'Abbas

Abbas Kiarostami is a critically acclaimed and influential Iranian film director.

A famous bearer of Abbas (as a surname anyway) is Czech-Syrian moderator Leila Abbas.

Abbas or Abbass may refer to:
-Abbas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib (c.566–c.653), a 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 Mirza (1789–1833), a 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.
-Abbas (photographer) (born 1944), Iranian photojournalist
-`Abdu'l-Bahá (Sir `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás Effendí) (1844–1921), second head of the Bahá'í Faith after his father, Founder of the Faith
-Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi (died 994), a Persian scientist.