People

• Cleveland Abbe (1818-1916), American meteorologist
• Cleveland Abbe, Jr. (1872-1934), American geographer
• Ernst Karl Abbe (1840-1916), German physicist
• James Abbe (1883-1975), American photographer
• Kenshiro Abbe (1916-1985), Japanese martial artist
• Robert Abbe (1851-1928), American surgeon and radiologist
• Truman Abbe (1873-1955), American surgeon
• Abbe Ibrahim (born 1986), Togolese soccer player
• Moe L'Abbe (born 1947), Canadian hockey player
• Abbe Lane (born 1932), American singer and actress

Places

• Abbe (crater), a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon
• Lake Abbe, African lake

Other

• Abbé, the French word for abbot
• Abbe condenser, a component of a microscope
• Abbe number, a measure of the material's optical dispersion
• Abbe prism, a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin-Broca prism
• Abbe refractometer, a bench-top refractometer that offer the highest precision of the different types of refractometers
• Abbe sine condition, a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects