Abbas, mediaeval Latin for "abbot" is an element in a number of place names in England.

People named Abbas

Given name

• Abbas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib (c.566–c.653), paternal uncle of Muhammad
• Abbas ibn Ali, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Ummal Baneen; revered in Sh'ia Islam for his loyalty to Husayn ibn Ali, the third Sh'ia Imam
• Abbas Ibn Firnas, famous Beber polymath
• Abbas Mirza (1789–1833), Qajar crown prince of Persia
• Abbas I of Egypt (1813–1854), Pasha of Egypt
• Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944) aka "Abbas Hilmi Pasha", last khedive of Egypt
• Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629) aka "Abbas the Great", Persian Shah
• Abbas II of Persia (1642–1666), Persian Shah
• Abbas III of Persia (1732–1736), Persian Shah, last of the Safavid dynasty.
• `Abdu'l-Bahá (`Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás Effendí) (1844–1921), second head of the Bahá'í Faith after his father, Founder of the Faith
• Abbas (actor), Tamil film actor
• Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi (died 994), Persian scientist
• Abbas (photographer) (born 1944), Iranian photojournalist
• Abbas Abdi, Iranian politician
• Abbas Aghaei, Iranian footballer
• Abbas Bayat, Iranian businessman
• Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director
• Abbas Yousefi, Iranian superstar
• Abbas Dewji, Canadian Billionaire

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
• Gregor Abbas (born 1982), Internet entrepreneur
• 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 (born 1914), an Indian film director, Novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist.
• Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935) aka "Abu Mazen", President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
• 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 prisoners of the United States
• Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer

People with the Kunya Abbas

• Abu Abbas (1948–2004) aka "Muhammad Zaidan", founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) organization

Places named Abbas

• Abbas Combe, Somerset
• Bradford Abbas, Dorset
• Cerne Abbas, Dorset
• Compton Abbas, Dorset
• Itchen Abbas, Hampshire
• Melbury Abbas, Dorset
• Milton Abbas, Dorset
• Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset
• Abbas, Azerbaijan, in Shaki Rayon