Kon is a surname in a number of cultures and may refer to: *

Bolesław Kon Bolesław Kon (9 December 190610 June 1936) was a Polish concert pianist who won international acclaim in his brief career. Kon was born into a poor Jewish family in Warsaw. He began his piano training aged about 10, at the Moscow Conservatory u ...

(1906–1936), Polish concert pianist *

Chiaki Kon is a Japanese anime director. She started her career in 1998 after joining Pierrot. Biography Chiaki Kon was born in September 29, at Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As a child, she used to watch and fan of Toei Animation's anime adaptation works, su ...

, Japanese anime director *

Fabio Kon Fabio is a given name descended from Latin '' Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

, Brazilian computer scientist *

Feliks Kon Feliks Yakovlevich Kon (18 May 1864 – 30 July 1941) was a Polish communist activist, politician, ethnographer, publicist and journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of the Soviet satirical magazine, '' Krokodil''. Life and career Born in ...

(1864–1941), Polish communist activist *

Fyodor Kon Fyodor Savelyevich Kon (russian: Фёдор Саве́льевич Ко́нь; fl. 1585–1600) was a 16th-century Russian military engineer and architect who built the Smolensk Kremlin (1597–1602) and the Bely Gorod fortification ring of Mosc ...

, 16th-century Russian military engineer and architect *

Haruhiko Kon (born August 17, 1910, date of death unknown) was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Tokyo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in Ea ...

(born 1910), Japanese field hockey player *

Henech Kon Henech Kon or Henryk Kon (9 August 1890 – 20 April 1972) was a Polish composer and cabaret performer. Kon was born in Łódź to a Chassidic family, and sent at the age of 12 to his grandfather in Kutno, where he studied Torah but also studied w ...

(1890-1972), Polish Jewish composer and performer *

Hidemi Kon was a literary critic and essayist active in Japan during the Shōwa period. Early life Born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Kon Hidemi was the younger brother of writer, politician and Buddhist priest Kon Tōkō. His father was a captain of a steamer o ...

(1903–1984), Japanese literary critic and essayist *

Igor Kon Igor Semyonovich Kon (russian: Игорь Семёнович Кон; 21 May 1928 – 27 April 2011) was a Soviet and Russian philosopher, psychologist, and sexologist. His scientific publications have been translated into many languages, suc ...

(1928–2011), Russian philosopher, psychologist, and sexologist * James Kon, also spelt Kone (born 1987), South Sudanese footballer *

Marko Kon Marko "Mare" Kon ( sr-cyr, Марко Кон; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian recording artist. He was the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 alongside Milan Nikolić, where they did not manage to qualify for the finals. Early ...

(born 1972), Serbian singer *

Michiko Kon is a Japanese photographer. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Sokei Art School in 1978. She attended Tokyo Photographic College from 1978 to 1980, after studying mainly painting and printmaking during her years at Sokei. The ...

(born 1955), Japanese photographer *

Satoshi Kon was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art Universi ...

(1963–2010), Japanese director of anime films *

Stella Kon Stella Kon (''née'' Lim Sing Po, born 1944) is a Singaporean playwright. She is best known for her play, ''Emily of Emerald Hill'', which has been staged internationally. She is a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award. Biography Kon was born ...

(born 1944), Singaporean playwright * Yōsuke Kon (born 1978), Japanese professional ice hockey player

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