Abrahams
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Abrahams is a surname
. People with it include the following:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. People with it include the following:
- Arthur AbrahamsArthur AbrahamsArthur Abrahams was an Australian race car driver. He won the 1987 Australian Formula 2 Championship driving a Cheetah Mk8. He also competed in Formula Holden for three years, debuting in 1994 and leaving the category in 1996...
(contemporary), Australian race car driver - Brian AbrahamsBrian AbrahamsBrian Abrahams is a jazz drummer and vocalist who started out working as a singer with local bands in South Africa. In the 1970s Abrahams participated in a gig in Swaziland as drummer for Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson. In 1975 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he gained his recognition...
a jazz drummer and vocalist - Carl AbrahamsCarl AbrahamsCarl Abrahams OD was a Jamaican painter from the parish of St. Andrew. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica and began his career in commercial art at the age of 17 as a cartoonist and an illustrator for The Daily Gleaner and The Jamaica Times...
(1911–2005), Jamaican painter - Chris AbrahamsChris AbrahamsChris Abrahams is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work.Abrahams has been a member of the Benders, the Laughing Clowns, The Sparklers and The Necks. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with Melanie Oxley from the Sparklers...
(b. 1961), New Zealand jazz pianist - Christine AbrahamsChristine AbrahamsChristine Abrahams was a major supporter of contemporary Australian art in Melbourne since the 1970s. Artist Lenton Parr said of Christine that she valued art “as a gift to the spirit and a source of pleasure and enlightenment."...
(1939 - 1994), Australian art dealer and gallery director - David Abrahams (disambiguation)
- Debbie AbrahamsDebbie AbrahamsDeborah Angela Elspeth Abrahams is a British politician, who has been the Labour Member of Parliament for the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency since a by-election in January 2011. Her previous career was as a public health consultant.-Early and professional life:Abrahams was born in...
(b. 1960), British politician - Esther AbrahamsEsther AbrahamsEsther Abrahams was a Londoner sent to Australia as a convict on the First Fleet. She later married George Johnston, who was briefly governor of the colony after leading the Rum Rebellion.- Transportation :...
(1771–1846), English criminal - Gerald AbrahamsGerald AbrahamsGerald Abrahams was an English chess player, author and barrister.He is best known for the "Abrahams Defence" of the Semi-Slav, also known as the Abrahams-Noteboom variation:...
(1907–1980), British chess player and barrister - Harold AbrahamsHarold AbrahamsHarold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...
(1899–1978), British athlete - Israel AbrahamsIsrael AbrahamsIsrael Abrahams was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages ....
(1858–1925), British scholar of Judaism - Jim AbrahamsJim AbrahamsJim Abrahams is an American movie director and writer.Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School...
(b. 1944), American movie director and writer - Jon AbrahamsJon AbrahamsJon Avery Abrahams is an American film and television actor.-Life and career:Abrahams attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn....
(b. 1977), American actor - John AbrahamsJohn AbrahamsJohn Abrahams was a left-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. His brothers Basil and Peter Abrahams, and his late father Cec Abrahams, were also cricketers....
, English First class and List A cricketer - Lionel AbrahamsLionel AbrahamsLionel Abrahams was a South African novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist and publisher. He was born in Johannesburg, where he lived his entire life...
(1928–2004), South African novelist - Marc AbrahamsMarc AbrahamsMarc Abrahams is editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research, and originator and emcee of the annual Ig Nobel Prize celebration. He was formerly editor of the Journal of Irreproducible Results....
(contemporary), American magazine publisher - Maurice AbrahamsMaurice AbrahamsMaurice Abrahams was a successful American songwriter in the early years of the 20th century.Popular songs co-written by Abrahams included "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and "He'd Have to Get Under — Get Out and Get Under " ....
(20th c.), American songwriter - Mick AbrahamsMick AbrahamsMichael Timothy 'Mick' Abrahams was the original guitarist for Jethro Tull. He recorded the album This Was with the band in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave once the album was finished...
(b. 1943), English musician and guitarist - Owen AbrahamsOwen AbrahamsOwen Abrahams was a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Abrahams' football career did not start well after he was rejected by Fitzroy's thirds team, but he moved to the amateurs where he played with the Commonwealth Bank team, from which he was selected with the Fitzroy senior team.He...
(1933–2006), Australian rules footballer - Peter Abrahams (US Author)Peter Abrahams (US Author)Peter Abrahams is an American writer of crime thrillers. His works include Oblivion, The Tutor, The Fury of Rachel Monette, Hard Rain, The Fan , Crying Wolf, Last of the Dixie Heroes, the Echo Falls Mysteries, and Lights Out, the last of which was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel.His...
(contemporary) - Peter AbrahamsPeter AbrahamsPeter Abrahams is a South African novelist.His father was from Ethiopia and his mother was classified by South Africa as a mixed race person, a "Kleurling" or Coloured. He was born in Vrededorp, nearby Johannesburg, but left South Africa in 1939...
(b. 1919), South African novelist - Rehane AbrahamsRehane AbrahamsRehane Abrahams is a performance artist from Cape Town, South Africa. She has performed several works, from Shakespeare to contemporary productions in South Africa and in the America. She was a recipient of the FNB Vita Award for Best Actress in 2001. She is a co-founder of The Mothertongue...
(contemporary), South African performance artist - Shafiek AbrahamsShafiek AbrahamsShafiek Abrahams is a South African cricket player. He played only one One Day International but no Tests for South Africa in 2000. He was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.- References :*...
(b. 1968), South African cricketer - Sidney AbrahamsSidney AbrahamsSir Sidney Solomon Abrahams , nicknamed Solly, was a British Olympic athlete and Chief Justice of Ceylon . He was the older brother of famed Olympian Harold Abrahams....
(1885–1957), British athlete and judge of law - Zaraah AbrahamsZaraah AbrahamsZaraah Abrahams is an actress who is most famous for starring in Waterloo Road and competing in Dancing on Ice.-Early life:...
(contemporary), actress - Roger. D. Abrahams (contemporary), Folklorist, Author, Folk Singer
- Robert. D. Abrahams (1904-1997) Lawyer, Author and Diplomat