Abe (surname)
Abe is the 25th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are, and. Notable people with the surname include:
- Akie Abe, Japanese socialite, radio personality and wife of Shinzō Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan
- Akiko Abe, Japanese announcer and actress
- Abe Akira, Japanese writer
- Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress
- Atsushi Abe, Japanese voice actor
- Atsushi Abe (synchronized swimmer), Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Daichi Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Fuminori Abe, Japanese professional wrestler
- Fumio Abe, Japanese politician
- Fuyumi Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Genki Abe, Japanese lawyer, police bureaucrat and politician
- George Abe, pen name of Naoya Abe, Japanese manga writer
- Haruka Abe, Japanese-English actress
- Heisuke Abe, Japanese general
- Hifumi Abe, Japanese judoka
- Abe no Hirafu, 7th-century Japanese general
- Hiroaki Abe, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- Hiroki Abe, Japanese footballer
- Abe no Hironiwa, Japanese poet
- Hiroshi Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiroyuki Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hisashi Abe, Japanese zoologist
- Ichiro Abe, Japanese judoka
- Abe no Iratsume, Japanese poet
- Isao Abe, Japanese hammer thrower
- Abe Isoo, Japanese Christian socialist and politician
- Jun Abe, Japanese photographer
- Kaito Abe, Japanese footballer
- Kamehiko Abe, Japanese politician
- Kan Abe, Japanese politician, father of Shintaro Abe
- Kana Abe, Japanese judoka
- Kaoru Abe, Japanese jazz saxophonist
- Katsuyuki Abe, Japanese table tennis player
- Katsuo Abe, Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral
- Kazuhisa Abe, American senator and judge in Hawaii
- Kazumi Abe, Japanese bobsledder
- Kazunari Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Kazuo Abe, Japanese sport wrestler
- Kazushige Abe, Japanese writer
- Kazuya Abe, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Keigo Abe, Japanese karateka
- Keiko Abe, Japanese classical composer and marimba player
- Kenichi Abe, Japanese World War II flying ace
- Kenjirō Abe, Japanese shogi player
- Kensaku Abe, Japanese footballer
- Kenshiro Abbe, Japanese martial artist in the United Kingdom
- Kenta Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Kinya Abe, Japanese fencer
- Kōbō Abe, pen name of Kimifusa Abe, Japanese writer
- Kohki Abe, Japanese human rights activist
- Koji Abe, Japanese comedian
- Kōmei Abe, Japanese classical composer
- Abe no Kooji, Japanese poet
- Kōru Abe, Japanese shogi player
- Kōsō Abe, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- Kunihiro Abe, Japanese animator
- Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Masahiro Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Abe Masahiro, Japanese Rōjū and daimyō
- Abe Masakatsu, Japanese samurai
- Abe Masakoto, Japanese daimyō
- Abe Masakiyo (Shirakawa), Japanese daimyō
- Abe Masanori, Japanese daimyō
- Masanori Abe, Japanese footballer
- Masao Abe, Japanese academic in Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion
- Masashi Abe, Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Abe Masatō, Japanese daimyō
- Masatoshi Abe, Japanese politician
- Abe Masatsugu, Japanese daimyō
- Abe Masayoshi, Japanese daimyō
- Mikishi Abe, Japanese architect and civil engineer
- Momoko Abe, Japanese model
- Abe Motozane, Japanese samurai
- Abe no Munetō, Japanese samurai
- Abe no Nakamaro, Japanese scholar, administrator, and waka poet
- Nanami Abe, Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
- Naoki Abe, Japanese long jumper
- Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress
- Nicole Abe, Japanese fashion model
- Nikken Abe, Japanese Buddhist monk
- Nina Abe, Polish footballer
- Nobuyuki Abe, Japanese general, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- Nobuyuki Abe (footballer), Japanese footballer
- Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer
- Norihide Abe, Imperial Japanese Army officer
- Noriyuki Abe, Japanese anime director
- Osamu Abe (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ryouhei Abe, Japanese actor
- Ryuichi Abe, Japanese academic
- Sada Abe, Japanese convicted murderer, prostitute and actress
- Sadao Abe, Japanese actor
- Abe no Sadato, Japanese samurai
- Sanji Abe, American politician
- Sanshiro Abe, Japanese sport wrestler
- Satoru Abe, American sculptor and painter
- Abe no Seimei, Japanese onmyōji
- Seiseki Abe, Japanese calligrapher and aikidoka
- Shigeaki Abe, Japanese basketball player
- Shigeki Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Shintaro Abe, Japanese politician, father of Shinzo
- Shinya Abe, Japanese curler and curling coach
- Shinzō Abe, Japanese politician and longest-serving postwar Prime Minister of Japan
- Shizue Abe, Japanese idol, actress and singer
- Shohei Abe, Japanese footballer
- Shu Abe, Japanese footballer
- Shuichi Abe, Japanese politician
- Shuto Abe, Japanese footballer
- Abe Tadaaki, Japanese daimyō
- Tadashi Abe, Japanese aikidoka
- Tadashi Abe (rower), Japanese rower
- Tadatoshi Abe, Japanese field hockey player
- Takao Abe, Japanese politician
- Takashi Abe, Japanese shogi player
- Takatoshi Abe, Japanese hurdler
- Takuma Abe, Japanese footballer
- Takumi Abe, Japanese footballer
- Tazuko Abe, Japanese table tennis player
- Teruo Abe, Japanese footballer
- Tokiharu Abe, Japanese ichthyologist
- Tomoe Abe, Japanese ultramarathon runner
- Tomohiro Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Tomoji Abe, Japanese writer, social critic, humanist and translator
- Tomoko Abe, Japanese politician
- Toru Abe, Japanese actor
- Toshihito Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Toshiki Abe, Japanese baseball player
- Toshiko Abe, Japanese politician
- Toshiyuki Abe, Japanese footballer
- Tsuyoshi Abe, Japanese actor
- Uta Abe, Japanese judoka
- Wakako Abe, Japanese cyclist
- Wataru Abe, Japanese announcer, television personality, and news anchor
- Yasuhiro Abe, Japanese musician
- Abe no Yasuna, a disciple of Kamo no Yasunori and father of Abe no Seimei
- Yasurō Abe, Japanese academic
- Abe no Yoritoki, Japanese samurai
- Yoshiharu Abe, Japanese musician and record producer
- Yoshimitsu Abe, Japanese general
- Yoshinori Abe, Japanese footballer
- Yoshio Abe, Japanese zoologist
- Yoshiro Abe, Japanese footballer
- Yoshishige Abe, Japanese philosopher, educator and politician
- Yoshitoshi Abe, Japanese graphic artist
- Yoshiyuki Abe, Japanese cyclist
- Yuji Abe, Japanese television journalist and actor
- Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer
- Sachie Abe, born 1974) better known as Sachie Abe, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yumiko Abe, better known as Yumi Ohka, Japanese professional wrestler
- Abe Yumeri, Japanese actress and former singer
- Yurika Abe, Japanese Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
- Yuta Abe, Japanese footballer
- Yutaka Abe, Japanese film director
- Yutaro Abe, Japanese footballer
Other people
- Magnus Ngei Abe, Nigerian politician
- David Abe, American electrical engineer