Famous People with Name Abraham

Abraham Van Diepenbeeck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Abraham Van Diepenbeeck: was an erudite and accomplished Dutch painter of the Flemish School. After having received a classical education, Van Diepenbeeck became one of Rubens' best pupils and assistants. He handled mythological and historical subjects, as well as portraits, with great skill and vigor and was a good, sound colourist.

Abraham Bloemaert            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Abraham Bloemaert: was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving.Bloemaert was the son of an architect, who moved his family to Utrecht in 1575, where Abraham was first a pupil of Gerrit Splinter (pupil of Frans Floris) and of Joos de Beer. He then spent three years in Paris, studying under several masters, and on his return to his native country received further training from Hieronymus Francken.

Abraham Begeyn            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Abraham Begeyn: was a Dutch painter of landscapes and cattle in the manner of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem.Begeyn's earliest known work is from 1653. In 1655 he joined the painter's guild of Leiden, where he staid until at least 1667. He was then active in Amsterdam and The Hague, before he took his residence in Berlin in 1688. There his works were greatly prized, and, according to Houbraken, he was principal painter to Frederick III, the elector of Brandenburg, afterwards king of Prussia.

Abraham Willaerts            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Abraham Willaerts: was a Dutch Baroque painter, mostly of marine and harbor scenes.Willaerts was the son of the painter Adam Willaerts. He trained with his father, becoming a member of the Utrecht guild of painters in 1624, and studied under Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht and with Simon Vouet in Paris.

Abraham Storck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Abraham Storck: was a Dutch landscape and maritime painter of the Baroque era.Storck came from a family of painters of the same name. He had a painter's studio in Amsterdam producing naval and harbour scenes as well as landscape paintings. He was influenced by the two Willem van de Veldes (the elder and the younger) and by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraten.

Daniel Abraham            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Daniel Abraham: is an Australian professional rugby league player. He has previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at lock-forward though he also often plays in the se

Wolfgang Abraham            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wolfgang Abraham: is a retired German football player who played for 1. FC Magd

Pol Abraham            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Pol Abraham: was a French architect. He graduated in 1920 from the atelier of Jean-Louis Pascal at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then followed a course in the Ecole du Louvre from 1921 to 1924. He was a member of the Société des Architectes Diplômés par le Gouvernement (SADG) and magazine editor from 1923 to 1924.

Pierre Abraham            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Pierre Abraham: was a French journalist and encyclopedist and military figure in the French Air Force during the world wars. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, he served during World War I from 1914-1918 as an aviator officer. After the war, his brother Jean-Richard Bloch encouraged him to write and he entered various literary circles. He began with criticism in newspapers and magazines. He worked on the magazine Europe since the magazine was founded and published several essays, and was noticed for his originality. In 1935, he led a research team in compiling the French Encyclopedia.

Attila Ábrahám            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Attila Ábrahám: is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Completing in two Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals (gold - 1988: K-4 1000 m, silver - 1992: K-4 1000 m, bronze - 1988: K-2 500 m).