Kohl is a

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surname derived from the word ''kohl'', meaning cabbage. It tends to originate as an

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for a merchant or

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of the crops. Cabbage was most likely

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somewhere in

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before 1000 BC. Cabbage in the cuisine has been documented since Antiquity. It was described as a table luxury in the

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. By the

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, cabbage had become a prominent part of European cuisine, as indicated by manuscript illuminations.Ingram, Christine (2000). The Cook's Guide to Vegetables. Hermes House. pp. 64–66. ISBN 978-1-84038-842-8. New variates were introduced from the

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on, mostly by Germanic-speaking peoples.

Notable people with the surname

* Bernhard Kohl (born 1982), Austrian professional cyclist * Christiane Kohl, German soprano *

Franz Friedrich Kohl Franz Friedrich Kohl (13 January 1851, in St. Valentin auf der Haide – 15 December 1924, in Traismauer) was an Austrian entomologist and folksong researcher. Kohl was initially a middle school professor in Bolzano and then Innsbruck. He next w ...

(1851–1924), Austrian entomologist *

Hannelore Kohl Johanna Klara Eleonore "Hannelore" Kohl (née Renner; 7 March 1933 – 5 July 2001) was the first wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She met him for the first time at a school party in Ludwigshafen, Allied-occupied Germany in 1948, when she w ...

(1933–2001), wife of Helmut Kohl *

Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longes ...

(1930–2017), Chancellor of Germany 1982–1998 *

Herb Kohl Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...

(born 1935), United States senator * Herbert Ralph Kohl (born 1937), United States writer * Jeanne Kohl-Welles (born 1942), American politician *

Jerome Kohl Jerome Joseph Kohl (November 27, 1946 – August 4, 2020) was an American musicologist, academic journal editor, and recorder teacher. A music theorist at the University of Washington, he became recognized internationally as an authority on the ...

(1946–2020), American musicologist * Joseph Kohl (1831–1917), third mayor of Neutral Moresnet *

Ludwig Kohl-Larsen Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (born ''Ludwig Kohl''; 5 April 1884 in Landau in der Pfalz – 12 November 1969 in Bodensee) was a German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer. Biography In 1911, he traveled as ship's doctor with Wilhelm Filchne ...

(1884–1969), German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer *

Peter Kohl (scientist) Peter Kohl FAHA FHRS FTPS is a scientist specializing in integrative cardiac research. He studies heterocellular electrophysiological interactions in cardiac tissue, myocardial structure-function relationships using 'wet' and 'dry' lab models, a ...

, German physiologist *

Sheryl Davis Kohl Sheryl Davis Kohl (born January 3, 1962) is an American politician who represented District 34A in the Maryland House of Delegates. Background Born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 3, 1962, Kohl was appointed by Republican Governor Robert Ehr ...

(born 1962), former Maryland politician *

Sisca Kohl Sisca Kohl (born August 23, 2000) is an Indonesian internet celebrity. She and her sister Aliyyah, who are Chinese Indonesians, are mostly known for being content-creators on TikTok since 2018. Most of their content is filmed in their house which ...

(born 2002), Indonesian internet celebrity

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