This is an alphabetical list of people with surname Cohen (or in a few cases, a double-barrelled surname that includes Cohen). For variant spellings of this name, see the pages for
Cohn Cohn is a Jewish surname (related to the last name Cohen).
Notable people sharing the surname "Cohn"
* Al Cohn (1925–1988), American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer
*Alan D. Cohn, American government official
* Alfred A. Cohn (1880–19 ...
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Kohn 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, Croatian Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish c ...
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Aaron Cohen (disambiguation), several people
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Aaron Cohen (Deputy NASA administrator)
Aaron Cohen (January 5, 1931 – February 25, 2010) was the Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA between 19 February 1992 and 1 November 1992 as well as the manager of the Space Shuttle Program from 1972.
Education
Cohen graduated from Thom ...
(1931–2010)
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Aaron Cohen (counterterrorist) (born 1976), Israeli-American writer, director, actor and former counterterrorist
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Aaron Cohen (judoka)
Aaron Cohen (born September 28, 1981) is an American former judoka. He was a 5-time US national champion (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009), and earned a silver medal in the 2008 US Olympic trials. He earned a bronze medal at the 2009 Maccabi ...
, American judoka
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Abby Joseph Cohen (born 1952), American economist and financial analyst
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Abe and Abraham Cohen (disambiguation), several people
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Abe Cohen (1933–2001), American football player
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Abraham Cohen de Herrera Abraham Cohen de Herrera ( he, רבי אברהם כהן בן דוד דה-הירירה), also known as Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abraham Irira (c. 1570 – c. 1635), was a religious philosopher and cabbalist (a student of Israel Sarug, who was one ...
(c. 1570 – c. 1635), Sephardic Jewish philosopher and Kabbalist
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Abraham Cohen Pimentel
Abraham Cohen Pimentel (died March 21, 1697) was a rabbi of Amsterdam. He was a student of Saul Levi Morteira, and he also served as hakham of the synagogue in Hamburg and was initially a signator to a letter of approbation for Sabbatai Zevi
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(died 1697), Orthodox rabbi (Amsterdam)
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Abraham Cohen of Zante 1670–1729), physician, poet, rabbi (Venetian Republic)
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Abraham Cohen Labatt Abraham Cohen Labatt (1802, Charleston, South Carolina - August 16, 1899, Galveston, Texas) was an American Sephardic Jew who was a prominent pioneer of Reform Judaism in the United States in the 19th century, founding several early congregation ...
(1802–1899), American pioneer of Reform Judaism
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Abraham Burton Cohen
Abraham Burton Cohen (March 9, 1882 – February 11, 1956) was an American civil engineer notable for his role in designing innovative and record-breaking concrete bridges such as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Tunkhannock Viaduc ...
(1882–1956), American civil engineer
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Abraham Cohen (editor)
Abraham Cohen (1887, Reading, Berkshire – 1957) was a Jewish-British scholar. He was the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible and also participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud and Midrash. He attended the University of London a ...
(1887–1957), rabbinical editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible
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Abram Cohen
Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, epee, and sabre fencer.Bob Wechsler''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''/ref>Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver''Encyclopedia of Jews in ...
(1924–2016), American Olympic fencer
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Ada Cohen, American professor and historian
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Adam Cohen (journalist) (born c. 1962), American journalist at ''The New York Times''
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Adam Cohen (musician) (born 1972), Canadian born musician, the son of Leonard Cohen
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Adam Cohen (scientist) (born 1979), associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology and of physics at Harvard University
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Adele Cohen
Adele H. Cohen (born July 19, 1942) is an American lawyer and former politician. She is a 1964 graduate of Brooklyn College.
Participation in politics 1991 race for New York City Council
After having failed in her first attempt to run for offi ...
(born 1942), American lawyer and politician
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Adva Cohen (אדוה כהן; born 1996), Israeli runner
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Aharon Cohen Aharon Cohen ( he, אהרון כהן; 1910-1980) was a senior member of Mapam, a pro- USSR Israeli political party which existed during the first two decades of statehood.
Born in Britchany, Bessarabia in what was the Tsarist empire, now Romania. ...
(1910–1980), Russian Empire-born, senior member of Mapam (Israeli political party)
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Al Cohen (1926–2020), American magic shop owner and practitioner
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Alan N. Cohen (1930–2004), American former co-owner of the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets
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Alan Cohen (born 1954), American owner of the Florida Panthers
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Albert Cohen (disambiguation), several people
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Albert Cohen (novelist)
Albert Cohen (August 16, 1895 – October 17, 1981) was a Greek-born Romaniote Jewish Swiss novelist who wrote in French. He worked as a civil servant for various international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization. He beca ...
(1895–1981), Greek-born Romaniote Jewish Swiss novelist
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Albert D. Cohen (1914–2011), Canadian businessman
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Albert K. Cohen (1918–2014), American sociologist
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Albert Cohen (producer), French producer of musicals and radio personality
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Alex Cohen, American radio dj, roller derby skater and author
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Alexis Cohen, ''American Idol'' contestant
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Alfred M. Cohen (1859–1949), American lawyer and politician
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Alice Cohen
Alice Cohen (born November 25, 1958) also known by the stage name Alice Desoto, is a New York City-based American singer, songwriter, musician and fine artist. She has performed as the lead vocalist for two major label bands, the Vels and Die Mon ...
