Abra is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Abra of Poitiers
Abra of Poitiers (c. 343 – c. 360), Afra or Apra is a Christian saint who may have lived in the 4th century.
Her existence is historically uncertain, but she may have been the daughter of Hilary of Poitiers.
Biography
Hilary of Poitiers ...
(''aka'' Saint Abra) (c.343–c.360), French saint
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Abra (rapper)
Raymond Mikael Camino Abracosa (born 2 December 1990), better known as Abra, is a Filipino rapper, hip hop recording artist and occasional actor. He gained mainstream popularity with his song " Gayuma" which became a major hit. When the musi ...
, stage name of Filipino rapper Raymond Abracosa (born 1990)
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Abra (singer)
Gabrielle Olivia Mirville (born March 30, 1989), known professionally as Abra (stylized as ABRA), is an American singer and songwriter. She is currently signed to Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records, and was formerly signed to Awful Records.
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, Atlanta-based R&B musician
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Douglas Abra
Douglas N. Abra (born April 1, 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian judge. He was appointed a judge of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba on July 10, 2007. He replaced Alan D. MacInnes, upon his appointment to the Manitoba Court of App ...
(born 1947), judge of Manitoba, Canada
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Abra Amedomé
Abra Amedomé, born Abra Julie Mawupé Vovor, was a Togolese politician woman. She is the youngest of the same sibling as professor Mawupe Valentin Vovor.
Trained as a pharmacist in France, Montpellier, Abra Julie Amedome returned to Togo and be ...
, Togolese politician
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Abra Lee (born 1978), American public horticulturalist, historian and writer
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Abra K. Maynard (1803–1894), American farmer and politician
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Abra Moore
Abra Moore (born June 8, 1969) is an American folk-styled rock singer-songwriter. Moore was a founding member of the Hawaiian rock band Poi Dog Pondering, but left to pursue a solo career after the group's move to Texas in the late 1980s. Her 19 ...
(born 1969), Irish-American singer-songwriter
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Abra J. Powers (1883–1971), American lawyer and politician
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Abra Prentice Wilkin
Abra Prentice Wilkin (born July 30, 1942) is an American philanthropist. She is the daughter of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972) and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is a great-granddaughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rocke ...
(born 1942), American philanthropist, socialite and member of the Rockefeller Family
Fictional characters
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Abra Durant, a fictional surgeon in the British television series ''Holby City''
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Abra Kadabra (comics), a DC comic book supervillain
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Abra Bacon, young woman in John Steinbeck's novel ''
East of Eden''
* Abra Stone, a girl in Stephen King's novel ''
Doctor Sleep''
* Abra Walsh, a young woman in Nora Roberts' novel "Whiskey Beach"
* Abra, the name of a Pokemon.
* Abra, the maid of
Judith
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Christian Old Testament of the Bible but Development of the Hebrew Bible canon, excluded from the ...
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