Rabe is a German surname meaning "raven" and may refer to:
David Rabe (born 1940), American playwright and screenwriter Eckard Rabe (born 1948), South African actor Eugene Rabe (1911–1974), German-American astronomer Folke Rabe (1935–2017), Swedish composer Florence Bates (born Rabe, 1888–1954) American actress Jean Rabe (born 1957), fantasy and science fiction author and editor John Rabe (1882–1950), German businessman who rescued more than 200,000 Chinese during the World War II Nanjing Massacre Josh Rabe (born 1978), baseball player Jutta Rabe (born 1955), German journalist Karin Rabe, Swedish orienteering competitor Karin M. Rabe, American physicist Karl Rabe (1895–1968), automobile designer Laurentius Corvinus (Laurentius Rabe in German) (1465–1527), Silesian scholar and poet Lily Rabe (born 1982), American actress Margarete Rabe (born 1923), German World War II concentration camp guard Pamela Rabe (born 1959), Canadian/Australian actor and theatre director Peter Rabe (1921–1990), German-American writer, mostly crime fiction Sascha Rabe (born 1985), German ice dancer Stephen G. Rabe, American historian Thomas Rabe (born 1951), German professor of gynaecology and obstetrics Ties Rabe (born 1960), German politician Wilhelm F. Rabe (1893–1958), German astronomer
See also Raabe