, American singer-songwriter and artist
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Allen Cohen (poet) (1940–2004), editor of the ''San Francisco Oracle''
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Allen Cohen (composer) (born 1951), American composer
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Almog Cohen (footballer) (born 1988), Israeli international association footballer
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Alon Cohen
Alon Cohen (( he, אלון כהן); born in Israel, 1962) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. (1989) and the co-inventor of the Audio Transceiver () that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry. Cohen ...
(born 1962), Israeli communications executive
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Alroey Cohen (born 1989), Israeli international footballer
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Amnon Cohen
Amnon Cohen ( he, אמנון כהן; born 1 June 1960) is an Israeli former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Shas from 1999 until 2015.
Biography
Born in Samarkand in the Soviet Union (today in Uzbekistan), Cohen made aliyah ...
(born 1960), Israeli politician
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Amy Cohen-Corwin, American mathematician
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Anat Cohen
Anat Cohen ( he, ענת כהן, born 1975) is a New York City-based jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader from Tel Aviv, Israel.
Biography
Cohen began playing clarinet and saxophone. In 1996, she studied at the Berklee College of Mus ...
, Israeli jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader
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Andrew and Andy Cohen (disambiguation), multiple people
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Andrew Cohen (colonial governor)
Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen (7 October 1909 – 17 June 1968) was Governor of Uganda from 1952 to 1957.
Early life and education
Cohen was from a distinguished Anglo-Jewish family. He was a descendant of Levy Barent Cohen, the founder of t ...
(1909–1968), governor of Uganda
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Andrew Cohen (journalist)
Andrew Zebulon Cohen (born 1955) is a Canadian journalist, author, and professor of journalism at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Cohen has written widely on international affairs ...
(born 1955), Canadian journalist and author
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Andrew Cohen (spiritual teacher)
Andrew Cohen (born October 23, 1955) is an American spiritual teacher of neo-Advaita. He has been credibly accused of physically and psychologically abusing his students, and demanding money and extreme devotion from his students.
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(born 1955), American spiritual teacher and author
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Andrew Cohen (politician) (born 1969), American politician in New York City
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Andrew Cohen (poker player) (born c. 1969), American bartender and poker player
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Andrew Cohen (footballer) (born 1981), Maltese international footballer
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Andy Cohen (baseball)
Andrew Howard Cohen (October 25, 1904 – October 29, 1988), nicknamed the "Tuscaloosa Terror", was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Gi ...
(1904–1988), New York Giant player
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Andy Cohen (television personality)
Andy may refer to:
People
* Andy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer born Horace Hinds
* Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and pi ...
(born 1968), American television executive and pop culture blogger
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Anne Cohen (born 1941), Australian politician in New South Wales
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Annie Cohen-Solal, French academic and writer
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Anthony Cohen (born 1946), British social anthropologist
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Ari Cohen
Ari Cohen (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian stage and television actor. He was a cast member of ''My Babysitter's a Vampire''. He is from Winnipeg and attended the University of Manitoba, where he was an alumnus of the Black Hole Theatre ...
, Canadian actor
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Ariel Cohen (born 1959), Soviet-born American political scientist
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Arnaldo Cohen
Arnaldo Cohen (Rio de Janeiro - 22 April 1948) is a Brazilian pianist.
Biography
Parallel to his piano studies, he also received degrees in Engineering and Violin from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and started his professional career a ...
(born 1948), Brazilian pianist
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Arthur Cohen (disambiguation), several people
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Arthur Cohen (politician)
Arthur Cohen, (18 November 1830 – 3 November 1914) was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician.
Biography
He was born in Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, London, the youngest son of Benjamin Cohen (1789–1867), a prosperous bil ...
(1830–1914), English barrister and Liberal Party politician
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Arthur Juda Cohen (1910–2000), leading member of the Dutch Underground resistance movement
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Arthur A. Cohen
Arthur Allen Cohen (June 25, 1928 – September 30, 1986) was an American scholar, art critic, theologian, publisher, and author.
Scholar David M. Stern has written of Cohen: "Though he was best known as a novelist and theologian, he also pursue ...
(1928–1986), American Jewish scholar, theologian and author
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Arthur G. Cohen
Arthur George Cohen (April 23, 1930 – August 9, 2014) was an American businessman and real estate developer in New York City.
Early life and education
Cohen was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Frances (née Kostic ...
(1930–2014), American businessman and philanthropist
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Asher Cohen, psychologist and President of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Asi Cohen (born 1974), Israeli comedian
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Assaf Cohen
Assaf Cohen (born October 31, 1972) is an American actor.
Early life
Cohen was born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, where his family settled after living for a number of years in Israel. He is of Yemenite, Russi ...
(born 1972), American actor
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Audra Cohen (born 1986), American 2007 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Champion
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Audrey Cohen Audrey C. Cohen (May 14, 1931 – March 10, 1996) was the founding president of Metropolitan College of New York, a non-profit, private institution known for its unique curricular structure and commitment to experiential education. An educational vi ...
(1931–1996), founding president of the Metropolitan College of New York
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Avi Cohen
Avraham "Avi" Cohen ( he, אבי כהן; 14 November 1956 – 29 December 2010) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Rangers ...
(1956–2010), Israeli international footballer
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Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962) (born 1962), Israeli international footballer
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Avishai Cohen (bassist) (born 1970), Israeli jazz bassist, composer, and arranger
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Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) (born 1978), Israeli/American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Avishay Cohen
Avishay Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן; born 19 June 1995) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi associat ...
