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Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Je ...

, the Biblical patriarch ( Ashkenazi ''Avrohom'' or ''Avruhom''); the father of the

Abrahamic religions The Abrahamic religions are a group of religions centered around worship of the God of Abraham. Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout Abrahamic religious scriptures such as the Bible and the Quran. Jewish tradition ...

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in t ...

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

and Islam. As recounted in the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...

, 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: (''Avraam''),Nikonov, p. 50Superanskaya p. 20 (''Avraamy''), (''Avramy''),Superanskaya p. 30 (''

Abram Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...

''),Petrovsky, p. 35 (''Abramy''), ('' Avram''), (''Obram''), and (''Abrakham'').

Given name

Abraham of Kashkar Abraham (Mar Oraham) of Kashkar was a legendary primate of the Church of the East, from the family of Jacob, the brother of Jesus, who is conventionally believed to have sat from 159 to 171. There are historical doubts about his existence by later ...

, Mar Abraham I, bishop of the Church of the East (148–171 AD) * Abraham (Egyptian saint), martyred in Egypt with John of Samanoud and James of Manug * Saint Abraham (Ethiopian), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, part of the martyrs Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John venerated in Ethiopia as saints * Abraham (Persian saint), 4th century Christian saint, martyred with Sapor of Bet-Nicator * Abraham of Arbela (died c. 348), Syrian bishop, martyr, and saint *

Abraham of Arazd Abraham of Arrazd was an Armenian priest and a disciple of the Leontine martyrs. Like his teachers, he was subjected to prolonged torture, but unlike them, was eventually set free. He then left society to become a hermit, remaining one until his ...

, 5th century Armenian Christian priest, hermit, and saint 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 Clermont Abraham of Clermont (died 479) was the founder and abbot of the monastery of St.Cyriacus in Clermont-Ferrand. He was born in Byzantine Syria, along the Euphrates River and was of Persian origins. He later left for Byzantine Egypt, to visit s ...

(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 Abraham of Egypt or Abraham of Minuf was a fourth-century monk and hermit of Egypt, is known only from the Synaxarion. He was a native of Minuf in the Delta, born of Christian parents who held an important position in the world. We do not know a ...

, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church * Abraham of Farshut or

Abraham (Copt) Abraham of Farshut was an abbot and is a saint of the Coptic Church, and by extension all of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12. Life He was born in Farshut, near the mo ...

(lived 5th or 6th century), a saint of the Coptic Church *

Abraham of the High Mountain Abraham of the High Mountain (died 399) was a teacher of Barsauma. Abraham was not only a monk but a miracle-worker of the monastery of the High Mountain which is located to north of Mount Izla. He founded a monastery near Midyat where the styli ...

(died 446), 5th century Christian saint * Abraham of Kiev, a monk and Ukrainian Roman Catholic saint *

Abraham of Kratia Abraham of Cratia or Krateia ( 474 – 558) was a Christian monk from Emesa (now Homs) Byzantine Syria. He is recognized as a saint in the Christian church, with a feast day of 6 December. He was born at Emesa in Byzantine Syria. The commun ...

(c.474–c.558), a Christian monk and saint * Mar Abraham, a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church * Abraham of Nethpra, a 6th century saint of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Abraham of Scetes Abraham of Scetes was a monk who became a saint of the Coptic Church. He was born the son of a wealthy landowner in Egypt, and became a monk under Jonas. He is alleged to have had a vision of Christ riding the chariot of the Cherubim. He died a ...

, a monk and saint of the Coptic Church * 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 Writer, a saint of the Syrian Orthodox Church *

Abraha Abraha ( Ge’ez: አብርሃ) (also spelled Abreha, died after CE 570;Stuart Munro-Hay (2003) "Abraha" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. r. 525–at least 553S. C. Munro-Hay (1991) ''Aksum ...

, a variant form, King of Saba'

9th to 13th century

Pope Abraham of Alexandria Pope Abraham of Alexandria, was the 62nd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He is considered a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church. He is also referred to as Efrem or Ephrem.Cerulli, Enrico. 1943. ''Il libro etiopico dei ...

(died 978), Syrian Coptic Pope *

Abraham II (Nestorian patriarch) Abraham II was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850. He was a monk at Beth Abe and was later appointed a bishop of Hdatta before being elected to the patriarchate. Brief accounts of Abraham's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesia ...

, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 837 to 850 *

Abraham III (Nestorian patriarch) Abraham III Abraza was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937. He was remembered as a patriarch who was well-versed in his ecclesiastical duties but was also hot-tempered and corrupt. Sources Brief accounts of Abraham's patriarchate ...

