Famous People with Name Abbas

Abbas Ibn Firnas            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Abbas Ibn Firnas: was an Arabic-speaking Berber,[1][2] born in Izn-Rand Onda, al-Andalus (today's Ronda, Spain), who lived in the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in al-Andalus. He was a polymath, aviator, chemist, engineer, humanitarian, inventor, musician, physician, physicst, poet, astronomer and technologist.[3]Ibn Firnas designed a water clock called Al-Maqata, devised a means of manufacturing colorless glass, made corrective lenses ("reading stones"), developed a chain of rings that could be used to display the motions of the planets and stars, and developed a process for cutting rock crystal that allowed Spain to cease exporting quartz to Egypt to be cut.

Abbas Attar            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Abbas Attar: is an Iranian photographer known for his photojournalism in Biafra and Vietnam in the 1970s, and for his photos of Christian and Islamic subjects in later years. He is a member of Magnum Photos.

Abbas Tyabji            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Abbas Tyabji: was an Indian freedom fighter from Gujarat, who once served as the Chief Justice of the (Baroda) Gujarat High Court. Mahatma Gandhi appointed Tyabji, at age seventy-six, to replace him as leader of the Salt Satyagraha in May, 1930 after Gandhi’s arrest.[1

Abbas Mahmud Al-Aqqad            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Abbas Mahmud Al-Aqqad: was an Egyptian writer.Al-Aqqad was born in Aswan, a city in Lower Egypt, in 1889. He graduated only out of elementary school; he did not finish school until the end. Unlike his schoolmates, he spent all his weekly allowance on books rather than candy and food. He read about religion, geography, history and many other subjects. He was known for his excellent English.

Abbas Ahmed Khamis            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Abbas Ahmed Khamis: is a footballer from Bahrain. He plays for Bahrainian football club Setra, and has played in the Bahrain national football team.