Abbas (name)
Abbas is a family name and a given name .عباس / Abbaas means in Arabic , lion '.
family name
A.
- Abdulkerim Abbas (1921–1949), Uighur leader in Xinjiang, Republic of China
- Abu Abbas (1948–2004), Palestinian founder and leader of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
- Abubakar Abbas (* 1996), Bahraini sprinter of Nigerian origin
- Alfons Abbas (1854–1924), German violinist and violist
- Ali Abbas (* 1986), Iraqi soccer player
- Ali Ismail Abbas (* 1991), internationally known war victim
- Amir Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), Iranian politician
- Aqarab Abbas (* 1973), Pakistani athlete
- Aziz Abbas (* 1943), Iraqi weightlifter
B.
- Bassim Abbas (* 1982), Iraqi soccer player
F.
- Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), Algerian politician
G
- Ghulam Abbas (* 1968), Pakistani athlete
H
- Hiam Abbass (* 1960), Israeli-Arab actress
- Hisham Abbas (* 1963), Egyptian singer
- Hosni Mohamed Abbas (* 1932), Arab weightlifter
- Husnain Abbas , Pakistani soccer player
- Hussain Ghulum Abbas (* 1969), soccer player from the United Arab Emirates
J
- Jamila Abbas (* 1984), Kenyan IT entrepreneur
K
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914–1987), Indian film director and screenwriter
M.
- Maher Abbas (* 1966), Lebanese athlete
- Mahmud Abbas (* 1935), Palestinian politician
- Maldoum Bada Abbas (* 1952), Chadian politician
- Max Abbas (1844–1923), German librarian and flautist
- Meriam Abbas (* 1970), German-Iraqi actress
- Mohamed Fakry Abbas (* 1932), Egyptian water diver
- Mohamed Nasir Abbas (* 1996), Qatari sprinter
- Mohammed Abbas (swimmer) (* 1978), Iraqi swimmer
- Mohammed Abbas (squash player) (* 1980), Egyptian squash player
- Muhammad Abbas (* 1986), Pakistani ski racer
N
- Nada Abbas (* 2000), Egyptian squash player
- Nader Sufyan Abbas (* 1975), Qatari weightlifter
O
- Omar Sabry Abbas (* 1927), Egyptian water polo player
P
- Philip Abbas (1886–1945), cellist, gambist and music teacher, see Philip Abas
S.
- Salah Abbas (* 1971), Bahraini football referee
- Shamsul Azhar Abbas , Malaysian entrepreneur
- Sohail Abbas (* 1975), Pakistani hockey player
T
- Thamir Abbas Ghadban (* 1945), Iraqi politician
W.
- Wael Abbas (* 1974), Egyptian journalist and human rights activist
Y
- Youssef Abbas (1920–1956), Egyptian basketball player
- Youssouf Saleh Abbas (* 1952), Chadian politician
Z
- Zulkifli Abbas (* 1956), Malaysian hockey player
First name
- Abbas I (Egypt) (1813-1854), Viceroy of Egypt, called "Hilmi"
- Abbas I (1571–1629), Persian ruler, called "the great"
- Abbas II (Persia) (1633–1666), Shah of Persia
- Abbas II (Egypt) (1874–1944), Viceroy of Egypt
- Abbas III. (1731–1740), Shah of Persia
- Abbas ibn Abi l-Futuh († 1154), vizier of the Fatimids
- Abbas ibn Schuaib (Fatimide) († 1025), prince of the Fatimids, designated Imam
- Abu l-Abbas Abdallah II († 903), Emir of the Aghlabids
- Abu l-Abbas Ahmad († 1549), Sultan of the Wattasids in Morocco
- Abu l-Abbas Ahmad II († 1394), Caliph of the Hafsids
- Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muhammad I († 856), Emir of the Aghlabids
- Abu l-Abbas as-Saffah (722–754), first Abbasid caliph
- al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib (565–653), uncle of the Prophet Muhammad
- Abbas Attar (1944–2018), Iranian-French photojournalist, see Abbas (photographer)
- Abbas Effendi (1844–1921), head of the Bahá'í religion
- Abbas ibn Firnas († 888), Berber poet
- Abbas al-Marayati (* 1987), Finnish pool player
- Abbas Mirza (1789–1833), Persian prince
- Abbas al-Musawi (1952–1992), Lebanese General Secretary of the Hezbollah military wing
- Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016), Iranian film director and poet
- Abbas Suan (* 1976), Israeli footballer of Arab descent
Nickname
- Abu Abbas , 'father lion' fighting name of Muhammad Zaidan (1948-2004), Palestinian freedom fighter
stage name
- Abbas (photographer) (1944–2018), actually Abbas Attar, Iranian-French photojournalist
- Abbas (actor) (* 1975 as Mirza Abbas Ali ), Indian actor and model
Individual evidence
- ^ A World of Baby names. Penguin Books, p. 370 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).