, Abraham III Abraza, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 906 to 937 * Abraham of Bulgaria (died 1229), a Russian convert from Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy, martyr, Christian saint * Abraham of Miroshsk (died 1158), abbot of the Holy Redeemer monastery in Pskow * Abraham of Strathearn (died 1220s), Catholic bishop of Dunblane *

Abraham of Smolensk Abraham of Smolensk (1150 or 1172 - 1222) was a Russian monk and priest. He resided at the Bogoroditzkaja convent and was regarded as a miracle worker. He engaged in extensive preaching and biblical studies and is viewed as a notable figure in t ...

(died 1221), Russian Eastern Orthodox monk and saint *

Abraham bar Hiyya Abraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nasi (; – 1136 or 1145), also known as Abraham Savasorda, Abraham Albargeloni, and Abraham Judaeus, was a Catalan Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who resided in Barcelona. Bar Ḥiyya was active in tra ...

(1070–1145), Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher *

Abraham ben David Abraham ben David ( – 27 November 1198), also known by the abbreviation RABaD (for ''Rabbeinu'' Abraham ben David) Ravad or RABaD III, was a Provençal rabbi, a great commentator on the Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central ...

(~1125–1198), Provençal rabbi, author and critic *

Abraham ibn Daud Abraham ibn Daud ( he, אַבְרָהָם בֵּן דָּוִד הַלֵּוִי אִבְּן דָּאוּד; ar, ابراهيم بن داود) was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher; born at Córdoba, Spain about 1110; die ...

(~1110–~1180), Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher * Abraham ibn Ezra (1089–1164), Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer/astrologer, mathematician, poet, and linguistics scholar

14th to 15th century

* Abraham and Coprius of Griasowetzk (for Abraham of Griasowetzk), 15th century abbot and saint *

Abraham of Galich Abraham Galitzki or Abramius of Galich (russian: Авраамий Галичский) or Chukhlomsky and Gorodetsky (died 20 July 1375) was an abbot of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, and later went on to fo ...

(died 1375), saint and founder of four Russian monasteries * Abraham the Laborious, a 14th century monk and saint of Ukraine * Abraham Paleostrowski (died c. 1460), an abbot and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church * Ignatius Abraham bar Gharib (), Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Mardin

16th to 18th century

* Abraham II of Armenia or Abraham Khoshabetzi, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1730 and 1734 * Abraham III of Armenia or Abraham of Crete or Abraham Kretatsi (d. 1737), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737 *

Abraham of Angamaly Abraham of Angamaly ( syr, ܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܛܪܢ, died 1597) (Mar Abraham) was the last East Syrian bishop of the See of Angamaly, who entered into communion with Rome in 1565 and who was the last link in Angamaly from the long line of the bishop ...

(died c. 1597) (Mar Abraham), Church of the East bishop * Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), Austrian Augustinian monk *

Abraham Angermannus Abraham Andersson, usually known under the Latin form of his name, Abrahamus Andreæ Angermannus or just Abraham Angermannus (died in October 1607) was the fourth Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1593 to 1599. He was d ...

(died 1607), Swedish Lutheran archbishop * Abraham Abramson (c.1753–1811), Prussian coiner *

Abram Petrovich Gannibal Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, or Abram Hannibal or Abram Petrov ( ru , Абра́м Петро́вич Ганниба́л; c. 1696 – 14 May 1781), was a Russian military engineer, general-in-chief, and nobleman of Africa ...

(1696–1781), African slave * Abraham Khalfon (1741–1819),

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

Jewish community leader, historian, and ''paytan'' * Abraham Robertson (1751–1826), English mathematician * Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652), German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer

Contemporary (19th century onward)

Abraham Abraham Abraham Abraham (March 9, 1843 – June 28, 1911) was an American businessman and the founder of the Brooklyn department store Abraham & Straus, founded 1865. The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores, is now part of Macy's. ...

(1843–1911), American department store magnate * Abraham Almonte (born 1989), Dominican baseball player * Abraham Bankier (1910–1956), Polish Jewish businessman who helped with Oskar Schindler's wartime rescue activities *

Avraham Even-Shoshan Avraham Even-Shoshanrussian: Авраа́м Э́вен-Шоша́н, translit=Avraam Even-Shoshan ( né Rozenshteyn;russian: Розенштейн 25 December 1906 – 8 August 1984) was a Belarusian-born Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer ...

(1906–1984), Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer * 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 Blum Abraham Blum (also known as Abrasza Blum; born c. 1905, Wilno (now Vilnius) – May 1943, Warsaw) was a Polish-Jewish socialist activist, one of the leaders of the Bund in the Warsaw Ghetto and a participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Ea ...

(1905–1943), Polish-Jewish activist * Abraham H. Cannon (1859–1896), American Latter-day Saint apostle *

Abram Cohen Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, epee, and sabre fencer.Bob Wechsler''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''/ref>Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver''Encyclopedia of Jews in ...