(born 1995), Israeli footballer
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Avner Cohen
Avner Cohen (born 1951) is an Israeli writer, historian, and professor. He is well known for his works on Israel's nuclear history and strategic policy. He is currently a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and the D ...
, Israeli/American historian and author
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B. J. Cohen (born 1975), American footballer
* Barry Cohen (1927–1985), birth name of
Barry Crane
Barry Crane (born Barry Cohen; November 10, 1927 – July 5, 1985State of California (CA Death Index)Family Tree Legends Retrieved May 20, 2009.) was a prolific television producer and director, and a bridge player who "won more titles than anyon ...
, American television director and producer
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Barry Cohen (politician) (1935–2017), Australian cabinet level politician
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Barry Cohen (attorney)
Barry Cohen (August 3, 1939 – September 22, 2018) was an American criminal defense, personal injury, civil and qui tam attorney in Florida's Tampa Bay Area. Cohen was hired by the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) to represent t ...
(1939–2018), American lawyer
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Barry Marc Cohen (born 1954), American art therapist
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Ben
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right.
Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...
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Benjamin Cohen (disambiguation) Benjamin Cohen may refer to:
* Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet (1844–1909), British politician and Jewish communal leader, MP for Islington East, 1892–1906
* Benjamin V. Cohen (1894–1983), American political figure, member of President Fran ...
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Ben Cohen (bridge) Ben Cohen (1907–1971) was an author, publisher, and distributor of contract bridge books and stationery supplies. He pioneered duplicate bridge in the UK in the early 1930s and helped develop the Acol bidding system in the mid-1930s. He and the yo ...
(1907–1971), British bridge player and writer
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Ben Cohen (businessman)
Bennett Cohen (born March 18, 1951) is an American businessman, activist and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.
Early life
Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the town of Merrick, New York, ...
(born 1951), co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
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Ben Cohen (rugby union)
Ben Christopher Cohen, (born 14 September 1978) is an English activist and former rugby player. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996; in 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two ye ...
(born 1978), English rugby union international player
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Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet
Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, 1st Baronet (18 November 1844 – 8 November 1909) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.
Life
He was the son of Louis Cohen, a stockbroker, and his wife Rebecca Keyser. After a private education he en ...
(1844–1909), British politician and Jewish communal leader, MP for Islington East, 1892–1906
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Benjamin Victor Cohen
Benjamin Victor Cohen (September 23, 1894 – August 15, 1983), a member of the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, had a public service career that spanned from the early New Deal to after the Vietnam War.
Educatio ...
(1894–1983), American political figure, member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Brain Trust
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Benjamin Cohen (political economist)
Benjamin Jerry Cohen (born June 5, 1937 in Ossining, New York) is the ''Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy'' at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UCSB, where he has been a member of the faculty since 19 ...
(born 1937), American professor of International Political Economy
*** Benjamin Cohen (born 1972), French musician known as
Benjamin Diamond
"Music Sounds Better with You" is the only song by the French house
French house, also known as French touch, filter house and tekfunk, is a style of house music originally produced by French musicians in the 1990s. It is a form of Eur ...
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Benjamin Cohen (journalist) (born 1982), British journalist and Channel 4 news correspondent
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Bennett Cohen
Bennett Cohen (August 28, 1890 – June 10, 1964) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for more than 180 films between 1915 and 1953. He also directed 17 films between 1925 and 1934. He was born in Trinidad, Colorado and died ...
(1890–1964), American screenwriter
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Benyamin Cohen (born 1975), American journalist and author
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Bern Cohen
Bern Cohen (New York City, 1949)Mandy Actors
is an American actor and educator. He spent many years in the New ...
(born 1949), American actor
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Bernard Cohen (disambiguation), several people
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Bernard Cohen (physicist)
Bernard Leonard Cohen (June 14, 1924 – March 17, 2012) was born in Pittsburgh,CV composed and posted currently, http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/Vita-Pub.htm Retrieved 23 March 2011 and was Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Pit ...
(1924–2012), American physics professor
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Bernard Cecil Cohen (born 1926), American political scientist and educator
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Bernard Cohen (painter)
Bernard Cohen (born 1933, London) is a British painter. He is regarded as one of the leading British abstract artists of his time.
Biography
Bernard Cohen studied at Central Saint Martins School of Art in London between 1950-1951, followed by ...
(born 1933), British artist
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Bernard S. Cohen (1934–2020), American politician in Virginia
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Bernard Cohen (Australian author) (born 1963), Australian writer
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Betty Cohen
Betty Susan Cohen (born July 27, 1956) is an American businesswoman and media executive. She is best known as the founder and original president of Cartoon Network from 1992 to 2001, the CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services from 2005 to 2007, t ...
, American businesswoman
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Bobby Cohen (born 1970), American film producer
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Bonnie R. Cohen, American public servant
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Boyd Cohen
Boyd Cohen (born 1970) is an urban and climate strategist working in the area of sustainable development and smart cities. Currently he is Dean of Research at EADA Business School and co-founder of IoMob. Cohen received a PhD in Strategy & Entr ...
(born 1970), American urban and climate strategist
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Brad Cohen, American motivational speaker and author
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Bram Cohen
Bram Cohen is an American computer programmer, best known as the author of the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent protocol in 2001, as well as the first file sharing program to use the protocol, also known as BitTorrent. He is also the co-founder of ...
