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 Angela Brookins-Gillispie (born November 24, 1971), better known as Jacki-O, is an American rapper who is now signed to her own label Virtuous Woman Entertainment. Born in Florida, she got her first break in 2003 with the sex rap "P (Real Good)" ...

), rapper * Arnold Kohn, Croatian Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek *

Alfie Kohn Alfie Kohn (born October 15, 1957) is an American author and lecturer in the areas of education, parenting, and human behavior. He is a proponent of progressive education and has offered critiques of many traditional aspects of parenting, manag ...

, American lecturer and author * Bernard Kohn, architect * Dan Kohn-Sherbock, 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 Donald Lewis Kohn (born November 7, 1942) is an American economist who served as the 18th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2010. Prior to his term as vice chairman, Kohn appointed as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governor ...

, American economist, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair *

Eugene Kohn Eugene Kohn (January 26, 1887 – April 1, 1977) was an American Reconstructionist rabbi, writer and editor. Born in Newark, New Jersey he attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and in 1912 received ordination. It was here that he m ...

, rabbi *

Fritz Kortner 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 A ...

(born as Fritz Nathan Kohn), Austrian-born stage and film actor * Joseph J. Kohn, mathematician *

Hans Kohn Hans Kohn ( he, הַנְס כֹּהן, or קוהן, September 15, 1891 – March 16, 1971) was an American philosopher and historian. He pioneered the academic study of nationalism, and is considered an authority on the subject. Life Kohn was b ...

, 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, American football player *

Michael Kohn Michael Thomas Kohn (born June 26, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 13th round (409th overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft after playing college baseball at the ...

, American major league baseball pitcher *

Mike Kohn Michael Kohn (born May 26, 1972) is an American former bobsledder who has competed since 1990. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002 as a push athlete for pilot Brian Shimer. He ...

, American bobsledder *

Milton Kohn Milton Mendel Kohn (September 2, 1912 – August 12, 2001) was an American architect who was one of the leading private collectors of Holocaust memorabilia. He at one point had the world's largest collection of Holocaust memorabilia. His collectio ...

, 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, architect *

Sigurd Kohn Sigurd ( non, Sigurðr ) or Siegfried (Middle High German: ''Sîvrit'') is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon and was later murdered. It is possible he was inspired by one or more figures from the Frankish Meroving ...

, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer *

Sonja Kohn Sonja Kohn (née Türk; born 5 August 1948 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian banker. Biography Kohn was born to Jewish refugees from the Holocaust from Eastern Europe. She grew up in Vienna. In the 1970s, with her husband Erwin Kohn, she started ...

, Austrian banker *

Walter Kohn Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to the unde ...

, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate

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