Abeles is an English and Jewish surname, derived from the biblical name

Abel Abel ( ''Hébel'', in pausa ''Hā́ḇel''; ''Hábel''; , ''Hābēl'') is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within the Abrahamic religions. Born as the second son of Adam and Eve, the first two humans created by God in Judaism, God, he ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Benjamin Abeles (1925–2020), American physicist *

Edward Abeles Edward Abeles (November 4, 1869 – July 10, 1919) was an American actor. He appeared in eight films between 1914 and 1918. Before working for Famous Players–Lasky, of which he was one of the founding members, he had a lengthy stage career. A ...

(1869–1919), American actor *

Florin Abelès Florin Abelès (October 20, 1922 – April 12, 2005)was a French physicist who specialized in optics. In his 1949 doctoral thesis, Abelès developed a transfer-matrix formalism to compute the transmission and reflection of light by thin dielectr ...

(1922–2005), French physicist *

John H Abeles John H. Abeles is an American-based venture investor, director, consultant, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was a director of the International Opera Alliance, New York and was a member of The Players Club, a theatre-themed social club. H ...

(born 1945), American businessman *

Kim Victoria Abeles Kim Victoria Abeles (born August 28, 1952) is an American interdisciplinary artist and professor emeritus. She was born in Richmond Heights, Missouri, and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is described as an activist artist because of her work' ...

(born 1952), American artist * Michele Abeles (born 1977), American artist *

Peter Abeles Sir Peter Emil Herbert Abeles, AC (25 April 192425 June 1999) was an Australian transportation magnate. A refugee from Hungary, he became a businessman in Australia, and was knighted in 1972. Career Abeles was born in Vienna, in Austria, but ...

(1924–1999), Australian businessman * Marcus Abeles (1837–1894), Austrian physician * Moshe Abeles (born 1936), Israeli brain researcher * Norman Abeles (born 1928), American psychologist *

Ruth Abeles Ruth Abeles-Peled (; born August 7, 1942) is an Israeli former Olympic gymnast. She was born in Haifa, Israel, and is Jewish. Gymnastics career She competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in gymnastics at the age of 18. ...

(born 1942), Israeli gymnast *

Sigmund Abeles Sigmund Abeles (born 1934) is an American figurative artist and art educator. His work embodies the "expressive and psychological aspects of the human figure; an art focused on the life cycle." He taught art for 27 years at various institutions in ...

(born 1934), American artist

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