(1924–2016), American Olympic fencer * Abraham Cykiert (1926–2009), Australian Holocaust survivor and Melburnian playwright and Zionist activist of the 1970s * Abraham González Casanova (born 1985), Catalan (Spanish) association football player *Abraham Goodman, known as Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer * Abraham Greenberg (1881–1941), American lawyer and politician * Abraham Gutt (born 1944), Israeli basketball player * Abraham Hatfield (1867–1957), American businessman, philanthropist, and philatelist *

Abraham Joshua Heschel Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish T ...

(1907–1972), Polish-American rabbi, philosopher and Jewish theologian * Abraham Hochmuth (1816–1889), Hungarian rabbi *

Abraham Hoffman Abraham Hoffman (אברהם הופמן; October 2, 1938 - April 26, 2015) was an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team. B ...

(1938-2015), Israeli basketball player *

Avraham Kalmanowitz Avraham Kalmanowitz (also Abraham; he, אברהם קלמנוביץ; March 8, 1887 – 15 February 1964) was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York from 1946 to 1964. Born in Belarus, he served as rabb ...

(1891–1964), European Rav, founder and rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn * Abraham Kurland (1912–1999), Danish Olympic medalist in wrestling *

Abraham Lansing Abraham Lansing (February 27, 1835 – October 4, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician. Early life Abraham Lansing was born in Albany, Albany County, New York. He was the son of Christopher Yates Lansing (1796–1872) and Caroline Mar ...

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

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

(1809–1865), U.S. President * Abraham Lucas (born 1998), American football player * Abraham Lunggana (1959–2021), Indonesian politician * Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), American psychologist *

Abraham Mateo Abraham Mateo Chamorro (born 25 August 1998), is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is known for his soulful and dance-oriented music. Mateo was only seven when he began winning prizes on television shows and at the ag ...

, Spanish actor and pop singer * Abraham Nava (born 1964), Mexican association football player *

Abraham Olano Abraham Olano Manzano (born 22 January 1970 in Anoeta, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist, who raced between 1992 and 2002. He won the World Road Championship in 1995, and the World Time Trial Championship in 19 ...

(born 1970), Spanish former professional cyclist * Abraham Razack (born 1945), a legislative councillor in Hong Kong *

Abraham Robinson Abraham Robinson (born Robinsohn; October 6, 1918 – April 11, 1974) was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of nonstandard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were reincorp ...

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

Abraham Roqueñi Abraham Roqueñi Iglesias (born April 16, 1978) is a Spanish welterweight kickboxer. He was the K-1 MAX Spain 2004 tournament winner, and is a former ISKA, WAKO and WFCA world champion. He holds notable wins over Gago Drago, Luis Reis, Andy S ...

(born 1978), Spanish kickboxer *

Abraham Barak Salem Abraham ben Barak Salem (1882 – 1967) was an Indian nationalist and Zionist, a lawyer and politician, and one of the most prominent Cochin Jews of the twentieth century. Popular by his epithet of "Jewish Gandhi", he was known as "Salem Kocha" ...

(1882–1967), Indian Jewish lawyer, independence activist, and Zionist * Abraham Samad (born 1966), Indonesian lawyer * Abraham Shakespeare (1966–2009), lottery winner and apparent murder victim *

Avraham Shlonsky Avraham Shlonsky (March 6, 1900 – May 18, 1973; he, אברהם שלונסקי; russian: Авраам Шлёнский) was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editor born in the Russian Empire. He was influential in the development of ...

(1900–1973), Israeli poet and editor *

Abraham Shneior Abraham Shneior (also "Avraham" and "Shneur", "Schneor," or "Shaneir"; אברהם שניאור; December 9, 1928 – February 24, 1998) was an Israeli Olympic basketball player. He was born in Mandatory Palestine. Basketball career His club was M ...

(1928–1998), Israeli Olympic basketball player * Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist best known for his novel ''Dracula'' * Abraham Tokazier (1909–1976), Finnish sprinter * Abraham Toro (born 1996), Canadian baseball player * Abraham Torres (born 1968), Venezuelan boxer *

Abraham Van Vorhes Abraham Van Vorhes (December 2, 1793 – January 24, 1879; known commonly by his military rank as Major Van Vorhes) was an American politician, surveyor and pioneer. Pennsylvania and Ohio Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Abraham ...

(1793–1879), American politician * Abraham Wickelgren (born 1969), American lawyer * Abraham O. Woodruff (1872–1904), American Latter-day Saint apostle *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (October 28, 1820Friedman, Yisroel. ''The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus''. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 21. – September 12, 1883) was ...

(1820–1883) *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (third Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, in English also spelled Abraham Jacob Friedman (July 30, 1884Friedman, Yisroel. ''The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus''. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edit ...

(1884–1961) *

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (fifth Sadigura rebbe) Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (August 21, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was the fifth Rebbe of the Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty), Sadigura Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic List of Hasidic dynasties, dynasty. In 1979 he succeeded his father, the fourth Sadigura Re ...

(1928–2013)

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