Kagan is a surname (
Kaganovich variation). "Kagan" is a primarily
Russian-
Jewish surname which could be derived from the surname
Cohen (in
Russian the consonant h is replaced with the consonant g).
Notable people with the ''Kagan'' surname include:
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Bernhard Kagan
Bernhard Kagan (15 August 1866 – 27 November 1932, Berlin) was a German chess player, writer, publisher, editor, and organizer.
Biography
Born in Poland, Kagan lived in Berlin, where he played in local tournaments. He took 7th in 1898, tied fo ...
(1866–1932), German chess player, writer, publisher, editor, and organizer
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Carolyn Kagan
Carolyn Kagan is a British community psychologist and social activist.
Life and work
Carolyn Morag Kagan grew up in Meopham, Kent. After working as a residential social worker in Scotland she went to North East London Polytechnic graduating with ...
, British psychologist
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Daryn Kagan (born 1963), former American newscaster
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David Kagan
David Dennis Kagan (born November 9, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck in North Dakota since 2011.
Biography
Early life and education
David Kagan was born o ...
(born 1949), American bishop
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Donald Kagan (1932–2021), Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece (Frederick and Robert Kagan's father)
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Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan ( ; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served since August 7, 2010. Kagan ...
(born 1960), Associate Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court, dean of Harvard Law School, and U.S. Solicitor General (under President Obama).
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Emily Kagan (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
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Frederick Kagan
Frederick W. Kagan is an American resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, West Point.
Career
Both he and his father, Donald Kag ...
(born 1970), professor of military history (Robert Kagan's brother)
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Henri Kagan, French chemist
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Helena Kagan
:''(not to be confused with Elena Kagan, a 1960 b. American jurist)''
Helena Kagan ( he, הלנה כגן; September 25, 1889, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – August 22, 1978, Jerusalem) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusal ...
(1889-1978), pioneer-pediatrician of Israel
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Janet Kagan (1946–2008), author
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Jeremy Kagan (born 1945), American television director
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Jerome Kagan (1929–2021), children developmental psychology
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Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan (1915–1995), British industrialist
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Kimberly Kagan (born 1972), military historian (Frederick Kagan's wife)
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Lazar Kaganovich
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich, also Kahanovich (russian: Ла́зарь Моисе́евич Кагано́вич, Lázar' Moiséyevich Kaganóvich; – 25 July 1991), was a Soviet politician and administrator, and one of the main associates of ...
(1893-1991), Soviet politician and administrator
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Mimi Kagan (1918–1999), Russian-born American modern dancer, choreographer
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Oleg Kagan
Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan (Russian: Оле́г Моисе́евич Кага́н; 22 November 1946 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian SFSR – 15 July 1990, Munich, West Germany) was a Soviet violinist, known for his chamber collaborations with such musicia ...
(1946–1990), Russian violinist
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Robert Kagan (born 1958), American historian and political commentator (Frederick Kagan's brother)
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Shelly Kagan
Shelly Kagan () (born 1956) is Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, where he has taught since 1995. He is best known for his writings about moral philosophy and normative ethics. In 2007, Kagan's course about death was offered for fr ...
, philosopher and ethicist at Yale University
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Shimon Kagan (born 1942), Israeli chess master
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Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician
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Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016), German furniture designer
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Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish-born rabbi, halakhist, and ethicist
{{surname, Kagan
Kohenitic surnames
Russian-Jewish surnames