Kohn is both a first name and a surname. Kohn means cook in Yiddish. It may also be related to Cohen. Notable people with the surname include: * Angela Kohn ( Jacki-O), rapper *

Arnold Kohn Arnold Kohn (21 May 1905 – 16 November 1984) was a Croatian Zionist, longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek and Holocaust survivor. Biography Kohn was born in Dobrovac, near Lipik, to a Jewish Orthodox Zionist family on 21 May 1 ...

, Croatian Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek * Alfie Kohn, American lecturer and author *

Bernard Kohn Bernard Kohn (born 1931) is a French-American architect, educator and urban planner. Personal life Kohn was born to a Jewish family. His parents immigrated from France to the United States in 1940s due to the impending threat of Nazi invasion. A ...

, architect *

Dan Kohn-Sherbock Dan Mark Cohn-Sherbok is a rabbi of Reform Judaism and a Jewish theologian. He is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales. Biography Born in Denver, Colorado, he graduated from East High School (Denver) and was a studen ...

, Jewish theologian *

David Kohn David Kohn (1838–1915) was a Russian archaeologist and Hebrew writer. He was born at Odessa and received a rabbinic education, but at the age of fourteen he took up the study of medieval literature and modern languages, and soon afterward, hist ...

, Russian archaeologist * Donald Kohn, American economist, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair * Eugene Kohn, rabbi * Fritz Kortner (born as

Fritz Nathan Kohn Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn; 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. Life and career Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jewish family. He studied at the Vienna ...

), Austrian-born stage and film actor *

Joseph J. Kohn Joseph John Kohn (born May 18, 1932) is a professor emeritus of mathematics at Princeton University, where he researches partial differential operators and complex analysis. Life and work Kohn's father was Czech-Jewish architect Otto Kohn. Af ...

, mathematician * Hans Kohn, philosopher and historian *

Ladislav Kohn Ladislav Kohn (born March 4, 1975) is a Czech former professional ice hockey Forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Atlanta Thrashers and the Detroit Red Win ...

, Czech hockey player *

Matt Kohn Matt Kohn (born September 27, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Siena Heights University. Kohn played as a quarterback for two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Nashville Kats and ...

, American football player * Michael Kohn, American major league baseball pitcher * Mike Kohn, American bobsledder * Milton Kohn, American architect and holocaust collector *

Ralph Kohn Sir Ralph Kohn FRS FMedSci FBPhS (9 December 1927 – 11 November 2016) was a British medical scientist, recipient of the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for his work in the pharmaceutical industry. Early life Sir Ralph was born in Leip ...

(1927–2016), British medical scientist and benefactor of music *

Robert D. Kohn Robert D. Kohn (May 12, 1870 – June 16, 1953) was an American architect most active in New York City. Life and career Kohn was born in Manhattan, attended Columbia University, and spent four years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, fro ...

, architect * Sigurd Kohn, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer * Sonja Kohn, Austrian banker * Walter Kohn, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate

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