)

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Abraham Given Name
Related names	Abram, Ibrahim, Ebrahim Abe, Bram,
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Abraham

This is a list of people named after Abraham, the Biblical patriarch (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Standard Avraham Tiberian ʾAḇrāhām Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom); the father of the Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam:

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• Abraham, with John, martyred with James of Manug
• Abraham, of the group Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John, martyrs of Ethiopia
• Abraham, a companion in martyrdom of Sapor of Bet-Nicator
• Abraham of Arazd, a deacon and one of the Leontine Martyrs
• Abraham of Arbela (died c. 348), bishop, martyr, and saint
• Abraham of Armenia, a priest, hermit, and saint of Armenia
• Abraham of Bet-Parsaje, martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
• Abraham of Bulgaria, a convert from Islam later martyred and made a Christian saint
• Abraham of Clermont, founder of the abbey of St. Cirgues in Clermont
• Abraham of Cyrrhus (died 442), Syrian hermit, bishop, and saint
• Abraham of Egypt, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham of Griasowetzk, abbot and saint
• Abraham of the High Mountain, a saint of the Christian Church
• Abraham of Kaskhar, a martyr for Christianity with Abda and Abdjesus
• Abraham of Kiev, a monk and saint of Kiev - see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev
• Abraham of Kratia (died c. 558), a Christian monk and saint
• Mar Abraham, a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Abraham of Miroshsk, abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow
• Abraham of Nephtaer, a saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham of Nethpra, (died 6th century), a saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644-1709), Austrian divine
• Abraham of Scetes, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham of Strathearn (died c.1220), bishop of Dunblane
• Abraham of Smolensk (died c. 1222), Russian monk and saint
• Abraham the Great of Kashkar, (d. 586), saint and monastic reformer of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham the Great of Kidunja, a Christian saint
• Abraham the Laborious, a monk and saint of Ukraine
• Abraham (Copt), a saint of the Coptic Church
• Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• Abraham (husband), a saint of the Coptic 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 Paleostrowski, an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Abraham Robertson (1751-1826), English mathematician
• Pope Abraham of Alexandria (died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope
• a priest martyred with Abda and Abdjesus

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[edit] See also

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