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 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, mana ...

, American lecturer and author * Bernard Kohn, architect * Dan Kohn-Sherbock, Jewish theologian * David Kohn, 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, 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, Czech hockey player * Matt Kohn, American football player * Michael Kohn, 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, American architect and holocaust collector * Ralph Kohn (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, Austrian banker * Walter Kohn, theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate

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