(born 1975), American computer programmer
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Brian Cohen (boxer) (born 1976), American professional boxer (retired)
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Bruce M. Cohen (1945–2010), American rabbi and peace campaigner
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Bruce M. Cohen (1945–2010), American rabbi and peace campaigner
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Bruce Cohen (born 1961), American film producer
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Bryan Cohen
Bryan Cohen (born May 10, 1989) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the shooting guard position. He won a gold medal with Team USA in the 2009 Maccabiah Games. He played college basketball for the Bucknell Bison, and was ...
(born 1989), American-Israeli basketball player
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Brian Tyler Cohen, American actor, blogger, podcaster and journalist
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Carl Cohen (born 1931), American philosopher
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Carl Cohen (1913–1986), American gambling executive and casino manager
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Carolyn Cohen
Carolyn Cohen (June 18, 1929 – December 20, 2017) was an American biologist and biophysicist. She was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Early life and education
Carolyn Cohen was born June 18th, 1929 to parents Anna and Phi ...
, American biologist
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Cathy J. Cohen
Cathy J. Cohen (born 1962) is an American political scientist, author, feminist, and social activist, whose work has focused on the African-American experience in politics from a perspective which is underlined by intersectionality. She is curren ...
(born 1962), American author
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Chapman Cohen (1868–1954), English freethinker, secularist, atheist, writer, and lecturer
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Charles S. Cohen
Charles S. Cohen (born February 8, 1952) is an American real estate developer and film distributor.
Early life and education
Cohen was raised in a Jewish family in Harrison, New York. He is the son of Gloria and Sherman Cohen and nephew to Edd ...
(born 1952), American real estate developer
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Charles Cohen, American free jazz musician and composer
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Chris Cohen (musician)
Chris Cohen is an American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his solo albums as well as for having been a member of the band Deerhoof between 2002 and 2006.
Early life and education
Born in Los Angeles, Califor ...
(born 1975), American musician
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Chris Cohen (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
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Christopher A. Cohen, American director and producer
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Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (; born 1 April 1933) is a French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. Currently he is still an activ ...
(born 1933), French physicist
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Claudia Cohen (1950–2007), American gossip columnist and socialite
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Colby Cohen
Colby Shane Cohen (born April 25, 1989) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche and in the AHL with the Providence Bruins, the minor league affiliate of the Bos ...
(born 1989), American ice hockey player
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Cora Cohen (born 1943), American artist
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Craig Cohen (broadcaster) (born 1972), American radio broadcaster
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Craig Cohen (political scientist) (born 1974), American political scientist
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Dan, Daniel and Danny Cohen (disambiguation), several people
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Dan Cohen (politician) (born 1936), American author and politician
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Dan Cohen (academic)
Daniel J. Cohen is an American historian. As of 1 June 2017 he is serving as dean of libraries and vice provost for information collaboration at Northeastern University. He was the Founding Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of Amer ...
, American historian
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Daniel Cohen (children's writer)
Daniel Edward Cohen (March 12, 1936 – May 6, 2018) was an American non-fiction author who wrote over one hundred books on a variety of subjects, mainly for young audiences. He also fought for justice for the death of his daughter and the othe ...
(1936–2018), American writer
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Daniel Cohen (economist) (born 1953), French economist
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Daniel Cohen (conductor)
Daniel Cohen (born February 18, 1984) is an Israeli conductor and violinist. He is the general music director (GMD) of Staatstheater Darmstadt in Germany, former Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin for the 2015–2017 seasons, and a Gusta ...
(born 1984), Israeli Music director of Jersey Chamber Orchestra
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Daniel I. A. Cohen (born 1946), American mathematician and computer scientist
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Danielle Cohen-Levinas (born 1959), French musicologist and philosopher
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Danny Cohen (television executive)
Daniel Nicholas Cohen (born 15 January 1974) is a British television executive who currently serves as President of Access Entertainment which invests in film, television and digital companies and content. He was previously the Director of BB ...
(born 1974), director of BBC Television
