| Abbas | | Gender | Male | | Origin | Arabic | | Related names | Abbass, Abbas, Abas, Abaz | | Popularity | Popular names page | Abbas (Abbass, Arabic: عباس ) means "austere" in Arabic. (Austere: (1) severely simple in appearance. (2) strict, stern). [edit] People [edit] Surname - Ali Asad Abbas (born 1976), United Arab Emirates cricketer
- Ali Ismail Abbas (born c.1990), Iraqi juvenile double amputee, a casualty of the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003
- Athar Abbas, Pakistani army general
- Bassim Abbas (born 1982), Iraqi footballer
- Bonfoh Abbass (born 1948), former interim president of Togo
- Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and first (provisional) President of Algeria
- Ghulam Abbas (1909-1982), Pakistani writer
- Ghulam Abbas (cricketer) (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
- Hiam Abbass (born 1960), Palestinian actress
- Hisham Abbas (born 1963), Egyptian musician
- Imad Abbas (died 2004), Palestinian militant
- Imran Abbas (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
- Jhangir Abbas (born 1970), English cricketer
- Khodayyir Abbas, Iraq government official
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914-1987), an Indian film director, Novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist.
- Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935) aka "Abu Mazen", President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) January 2005- January 2009, office disputed since January 2009
- Mohsin Abbas (born 1974), Pakistani journalist
- Nabeel Abbas (born 1986), Iraqi footballer
- Nader Sufyan Abbas (born 1975), Bulgarian-Qatari weightlifter
- Nasir Abbas, Malaysian militant
- Qaiser Abbas (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
- Roshan Abbas, Indian television and radio host
- Sohail Abbas (born 1977), Pakistani field hockey player
- Tahir Abbas (born 1970), social scientist
- Wael Abbas, Egyptian human rights activist
- Yunis Khatayer Abbas, Iraqi journalist
- Yusef Abbas, Chinese extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
[edit] People with the Kunya Abbas - Abu Abbas (1948–2004) known also as "Muhammad Zaidan", founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) organization
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