Famous People with Name Abe

Abe Burrows            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abe Burrows: was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage.Burrows graduated New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and later attended both City College and New York University. He began working as a runner on Wall Street while at NYU, and he also worked in an accounting firm. After he met Frank Galen in 1938, the two wrote and sold jokes to an impressionist who appeared on the Rudy Vallée radio program.

Abe Turner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abe Turner: was an American chess master. He had a chess rating over 2400 and played several times in the U.S. Chess Championship. He was best known as a blitz chess hustler, and was one of the few chess masters who had a winning record with Bobby Fischer.

Abe Goldstein            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abe Goldstein: was an American boxer. Goldstein retired in 1927 with a professional record of 89 victories (30 knockouts), 5 draws, 13 losses, and 22 no decisions.

Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell: known in the boxing world as Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell, was a boxer who became known for his record-setting six-year reign as World Featherweight Champion. Said to be a friend of the gangster Arnold Rothstein, Attell was charged (and acquitted) of ga

Abe Zvonkin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abe Zvonkin: was a Canadian athlete and professional wrestler.