**** Danny Cohen (cinematographer), British cinematographer
**** Danny Cohen (engineer), American computer scientist
* David Cohen (disambiguation), Dave and David Cohen (disambiguation), multiple people
** Dave Cohen (sportscaster) (born 1951), American sportscaster and actor
** Dave Cohen (American football) (born 1966), American college football coach
** David Cohen (military) (1917–2020), American member of the US Army, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and a schoolteacher
** Dave Cohen (writer), writer for television, radio and the Huffington Post
*** David Cohen Nassy (1612–1685), Portuguese ''converso'' and colonialist
*** David Jacob Cohen (c. 1883 – 1959), Indian politician
*** David Cohen (rabbi) (1887–1972), Rabbi, talmudist, philosopher, and kabbalist
*** David Cohen (politician) (1914–2005), American politician in Philadelphia
*** David B. Cohen (psychologist) (1941–2004), American psychology professor
*** David Bennett Cohen (born 1942), keyboardist
*** David William Cohen (born 1943), American professor of history and anthropology
*** David B. Cohen (mayor) (born 1947), American politician in Massachusetts
*** David Mark Cohen (1952–1997), playwriting professor at the University of Texas at Austin
*** David Elliot Cohen (born 1955), American editor and publisher
*** David Cohen (art critic) (born 1963), American art critic, art historian, curator and publisher
*** David X. Cohen (born 1966), American TV writer and producer
*** David Steven Cohen (born 1967), American TV writer
*** David Cohen (entrepreneur) (born 1968), American entrepreneur
*** David Cohen (intelligence), New York City Police Department deputy commissioner, former CIA official
*** David Cohen (physicist), Canadian M.I.T. physicist
*** David L. Cohen, Pennsylvania politician
* Dick Cohen (born 1949), American politician in Minnesota
* Didier Cohen (born 1985), American-born Australian media personality, actor and model
* Dolly Cohen, French jewellery designer
* Donald J. Cohen (1940–2001), American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
* Douglas J. Cohen, American composer/lyricist
* Dror Cohen (born 1974), Israeli basketball coach and former player
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* E.G.D. Cohen (1923–2017), Dutch/American physicist
* Ed Cohen, American sportscaster
* Edward Cohen (1822–1877), Australian merchant and Mayor of Melbourne
* Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927–2016), American graphic designer, artist and activist
* Eli Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Eli Cohen (1924–1965), Israeli spy executed by Syria
** Eli Cohen (actor) (born 1940), Israeli film actor and director
** Eli Cohen (politician born 1949), Israeli politician of the Likud party
** Eli Cohen (footballer born 1951), Israeli football player and manager
** Eli Cohen (footballer born 1961), Israeli football player and manager
** Eli Cohen (politician born 1972), Israeli politician representing Kulanu
* Eliad Cohen (born 1988), Israeli model and actor
* Elie Aron Cohen (1909–1993), Dutch doctor, author and Auschwitz survivor
* Eliezer Cohen (born 1934), Israeli politician
* Eliot A. Cohen (born 1956), American professor of strategic studies
* Elizabeth D. A. Cohen (1820–1921), first female doctor in Louisiana
* Elizabeth Cohen, American TV journalist
* Ellen Naomi Cohen (1941–1974), American singer better known as "Mama" Cass or Cass Elliot
* Ellen Cohen (born 1940), American politician in Texas
* Elliot E. Cohen (1899–1959), American magazine editor
* Emil Cohen (1842–1905), German mineralogist
* Emil Cohen (comedian) (1911–2000), American comedian and singer
* Emma Cohen (1946–2016), Spanish actress, director, producer and screenwriter
* Emory Cohen (born 1990), American actor
* Erin Cohen (born 1973), American actress whose stage name is Erin Daniels
* Erminie Cohen (1926–2019), Canadian senator for Saint John, New Brunswick
* Ernst Julius Cohen (1869–1944), Dutch chemist
* Etan Cohen (born 1974), American screenwriter and director
* Ethan Cohen (gallerist) (born 1961), American collector and art dealer
* Eugene D. Cohen (born 1946), American lawyer and writer
* Evan Montvel Cohen (born 1966), American businessman from Guam; founder of Air America Radio
* Evelyn M. Cohen, American art historian
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* Felix S. Cohen (1907–1953), American lawyer and legal scholar
* Floris Cohen (born 1946), Dutch science historian
* Flossie Cohen (1925–2004), Indian-born pediatric immunologist
* Frank Cohen (born 1943), British entrepreneur
* Fred Cohen (born 1956), American computer scientist
* Freddie Cohen (born 1957), British businessman and former Jersey politician
* Fritz Cohen (1904–1967), German composer
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* Gabriel Cohen (born 1991), Israeli footballer
* Gal Cohen (born 1982), Israeli footballer
* Gary Cohen (born 1958), American sportscaster
* Gary Cohen (footballer) (born 1984), English footballer
* Gary G. Cohen, American theologian
* Gavriel Cohen (1928–2021), Israeli academic and politician
* George Cohen (artist) (1919–1999), American painter and art professor
* George Getzel Cohen (born 1927), South African physician and politician
* George Cohen (1939–2022), English football international and World Cup winner
* George H. Cohen, American director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
* Gerald Cohen (1941–2009), Canadian-born British professor of political theory
* Gerald Cohen (composer) (born 1960), American composer
* Gerry Cohen (director), American television director
* Geulah Cohen (1925–2019), Israeli politician and journalist
*Gezi Cohen (born 1938), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
* Gideon Cohen, Israeli football player and manager
* Gil Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Gili Cohen (born 1991), Israeli Olympic judoka
* Glen Cohen, Jamaican-born British Olympic 400m runner
* Greg Cohen (born 1953), American jazz bassist
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* H. Rodgin Cohen (born 1944), American lawyer
*Hannah Cohen (philanthropist) (1875–1946), English civil servant and philanthropist
* Hannah Cohen (singer) (born 1986), American singer and model
* Harlan Cohen (1934–2020), American volleyball coach
