Abbe (name)
Abbe is both a surname and a given name.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Caroline Abbé (born 1988), Swiss footballer
- Cleveland Abbe (1838–1916), American meteorologist
- Cleveland Abbe Jr. (1872–1934), American geographer
- Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), German physicist
- James Abbe (1883–1975), American photographer
- Kathryn Abbe (1919–2014), American photographer
- Kenshiro Abbe (1915–1985), Japanese martial artist
- Maurice L'Abbé (1920–2006), Canadian academic and mathematician
- Moe L'Abbé (born 1947), Canadian hockey player
- Robert Abbe (1851–1928), American surgeon and radiologist
- Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian poet, editor, professor and critic
- Truman Abbe (1873–1955), American surgeon
- William Abbe (1800–1854), Iowa state senator
Given name:
- Abbe Borg (born 1943), Swedish esports player
- Abbé Faria (Portuguese: Abade Faria), or Abbé (Abbot) José Custódio de Faria (31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819), Luso-Goan Catholic monk who pioneered of the scientific study of hypnosis
- Abbe Carter Goodloe (1867–1960), American writer
- Abbe Ibrahim (born 1986), Togolese soccer player
- Abbe Lane (born 1932), American singer and actress
- Abbe Lowell (born 1952), American defense attorney
- Abbe May (born 1983), Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights campaigner
- Abbe Mowshowitz (born 1939), American academic and professor
- Abbe Raven, American businesswoman
- Abbe Smith (born 1956), American criminal defense attorney and professor of law
Nickname:
- Fulbert Youlou (1917-1972), first President of Congo-Brazzaville, known as Abbé
- Joseph-Barnabé Saint-Sevin dit L'Abbé le Fils (1727–1803), French composer and violinist
Pseudonym:
- Jean-Hippolyte Michon (1806-1881), French priest, archaeologist, and the founder of graphology, used the name "L’Abbé ***" to publish Le Jésuite in 1865
References
- Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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