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surname (related to the last name Cohen).

Notable people sharing the surname "Cohn"

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...

(1925–1988), American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer * Alan D. Cohn, American government official * Alfred A. Cohn (1880–1951), American screenwriter * Alice Cohn (1914–2000), German graphic artist * Art Cohn (1909–1958), American sportswriter, screenwriter and author * Arlen Cohn (1953-), author of ''Friends of a Feather'' and ''Solar System SOS'' *

Arthur Cohn Arthur Cohn (born February 4, 1927) is a film producer and a multiple Academy Award winner. Biography Cohn was born to a Jewish family, the son of Marcus Cohn, a lawyer and leader of the Swiss Zionist movement who moved to Israel in 1949 where h ...

(b. 1927), Swiss film producer * Arthur Cohn (1894–1940), mathematician known for

Cohn's irreducibility criterion Arthur Cohn's irreducibility criterion is a sufficient condition for a polynomial to be irreducible in \mathbb .html" ;"title="/math>">/math>—that is, for it to be unfactorable into the product of lower- degree polynomials with integer coeffici ...

* Avern Cohn (1924-2022), United States District Court judge * Bernard Cohn (1928-2003), American anthropologist * Craig Cohn (b. 1983), birth name of American professional wrestler

Craig Classic Craig Cohn (born May 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Craig Classic. Cohn was initially trained at the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) dojo by Daisuke Sekimoto and has spent most of his career working in ...

Daniel Cohn-Bendit Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician of Jewish descent. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as ''Dany le Rouge'' (French for "Danny the Red" ...

(b. 1945), French-German politician * Dan Cohn-Sherbock (b. 1945), Jewish theologian *

David Cohn David Cohn (דייוויד כהן; born March 28, 1995) is an American-Israeli basketball player. He plays for the Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League. Cohn earlier played in Israel and Germany. He plays the point guard position. B ...

(b. 1995), American-Israeli player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892–1953), American scientist *

Emil Cohn Emil Georg Cohn (28 September 1854 – 28 January 1944), was a German physicist. Life Cohn was born in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg on 28 September 1854. He was the son of August Cohn, a lawyer, and Charlotte Cohn. At the age of 17, Cohn began t ...

(1854–1944), German physicist *

Erich Cohn Erich Cohn ( he, אריק קוהן, March 1, 1884, Berlin – August 28, 1918, France) was a German chess master. He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906, 1909/10, 1914). In strong tournaments, he tied for 1 ...

(1884–1918), German chess master * Ernst Max Cohn (1920–2004), American philatelic researcher and expert * Ferdinand Cohn (1828–1898), German biologist * Gary Cohn (b. 1960), American investment banker * Gary Cohn (b.1952), American comic book writer * Gretta Cohn, cellist and podcast producer * Gustav Cohn (1840–1919), German economist * Harry Cohn (1891–1958), American co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation * Harvey Cohn (1884–1965), American track and field athlete * James Cohn (b. 1928), American composer * Joan Cohn (née Joan Perry), the widow of Harry Cohn * Joseph Judson Cohn (d. 1996), MGM producer, founder of

J.J. Cohn Estate Scarecrow, historically the J.J. Cohn Estate, is a California wine producer. The estate is located in Rutherford, CA, within the Rutherford AVA in the Napa Valley AVA zone. History In 1943, Joseph Judson Cohn, an MGM executive producer of films ...

* Lawrence H. Cohn (1937–2016), American cardiac surgeon and researcher * Leonie Cohn (1917-2009), German-born BBC Radio producer * Leopold Cohn (1862–1937), Hungary-born Christian clergyman * Leopold Cohn (1856–1915), German author and philologist *

Linda Cohn Linda Cohn (born ) is an American sportscaster. She anchors ESPN's ''SportsCenter''. Early life and education Cohn grew up in a Jewish family on Long Island, New York. As a child, she would watch sports on TV with her father, who is a huge sp ...

(b. 1959), American sportscaster *

Marc Cohn Marc Craig Cohn (; born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song " Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album, which was a Top 40 ...

(b. 1959), American singer-songwriter * Mathilda Cohn (1798–1877), birth name of Finnish and Swedish concert singer Mathilda Berwald *

Mindy Cohn Mindy Cohn (born May 20, 1966) is an American actress, who appeared on VH1's List of "100 Greatest Kid Stars". She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the ''S ...

(b. 1966), American actress, comedian and singer *

Nate Cohn Nathan David Cohn (born August 16, 1988) is an American journalist and chief political analyst for "The Upshot" at ''The New York Times''. His reporting focuses on elections, public opinion, and demographics in the United States. Early life and ...

, American journalist *

Nik Cohn Nik Cohn, also written Nick Cohn (born 1946), is a British writer. Life and career Cohn was born in London, England and brought up in Derry in Northern Ireland, the son of historian Norman Cohn and Russian writer Vera Broido. An incomer to th ...

(b. 1946), British rock journalist *

Norman Cohn Norman Rufus Colin Cohn FBA (12 January 1915 – 31 July 2007) was a British academic, historian and writer who spent 14 years as a professorial fellow and as Astor-Wolfson Professor at the University of Sussex. Life Cohn was born in London, to ...

(1915–2007), British historian * Norman Cohn (1907–1972), birth name of American saber fencer

Norman C. Armitage Norman Armitage (January 1, 1907, as Norman Cudworth Cohn, – March 14, 1972) was an American saber fencer. Early life Armitage, who was Jewish, was born in Albany, New York. Fencing career College Armitage began fencing for the Columbia L ...

* Oskar Cohn (1869–1934), German politician *

Priscilla Cohn Priscilla T. Neuman Cohn Ferrater Mora (; December 14, 1933 – June 27, 2019) was an American philosopher and animal rights activist. She was Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, associate director of the Oxford Ce ...

(1933–2019), American philosopher and animal rights activist *

Rebecca Cohn Rebecca Cohn (born March 30, 1954 in Vallejo, California) is an American politician who served as the California State Assembly member for the 24th District from 2000 to 2006. A resident of Saratoga, her district also included the Buena Vista, ...

(b. 1954), American politician * Robert Cohn (b. 1949), Canadian business executive, founder of Octel Communications *

Ronald Cohn Ronald Herbert Cohn (November 11, 1943 – September 16, 2022) was an American zoologist who was a long-time research collaborator of psychologist Francine Patterson in her work in training Koko the gorilla in the use of American sign language. ...

, co-founder of The Gorilla Foundation * Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American lawyer * Ruth Cohn (1912–2010), German-born psychotherapist, educator, and poet

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* ''La Danse de Gengis Cohn'' (''The Dance of Genghis Cohn''), a novel by

Romain Gary Romain Gary (; 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew (, and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar), was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt under two names. He i ...

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'', eponymous 1991 album * Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, concert hall and theatre within the Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia * Robert Cohn, a character in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel ''

The Sun Also Rises ''The Sun Also Rises'' is a 1926 novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, his first, that portrays American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the b ...

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