* Harlan G. Cohen, the Gabriel M. Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law at University of Georgia
* Harriet Cohen (1895–1967), British pianist
* Harold Cohen (politician) (1881–1946), Australian politician in Victoria, and brigadier
* Harold Cohen (artist) (1928–2016), British-born American-based artist
* Harry Cohen (born 1949), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
* Haskell Cohen (1914–2000), American sports writer and basketball official
* Haylynn Cohen (born 1980), American model
* Henri Cohen (disambiguation), Henri and Henry Cohen (disambiguation). several people
** Henri Cohen (composer) (1808–1880), French music theorist and composer
** Henri Cohen (water polo) (died 1930), Belgian water polo athlete
** Henri Cohen (number theorist) (born 1947), French mathematician
*** Henry Cohen (numismatist) (1806–1880), French numismatist, bibliographer and composer
*** Henry Cohen (rabbi) (1863–1952), rabbi in Galveston, Texas, 1888–1952
*** Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead (1900–1977), British physician, doctor and lecturer
*** Henry Cohen (civil servant) (1922–1999), director of Föhrenwald
* Herbert Cohen (disambiguation), Herb and Herbert Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Herb Cohen (1932–2010), American personal manager, record company executive and music publisher
** Herb Cohen (negotiator), American negotiation expert
** Herbert B. Cohen (1900–1970), American judge and politician in Pennsylvania
** Herbert Cohen (fencer) (born 1940), American Olympic fencer
* Herman Cohen (disambiguation), Herman and Hermann Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Herman Cohen (1925–2002), American movie producer
** Herman Jay Cohen (born 1932), American diplomat
*** Hermann Cohen (Carmelite) (1820–1871), Jewish pianist and Carmelite priest
*** Hermann Cohen (1842–1918), German philosopher
* Hillel Cohen (born 1961), Israeli scholar and author on Arab-Jewish relations
* Horace Cohen (born 1971), Dutch actor and comedian
* Howard Cohen, birth name of Howard Cosell, American sportscaster
* Hy Cohen (1931–2021), American baseball player
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* I. Bernard Cohen (1914–2003), historian of science
* I. Glenn Cohen (born 1978), Canadian professor of law
* Ian Cohen (born 1951), Australian politician in New South Wales
* Ilana Cohen (born 1943), Israeli politician
* Ira Cohen (1935–2011), American filmmaker, poet, and photographer
* Irvin S. Cohen (1917–1955), American mathematician
* Irun Cohen (born 1937), American-born Israeli immunologist
* Irwin Cohen (1952–2012), American Olympic judoka
* Israel Cohen (footballer) (born 1971), Israeli footballer and amateur basketball player
* Itzik Cohen (footballer, born 1983), Israeli football international
* Itzik Cohen (footballer born 1990), Israeli footballer
* Izhar Cohen (born 1951), Israeli singer
J
* J. J. Cohen (born 1965), American actor
* J. M. Cohen (1903–1989), British writer and translator of European literature
* Jack Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Jack Cohen (politician) (1886–1965), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Fairfield 1918–1931
** Jack Cohen (businessman) (1898–1979), British businessman
** Jack Cohen (rabbi) (1919–2012), American Reconstructionist rabbi
** Jack Cohen (scientist) (1933–2019), British biologist and special effects consultant
* Jacob Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738–1811), Jewish minister in England, Canada, and the United States
** Jacob I. Cohen Jr. (1789–1869), Baltimore banker and Jewish-rights activist
** Jack Cohen (businessman) (1898–1979), supermarket founder born Jacob Kohen
** Jacob Cohen (1921–2004), birth name of American comedian Rodney Dangerfield
** Jacob Cohen (statistician) (1923–1998), U.S. statistician and psychologist
** Jacob Cohen (footballer) (born 1956), Israeli international footballer
** Jacob Cohen (scientist), scientist at NASA Ames Research Centre
* Jacques Cohen (born 1951), Dutch embryologist
* Jacques Cohen (computer science), American computer scientist
* Jake Cohen (born 1990), American/Israeli professional basketball player
* James Cohen (1906–1958), English Olympic athlete
* Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (born 1940), British lawyer and crime fiction author
* Jared Cohen (born 1981), American political advisor and Google director
* Jason Cohen, filmmaker
* Jay M. Cohen (born 1945), U.S. government official
* Jay S. Cohen (born 1968), American internet gambling executive
* Jean Cohen (1941–2004), French virologist
* Jean L. Cohen (born 1946), American political scientist
* Jean-Louis Cohen (born 1949), French architect
* Jean-Michel Cohen (born 1959), French nutritionist and author
* Jeff Cohen (disambiguation), Jeff and Jeffrey Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Jeff Cohen (basketball) (1939–1978), American professional basketball player
** Jeff Cohen (songwriter) (born 1966), American songwriter, producer and publisher
** Jeff Cohen (actor) (born 1974), American attorney and former child actor
** Jeff Cohen (media critic), American founder of Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
** Jeff Cohen (playwright and theater director), American theater director, playwright and producer
*** Jeffrey A. Cohen (born 1954), American neurologist
*** Jeffrey H. Cohen (born 1962), American anthropologist
* Jem Cohen (born 1962), American filmmaker
* Jennifer Cohen (athletic director), American athletics administrator
* Jennifer Cohen (fitness) (born 1975), American fitness instructor and TV personality
* Jerome A. Cohen (born 1930), American professor of law and Chinese human rights advocate
* Jim Cohen (baseball) (1918–2002), American baseball player
* Jim Cohen (born 1942), American human rights and environmental activist
* Joanna Cohen, American TV soap opera writer
* Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952), American professor of history
* Job Cohen (born 1947), Dutch politician
* Jody Cohen (born 1954), American rabbi
* Joe Cohen (born 1984), US American and Canadian football player
* Joel Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Joel Cohen (musician) (born 1942), American musician specializing in early music repertoires
