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(related to the last name

Cohen Cohen () is a surname of Jewish, Samaritan and Biblical origins (see: Kohen). It is a very common Jewish surname (the most common in Israel). Cohen is one of the four Samaritan last names that exist in the modern day. Many Jewish immigrants ente ...

). Notable people and characters with the surname include: *

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...

(1925–1988), American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer * Alan D. Cohn, American government official * Alfred A. Cohn (1880–1951), American screenwriter * Alice Cohn (1914–2000), German graphic artist *

Art Cohn Art Cohn (April 5, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American sportswriter, screenwriter and author. Cohn and Hollywood producer Mike Todd died in a plane crash in New Mexico in 1958. Career Sportswriter Cohn was born in New York City. Early in h ...

(1909–1958), American sportswriter, screenwriter and author * Arthur Cohn (b. 1927), Swiss film producer * Arthur Cohn (1894–1940), mathematician known for

Cohn's irreducibility criterion Cohn's irreducibility criterion is a sufficient condition for a polynomial to be irreducible in \mathbb ">/math>—that is, for it to be unfactorable into the product of lower- degree polynomials with integer coefficients. Statement The criterio ...

Avern Cohn Avern Levin Cohn (July 23, 1924 – February 4, 2022) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Personal life Cohn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Irwin I. and Sadie Levin Co ...

(1924–2022), United States District Court judge * Bernard Cohn (anthropologist) (1928–2003), anthropologist and scholar of British colonialism in India * Bernard Cohn (politician) (1835–1889), American businessman and politician in Los Angeles * Craig Cohn (b. 1983), birth name of American professional wrestler Craig Classic *

Daniel Cohn-Bendit Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician. Born stateless to a German-Polish Ashkenazi Jewish family, Daniel Cohn-Bendit obtained German citizenship in 1959 and French citizenship in 2015. Cohn-Bendit was a ...

(b. 1945), French-German politician * Dan Cohn-Sherbock (b. 1945), Jewish theologian * David Cohn (b. 1995), American-Israeli player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

* Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892–1953), American scientist * Emil Cohn (1854–1944), German physicist * Erich Cohn (1884–1918), German chess master * Ernst Max Cohn (1920–2004), American philatelic researcher and expert *

Falk Cohn Falk Cohn (; September 18, 1833 – March 6, 1901) was a German rabbi. Biography Falk Cohn was born in Dessau in 1833, the son of a rabbi and teacher at the city's Herzogliche Franzschule. He began the study of the Talmud in his early years. After ...

(1833–1901), German rabbi *

Ferdinand Cohn Ferdinand Julius Cohn (24 January 1828 – 25 June 1898) was a German biologist. He is one of the founders of modern bacteriology and microbiology. Biography Ferdinand Julius Cohn was born in the Jewish quarter of Breslau in the Prussian Pro ...

(1828–1898), German biologist *

Gary Cohn Gary David Cohn (born August 27, 1960) is an American businessman and philanthropist who served as the 11th director of the National Economic Council and chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018. He managed the administ ...

(b. 1960), American investment banker *

Gary Cohn (comics) Gary Cohn (born January 25, 1952) is an American comic book writer, and co-creator (with Dan Mishkin) of the DC Comics characters Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil. Early life Gary Cohn attended Michigan State University earning hi ...

(b. 1952), American comic book writer *

Gary Cohn (journalist) Gary Cohn (March 9, 1952 – December 23, 2024) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Cohn won the 1998 P ...

(1952–2024), American journalist *

Gertrud Cohn Gertrud Cohn (née Ohnstein; January 21, 1876 – September 29, 1942) was a German victim of the Nazi regime. The fate of her family was published as a children's book. The book became the basis for an exhibition, a play and a film. The book is ...

(1876–1942), German victim of the Nazi regime *

Gretta Cohn Gretta Cohn is an American media executive and cellist who is CEO of the podcast network Pushkin Industries. Music Cohn played cello in the rock group Cursive from 2001 to 2005. She left the group in August 2005. Her departure was announced on ...

, American cellist and podcast producer, CEO of Pushkin Industries *

Gustav Cohn Gustav Cohn (12 December 1840 in Marienwerder, West Prussia – 17 September 1919) was a German economist, noted for his pioneering contributions to the theory and policy of transportation and public finance. He was educated at Berlin and Jena univ ...

