Clan Members of Note
- Abe no Hirafu (c. 575-664), also known as Abe no Ōmi, one of the leading generals in the subjugation of the Ainu
- Abe no Yoritoki (died 1057) - chinjufu shogun during the Zenkunen War
- Abe no Sadato (1019–62)
- Abe Masatsugu (1569–1647) - fought at Sekigahara, became a fudai daimyo under the Tokugawa
- Abe Tadaaki - first Abe clan member of the Rōjū
- Abe Masahiro - among the last of the Rōjū, signed Treaty of Kanagawa
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