Famous People with Name Abbas

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.

Abbas Uddin Ahmed            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Abbas Uddin Ahmed: popularly known by his first name, was a Bangla folk singer. He was born at Balarampur in Tufanganj subdivision in the district of Cooch Bihar. His father, Zafar Ali Ahmed, was a lawyer at the Tufanganj Sub-divisional Court.Abbasuddin's interest in music grew through attendance at cultural functions at school and college. He was self-taught, except for a brief period when he learnt music from Ustad Jamiruddin Khan in Kolkata and Ustad Kader Buksh in Murshidabad. He sang different types of songs such as folk songs, modern songs, patriotic songs, Islamic songs, and Urdu songs. But Abbasuddin became renowned mainly as a singer of folk songs.

Nader Sufyan Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Nader Sufyan Abbas: is a Qatari weightlifter who competed in the Men's 77 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and finished 9th. He is the 2001 world champion. One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,000, Abbas became a

Muhammad Abbas            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Muhammad Abbas: is a Pakistani alpine skier who had the honor of being his nation's first competitor at the Winter Olympic Games, in 2010. Muhammad Abbas was not expected to win any medal, but he outraced some of the other debuting skiers. A group said to be particularly