Caplan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Amanita Caplan
''Sense8'' (a play on the word '' sensate'' ) is an American science fiction drama streaming television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski for Netflix. The production companies behind ''Sense8'' included th ...
, ''Sense8'' character
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Arthur Caplan
Arthur L. Caplan (born 1950) is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics.
Caplan has made many contribut ...
, American bioethicist
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Bryan Caplan
Bryan Douglas Caplan (born April 8, 1971) is an American economist and author. Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and former contributor ...
(born 1971), American economist
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David Caplan
David Richard Caplan (November 15, 1964 – July 24, 2019) was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Oriole and Don Valley East from 1997 to 2011 a ...
(born 1964), Canadian politician
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Elinor Caplan (1944-2019), Canadian politician
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Frank Caplan (1911–1988), American toymaker
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Fred H. Caplan (1914–2004), West Virginia Supreme Court Justice
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Gerald Caplan (born 1938), Canadian political academic
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Irwin Caplan
Irwin Caplan (May 24, 1919 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed Cap, was an American illustrator, painter, designer and cartoonist, best known as the creator of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' cartoon series, ''Famous Last Words'', which led to newspap ...
(1919–2007), American cartoonist
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Lizzy Caplan
Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her first acting role was on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000). She received wider recognition with roles in the films ''Mean Girls'' (2004) and ''Cloverfi ...
(born 1982), American actress
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Melvyn Caplan, British Conservative politician
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Philip Caplan, Lord Caplan (1929–2008), Scottish lawyer and judge
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Ralph Caplan
Ralph Caplan (January 4, 1925 – June 4, 2020) was an American design consultant, writer, and public speaker.
Caplan was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania in January 1925. In 1941, he entered Earlham College for a semester, then enlisted in the ...
(born 1925), American design consultant
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Twink Caplan
Twink Caplan (born December 25, 1947) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is best known for her roles in the box office hits ''Clueless'' and the ''Look Who's Talking'' series. As a producer, her best-known projects were ''Clueles ...
, American actress
See also
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Kaplan (disambiguation) Kaplan may refer to:
Places
* Kapłań, Poland
* Kaplan, Louisiana, U.S.
* Kaplan Medical Center, a hospital in Rehovot, Israel
* Kaplan Street, in Tel Aviv, Israel
* Mount Kaplan, Antarctica
* Kaplan Arena, at the College of William & Mary in Wi ...
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Kaplan (surname)
Kaplan is a surname that is of ultimately Latin origins. There is also a historically unrelated surname in Turkey.
History In European languages
Etymologically, the word originates from the Latin term, ''capellanus'' or ''cappellanus'', an offic ...
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Surnames of Jewish origin
Kohenitic surnames
Yiddish-language surnames