(1840–1919), German economist *

Harry Cohn Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891 – February 27, 1958) was a co-founder, president, and production director of Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Corporation. Life and career Cohn was born to a working-class Jewish family in New York City. His fath ...

(1891–1958), American co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation * Harvey Cohn (1884–1965), American track and field athlete * James Cohn (1928–2021), American composer * Joan Cohn (née Joan Perry), the widow of

* Joseph Judson Cohn (d. 1996), MGM producer, founder of J.J. Cohn Estate * Lawrence H. Cohn (1937–2016), American cardiac surgeon and researcher * Leonie Cohn (1917–2009), German-born BBC Radio producer * Leopold Cohn (author) (1856–1915), German author and philologist * Leopold Cohn (Christian clergyman) (1862–1937), Hungarian-American minister and evangelist *

Linda Cohn Linda Cohn (born November 10, 1959) is an American sportscaster. She has anchored ESPN's ''SportsCenter'' since 1992. Early life and education Cohn grew up in a Jewish family on Long Island, New York (state), New York. As a child, she would w ...

(b. 1959), American sportscaster *

Marc Cohn Marc Craig Cohn (; born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song " Walking in Memphis", from his 1991 album '' Marc Cohn'', which was a To ...

(b. 1959), American singer-songwriter *

Mariano Cohn Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana. It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see als ...

(b. 1975), Argentine TV and film director * Marthe Cohn (1920–2025), French author, nurse, spy and Holocaust survivor * Mathilda Cohn (1798–1877), birth name of Finnish and Swedish concert singer Mathilda Berwald *

Mindy Cohn Melinda Heather "Mindy" Cohn (born May 20, 1966) is an American actress. She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise from 2002 to 2015 ...

(b. 1966), American actress, comedian and singer *

Nate Cohn Nathan David Cohn (born August 16, 1988) is an American journalist and chief political analyst for "The Upshot" at ''The New York Times''. His reporting focuses on elections, public opinion, and demographics in the United States. Early life and ...

, American journalist *

Nik Cohn Nik Cohn (born 1946), also written Nick Cohn, is a British writer. Life and career Cohn was born in London, England and brought up in Derry in Northern Ireland. He is the son of historian Norman Cohn and Russian writer Vera Broido. An incomer ...

(b. 1946), British rock journalist *

Norman Cohn Norman Rufus Colin Cohn FBA (12 January 1915 – 31 July 2007) was a British academic, historian and writer who spent 14 years as a professorial fellow and as Astor-Wolfson Professor at the University of Sussex. Life Cohn was born in London, ...

(1915–2007), British historian * Norman Cohn (1907–1972), birth name of American saber fencer

Norman C. Armitage Norman Armitage (January 1, 1907, as Norman Cudworth Cohn – March 14, 1972) was an American patent lawyer, and chemical engineer who became an accomplished textile executive. He was an exceptional Fencing#Sabre, saber fencer who competed in si ...

* Oskar Cohn (1869–1934), German politician * Priscilla Cohn (1933–2019), American philosopher and animal rights activist *

Rebecca Cohn Rebecca Cohn (born March 30, 1954, in Vallejo, California) is an American politician who served as the California State Assembly member for the 24th District from 2000 to 2006. A resident of Saratoga, her district also included the Buena Vista, ...

(b. 1954), American politician * Robert Cohn (b. 1949), Canadian business executive, founder of Octel Communications * Robert Cohn, a character in

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...

's 1926 novel ''

The Sun Also Rises ''The Sun Also Rises'' is the first novel by the American writer Ernest Hemingway, following his experimental novel-in-fragments '' In Our Time (short story collection)'' (1925). It portrays American and British expatriates who travel from Par ...

'' * Ronald Cohn (1943–2022), American zoologist, co-founder of The Gorilla Foundation *

Roy Cohn Roy Marcus Cohn ( ; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–53) and as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel duri ...

(1927–1986), American lawyer *

Ruth Cohn Ruth Charlotte Cohn (born 27 August 1912 in Berlin, died 30 January 2010 in Düsseldorf) was a psychotherapist, educator, and poet. She is best known as the creator of a method for learning in groups called theme-centered interaction (TCI). She ...

(1912–2010), German-born psychotherapist, educator, and poet * Waldo Cohn (1910–1999), American biochemist

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