** Joel E. Cohen, Joel Ephraim Cohen (born 1944), American mathematical biologist
** Joel Cohen (writer), American screenwriter
** Joel H. Cohen, Canadian TV writer for ''The Simpsons''
* John Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** John Cohen (Australian politician) (1859–1939), Australian politician and judge
** John S. Cohen (1870–1935), U.S. Senator from Georgia
** John Cohen (musician) (1932–2019), American folk musician and photographer/filmmaker
** John Cohen (baseball) (born 1966), American college baseball coach
* Jon and Jonathan Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Jon Cohen (entrepreneur) (born 1968), American music and media executive
** Jon Cohen (physician), American physician
** Jon Cohen (writer), American novelist and screenwriter
*** Jonathan Cohen (conductor) (born 1977), British conductor and cellist
*** Jonathan Cohen (musician), British musician, well known from children's television programmes
*** Jonathan Cohen (television executive), American television executive
*** Jonathan Cohen (actor), French actor
*Jordan Cohen (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
* Joseph Cohen (politician), Joseph Cohen (1891–1973), Canadian lawyer, academic and politician in Quebec
* Joshua Cohen (disambiguation), Josh and Joshua Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Josh Cohen (tennis), American tennis coach
*** Joshua Lionel Cohen (1877–1965), birth name of Joshua Lionel Cowen, toy train magnate
*** Joshua Cohen (philosopher) (born 1951), American philosopher
*** Joshua J. Cohen (born 1973), mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
*** Joshua Cohen (writer) (born 1980), American writer
* Joyce Cohen (politician) (born 1937), American politician in Oregon
* Judith Solomon Cohen (1766 – 1837), matriarch of Baltimore family
* Judy Kay Cohen (born 1952), American singer known as Juice Newton
* Julia Cohen (born 1989), American tennis player
* Julie Cohen, American actress and singer
* Julie E. Cohen, American legal scholar in intellectual property and Internet law
* Julius B. Cohen (1859–1935), English chemist
* June Cohen, American executive producer for TED Media
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* Kalman J. Cohen (c. 1932 – 2010), American economist
* Kay Cohen (born 1952), Australian fashion designer
* Kerry Cohen (born 1970), American author
* Kip Cohen, American arts and entertainment executive
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*Larry Cohen (1941–2019), film director
* Landon Cohen (born 1986), American football defensive tackle
* Larry Cohen (disambiguation), Larry, Laurence and Lawrence Cohen (disambiguation), several people
** Larry Cohen (1941–2019), American film producer, director, and screenwriter
** Larry T. Cohen (1943–2016), American bridge player
** Larry Cohen (bridge) (born 1959), American bridge player and writer
** Larry Cohen (union leader), American union leader
** Larry Cohen (soccer) (born 1987), South African footballer
*** Laurence Jonathan Cohen (1923–2006), British philosopher
**** Lawrence D. Cohen (politician) (1933–2016), American politician
**** Lawrence D. Cohen, American screenwriter
* Leah Hager Cohen, American author
* Leon Cohen (1910–1989), Greek-born author and Auschwitz survivor
* Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), Canadian singer-songwriter and author
* Léonce Cohen (1829–1901), French composer
* Lesley Cohen (born 1970), American lawyer and politician in Nevada
* Lester Cohen (1901–1963), American author
* Lewis Cohen (cardmaker) (1800–1868), English-born American: major player in the playing card business
* Lewis Cohen (mayor) (1849–1933), South Australian politician and several times mayor of Adelaide
* Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton (1897–1966), British politician
* Liat Cohen, Franco-Israeli classical guitarist
* Lidor Cohen (footballer born 1992) (born 1992), Israeli footballer
* Liepmann Cohen (c. 1630 – 1714, also known as Leffmann Behrends), German financial agent of the dukes and princes of Hanover
* Lionel Louis Cohen (1832–1887), English financier, politician, and communal worker
* Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen (1888–1973), British law lord
* Liran Cohen (born 1983), Israeli footballer
* Lisa R. Cohen, Canadian-born American news magazine producer
* Liskula Cohen (born 1972), Canadian-born New York-based model
* Lita Indzel Cohen (born 1940), American politician in Pennsylvania
* Liz Cohen (born 1973), American performance artist
* Lizabeth Cohen, American historian
* Lona Cohen (1913–1992), American-born spy for the U.S.S.R
* Lorenzo Cohen (born 1964), Italian-born cancer specialist in the U.S.
* Louis Cohen (conductor) (c. 1893 – 1956), English violinist and conductor
* Louis Cohen (1904–1939), American gangster
* Lynn Cohen (1933–2020), American actress
* Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), American-Canadian photographer
* Lyor Cohen (born 1959), American music industry executive
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*Malia Cohen (born 1977), American elected official in San Francisco, California
*Mandy Cohen, American physician and Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
*Marc Cohn (born 1959), American singer-songwriter
*Mark B. Cohen (born 1949), Pennsylvania state legislator
*Martin Cohen (soccer) (born 1952), South African footballer
*Marvin L. Cohen (born 1935), physicist
*Mary Ann Cohen, birth name of Mary Ann Magnin (1850–1943), co-founder of I. Magnin clothing store
*Mary M. Cohen (1854–1911; pen name, Coralie), American social economist, writer
*Matt Cohen (actor) (born 1982), American film and television actor
*Matt Cohen (writer) (1942–1999), Canadian writer under the pseudonym Teddy Jam
*Maurice Cohen (1927–2006), cryptographer
*Maury M. Cohen (1913–1979), American filmmaker
*Melissa Cohen Biden, Melissa Batya Cohen, South African-American activist and filmmaker
*Mendes Cohen (1796–1879), American politician, traveler and businessman
*Michael Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Michal Lamdani, Michal Lamdani Cohen (born 1944), Israeli Olympic high jumper
*Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), gangster in 1940s and 1950s
*Mickey Cohen (soccer), American soccer player
*Morris Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Morris Cohen (adventurer) (1887–1970), British-born adventurer and bodyguard for Sun Yat-sen
*Morris Cohen (scientist) (1911–2005), metallurgist
*Morris Cohen (Soviet spy) (1910–1995), Soviet spy
*Morris Raphael Cohen (1880–1947), American Jewish philosopher
*Moses Cohen (15th century), writer
*Myra Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Myron Cohen (1902–1986), American comedian and raconteur
N
*Natalie Cohen (born 1989), birth name of Madame Mayhem, American singer/songwriter
*Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand rower
*Nick Cohen, British journalist and author
*Nudie Cohn (1902–1984), pioneering designer of Western wear
O
*Octavus Roy Cohen (1891–1959), writer and author
*Ohad Cohen, Israeli footballer
P
*Paul Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Paul Cohen (mathematician) (1934–2007), American mathematician
*Paul Cohen (saxophonist), American saxophonist
*Pierre Cohen, French politician
*Philip P. Cohen, American chemist and researcher
R
*Ralph Louis Cohen, American mathematician
* Rafi Cohen (footballer, born 1965), Rafi Cohen (born 1965), Israeli soccer player and coach
*Ran Cohen, Israeli politician
*Randy Cohen, American writer and humorist
*Raphael H. Cohen, professor of economics and author
*Raymond Cohen, British violinist
*Reuben Cohen, Canadian businessman, educator, and lawyer
*H. Reuben Cohen, Canadian businessman, educator, and philanthropist
*Richard Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Richard A. Cohen, lecturer on conversion therapy
*Richard I. Cohen, professor of Jewish history
*Richard Cohen (columnist), syndicated columnist for the ''Washington Post''
*Richard E. Cohen, magazine correspondent
*Rob Cohen, American film director, producer and writer
*Robert Cohen (boxer) (1930–2022), French and Algerian boxer
*Robert Cohen (cellist), British cellist
*Robert Cohen (writer), Canadian comedy writer
*Robert Donald Cohen (1933–2014), British physician
*Roger Cohen, British-born journalist and author
*Ronni Cohen, birth name of Ronni Chasen (1946–2010), American publicist
*Ryosuke Cohen, mail artist
S
*Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor and comedian
*Samuel Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Sandy Cohen (basketball), Sandy Cohen (born 1995), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
*Sarah Jacob Cohen (1923–2019), hand embroidery artist specialised in traditional Jewish art & craft works
*Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
*Saul B. Cohen, American human geographer
*Scott Cohen (actor), American actor
*Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician
*Sheldon S. Cohen (1927–2018), American lawyer
*Sherm Cohen, American storyboard artist, and television writer and director best known for his work on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and ''Fish Hooks''
*Sidney Cohen (1910–1987), American psychiatrist and medical school professor
*Sidney M. Cohen, Canadian television director and program creator
* Sharon Cohen, Israeli singer better known under the stage name Dana International
*Shimon Cohen, Israeli footballer
*Simcha Bunim Cohen, Orthodox rabbi and author
*Simon Baron-Cohen, British psychologist
*Spenser Cohen, American screenwriter
*Stanley Cohen (disambiguation), several people
*Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 1983), French tennis player
*Steve Cohen (judoka) (born 1955), American Olympic judoka
*Steven A. Cohen, American hedge fund investor
*Stephen F. Cohen, American scholar of Russian studies
*Stephen M. Cohen, American convicted for internet-related frauds
*Steve Cohen (politician), Steve Cohen, member of the US House of Representatives for Tennessee
*Steven Cohen (footballer), French-Israeli professional association footballer
*Stuart David Cohen (1941–1982), American singer-songwriter known as David Blue
* Syd Cohen, American Major League Baseball pitcher
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* Tamir Cohen (born 1984), Israeli soccer midfielder (Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers & Israeli national team)
*Tanhum Cohen-Mintz (1939–2014), Latvian-born Israeli basketball player
*Tanner Cohen, American actor and singer
*Tarik Cohen, American football player
*Tiffany Cohen (born 1966), American swimmer
*Tim Cohen, American musician
*Treyc Cohen, ''X Factor'' finalist
U
* Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973), Israeli basketball player
W
*William Cohen, politician and former U.S. Secretary of Defense
*William N. Cohen (1857–1938), American lawyer and judge
Y
* Ya'akov Cohen (born 1953), Israeli rabbi and politician
* Ya'akov Cohen (writer) (1881–1960), Israeli writer
* Yehoshua Cohen (1922–1986), Israeli militant and assassin
* Yoav Cohen (born 1999), Israeli Olympic windsurfer
* Yohanan Cohen (1917–2013), Israeli politician and diplomat
* Yonatan Cohen, Israeli football player
* Yoseph Bar-Cohen, physicist
* Yousef Hamadani Cohen, spiritual leader and chief rabbi for the Jewish community in Iran
Z
*Zion Cohen, Israeli footballer
Fictional characters
*Baruch Cohen, original name of fictional character Billy Joe Cobra from ''Dude, That's My Ghost!''
*Brian Cohen, fictional character from ''Monty Python's Life of Brian''
*Cohen the Barbarian, fictional character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels
*Kirsten Cohen, fictional character on the FOX television series ''The O.C.''
*Mark Cohen (Rent), fictional character in the rock opera ''Rent''
*Max Cohen, fictional character in Darren Aronofsky's film ''Pi (film), Pi''
*Sander Cohen, fictional musician in the video game ''BioShock''
*Sandy Cohen, fictional character on the FOX television series ''The O.C.''
*Seth Cohen, fictional character on the TV show ''The O.C.''
*Tina Cohen-Chang, fictional character on the FOX television series ''Glee''
References
See also
* Baron-Cohen
* George Cohen, Sons and Company, a scrap metal merchant in London
* Harold Cohen Library, University of Liverpool's library
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