Abe (surname)

Abe (IPA2|ɑbe) "Audio|Abe.ogg|listen" is one of several Japanese surnames (安倍, 安部, 阿部) and can refer to:
* The Abe clan, one of the oldest Japanese clans, which was particularly prominent in the Heian period
* Asami Abe (born 1985), Japanese J-pop singer
* Hiroshi Abe (actor) (born 1964), Japanese model and actor
* Hiroshi Abe (astronomer), Japanese astronomer
* Juran Hisao (born Masao Abe; 1902–1957), Japanese author
* Kan Abe (1894–1946), Japanese politician, father of Shintaro Abe
* Kazushige Abe (born 1968), Japanese author
* Keigo Abe (born 1938), Senior Shotokan karate instructor
* Keiko Abe (born 1937), Japanese composer and virtuoso marimba player
* Kenshiro Abbe (born Kenshirō Abe; 1915–1985), a Japanese martial artist in the United Kingdom
* Kōbō Abe (born Kimifusa Abe; 1924–1993), Japanese author
* Masao Abe (1915-2006), Japanese academic in Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion
* Masashi Abe (born 1965), Japanese Nordic combined skier
* Natsumi Abe (born 1981), Japanese J-pop singer
* Nobuyuki Abe (1875–1953), 36th Prime Minister of Japan
* Norick Abe (1975-2007), Japanese motorcycle road racer
* Sada Abe (1905–after 1970), Japanese convicted murderess, prostitute, actress
* Satoru Abe (born 1926), American sculptor
* Shintaro Abe (1924–1991), Japanese politician, father of Shinzo
* Shinzo Abe (born 1954), 90th Prime Minister of Japan
* Kae Araki, (born Yoshie Abe, 1963), Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
* Yoshitoshi Abe (born 1971), Japanese graphic artist
* Yutaka Abe (1895-1977), Japanese film director