Abramowicz, Abramovich, Abramowitz, and Abramovitz are variant spellings of a name meaning "son of Abraham" among

Slavic language The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Ea ...

speaking peoples; it is a common surname amongst

Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

, for whom it is commonly Hebraized to ''Ben-Avraham'' (בן-אברהם) upon immigration to Israel. It was also one of the many surnames of which were historically given by the returning

Crusaders The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

to their children, in recognition of their father's visit to the Middle East. The surname Abramovich is not related to the Christian surname Abramović. Some people with these names include: Abramowicz (Polish) * Lisa Abramowicz, American television and radio host * Michel Abramowicz (1950-), French cinematographer *

Danny Abramowicz Daniel Stanley Abramowicz (born July 13, 1945) is a former American football player and coach. He played wide receiver in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers and college football at Xavier University. ...

(1945-), American football player * Halina Abramowicz, Professor of Physics, Tel Aviv University and Max Planck Institute * Kazimierz Abramowicz (1889–1936), Polish mathematician * Manuel Abramowicz (born 1967), Belgian reporter * Michał Abramowicz (1884–1965), Russian and Soviet geologist * Hirsz Abramowicz (1881–1960), prominent Yiddish historian and writer *

Yehuda Meir Abramowicz Yehuda Meir Abramowicz ( he, יהודה מאיר אברמוביץ, born 24 July 1914, died 20 April 2007) was an Israeli rabbi and politician. He served as general secretary of Agudat Yisrael, which he represented in the Knesset from 1972 until 19 ...

, (1914–2007), Israeli rabbi and politician * Andrzej Abramowicz (died 1763) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman. * Tomasz Abramowicz (born 15 February 1979 in Ełk) is a Polish professional football player * Witold Abramowicz, a Polish scientist Abramovich (russian: Абрамо́вич: surname — Абра́мович: patronymic) * Alexander Abramovich (Alexander "Sasha" Argov; 1914–95), Russian-born Israeli composer *

Boris Abramovich Berezovsky Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (russian: link=no, Борис Абрамович Березовский; 23 January 1946 – 23 March 2013), also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematic ...

(1946–2013) Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician. * Daniel Abramovich Chwolson, Russian Jewish Orientalist * David Abramovich Dragunsky (1910–1992) *

Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (russian: Гавриил Абрамович Илизаров; 15 June 1921 – 24 July 1992) was a Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery ...

(1921–1992), Soviet physician * Luis Abramovich (born 1962), Argentine footballer * Mario Abramovich (1926–2014), Argentine musician *

Roman Abramovich Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (, ; he, רומן ארקדיביץ' אברמוביץ'; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the ...

(born 1966), Russian billionaire and former owner of Chelsea Football Club * Semyon Abramovich Furman (1920–1978), Soviet chessmaster *

Vsevolod Abramovich Vsevolod Mikhaylovich Abramovich (russian: Всеволод Михайлович Абрамович; August 11, 1890 – April 24, 1913) was a pioneering aviator. Biography Abramovich was born on August 11, 1890 in Odessa, son of poet Mikhail A ...

(1890–1913), Russian aviator * Yuri Abramovich (b. 1935), Soviet/Russian aircraft pilot and Hero of Russia *

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin ( Russian: Влади́мир Абра́мович Ро́хлин) (23 August 1919 – 3 December 1984) was a Soviet mathematician, who made numerous contributions in algebraic topology, geometry, measure theory, ...

(1919–1984), mathematician *

Ary Abramovich Sternfeld Ary Sternfeld (14 May 1905 – 5 July 1980) was co-creator of the modern aerospace science. He was a Polish engineer of Jewish origin, who studied in Poland and France. From 1935 until his death he worked in Moscow. He was the first person to ...

(1905–1990), aerospace engineer * David Abramovich Tyshler (1927–2014), Ukrainian/Soviet Olympic bronze medalist fencer ;Abramovitch *

Raphael Abramovitch Raphael Abramovitch Rein (1880–1963), best known as Raphael Abramovitch, was a Russian socialist, a member of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Bund), and a leader of the Menshevik wing of the Russian Social-D ...

(1880–1963), Russian socialist ;Abramovitz *

Max Abramovitz Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908 – September 12, 2004) was an American architect. He was best known for his work with the New York City firm Harrison & Abramovitz. Life Abramovitz was the son of Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. He graduate ...

(1908–2004), American architect *

Moses Abramovitz Moses Abramovitz (January 1, 1912 – December 1, 2000) was a 20th-century American economist and professor. During his career, he made many contributions to the study of macroeconomic fluctuations and economic growth over time. Biography Born ...

(1912–2000), American economist and professor * S. Y. Abramovitz aka

Mendele Mocher Sforim Mendele Mocher Sforim ( yi, , he, מנדלי מוכר ספרים, also known as Moykher, Sfarim; lit. "Mendele the book peddler"; January 2, 1836, Kapyl – December 8, 1917 .S. Odessa), born Sholem Yankev Abramovich ( yi, , russian: Соло ...

(1836–1917), Jewish author from Belarus ;Abramowitz *

Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz ( yi, , he, חיים זנוויל אברהמוביץ, born 1902 – died 18 October 1995) was known as the ''Ribnitzer Rebbe'' (), and considered a great Hasidic ''tzadik'' from Rybnitsa (present-day Transnistria, Moldo ...

(1902–1995), American Hasidic rebbe * Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Rabbi * Pinchas Abramowitz, (1909–1986), Israeli artist *

Milton Abramowitz Milton Abramowitz (19 February 1915 in Brooklyn, New York – 5 July 1958) was a Jewish American mathematician at the National Bureau of Standards who, with Irene Stegun, edited a classic book of mathematical tables called '' Handbook of Mathemati ...

(1915–1958), American mathematician * Sid Abramowitz (1960-), American football player *

Morton I. Abramowitz Morton Isaac Abramowitz (born January 20, 1933) is an American diplomat and former U.S. State Department official. Starting his overseas career in Taipei, Taiwan after joining the foreign service, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Tur ...

(born 1933), American diplomat *

Yosef Abramowitz Yosef Abramowitz is an Israeli-American environmentalist, president and CEO of Energiya Global Capital as well as co-founder of the Arava Power Company. Biography Abramowitz was born in 1964 in the United States, to a Jewish family. He lived i ...

(born 1964), Israeli businessman

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