Famous People with Name Abba

Abba Kovner            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Abba Kovner: was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader. He was a cousin of the Israeli Communist Party leader Meir Vilner. He was born in the Crimean Black Sea port city of Sevastopol but soon moved with his family to Vilnius, Lithuania, where h

Abba Hushi            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Abba Hushi: was the mayor of Haifa, Israel, for eighteen years, from 1951 to 1969. Hushi was one of the founders and activists of Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland. In July 1920, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with a group of 130 Jewish pioneers. In Palestine, he took the Hebrew surname "Hushi", a translation of Schneller (German for "fast"). He built roads and drained swamps, and helped to found Kibbutz Beit Alfa. He was one of the founding members of the Histadrut labor federation. In 1927, he settled in Haifa and joined the Ahdut HaAvoda party, which later merged with Mapai.

Abba Eban            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Abba Eban: was an Israeli diplomat and politician.Eban moved back to London briefly to work in the Jewish Agency's Information Department, from where he was posted to New York, where the General Assembly of the United Nations was considering the "Palestine Question".

Cele Abba            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Cele Abba: was an Italian actress, sister of actress Marta Abba. She was born in Milan, Italy.[