Kogan () is a Russian spelling variant of the Jewish surname

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 ...

. * Aleksandr Kogan, several people * Artur Kogan (born 1974), Israeli chess master * Belle Kogan (1902–2000), American industrial designer * Boris Kogan (1940–1993), Russian-American chess master *

Dmitri Kogan Dmitri Pavlovich Kogan (; October 27, 1978 – August 29, 2017) was a Russian violinist and an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation. Early life and career Dmitri Kogan was born in Moscow, USSR, into a famous musical dynasty. His gra ...

(1978–2017), Russian violinist *

Herman Kogan Herman Kogan (November 6, 1914 – March 8, 1989) was an American journalist who spent fifty years covering the city of Chicago, many with the ''Chicago Daily News'' and ''Chicago Sun-Times''. Kogan, a 1936 graduate of the University of Chicago ...

(1914–1989), American journalist *

Jacob Bernstein-Kogan Jacob Bernstein-Kogan (1859–1929) was a Russian physician, Zionist, and Jewish community activist. He was born in 1859 in what is now Chișinău, Moldova (then Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire). His father was an important figure in the K ...

(1859-1929), Russian physician, Zionist, and Jewish community activist *

Jacob Kogan Jacob Pavlovich Kogan (born May 28, 1995) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the 2007 psychological thriller ''Joshua'' and as the young Spock in J. J. Abrams' ''Star Trek''. Life and career Kogan was b ...

(born 1995), American actor * Jonathan Kogan, member of the band Area 11 * Lazar Kogan (1889–1939), Soviet secret police functionary *

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (; ; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have be ...

(1924–1982), Soviet violinist * Marcio Kogan (born 1952), Brazilian architect *

Michael Kogan Michael "Misha" Kogan (January 1, 1920 – February 5, 1984) was a Ukrainian entrepreneur who founded the Japanese video game company Taito. Early life Kogan was born in Odesa on January 1, 1920 to Riva and Kalman Kogan. His family moved to Har ...

(1920–1984), Russian businessman *

Nataly Kogan Nataly Kogan is a Russian-born American author, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, expert on emotional fitness, and artist. She has written three books: ''Happier Now'', ''Gratitude Daily'', and ''The Awesome Human Project''; hosts The Awesome Human ...

, Russian-born American author and entrepreneur * Pavel Kogan (disambiguation), several people * Pyotr Kogan (1872–1932), Russian literary historian, philologist, literary critic and university professor *

Richard Kogan (physician) Richard Kogan is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City; Co-Director of the Medical Center's Human Sexuality Program; and Artistic Director of the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program.Nevada Psychiat ...

* Ruslan Kogan (born 1982), Belarusian-Australian entrepreneur, founder and director of Kogan Technologies ** Kogan.com, Australian retail and services group founded by Ruslan Kogan * Yosif Arkadyevich Kogan, birth name of

Osip Yermansky Osip Arkadyevich Yermansky (Russian: О́сип Арка́дьевич Ерма́нский; 28 July 1867 – 1941), born Yosif Arkadyevich Kogan (Russian: Иосиф Аркадьевич Коган), and known by the pseudonyms M. Borisov, A. ...

(1867–1941), Russian Menshevik economist * Rita Kogan (born c. 1976), Russian-born Israeli poet * Valentina Kogan (born 1980), Argentine handball player *

Zvi Kogan On 21 November 2024, Zvi Kogan (, born 11 August 1996), an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi residing in the United Arab Emirates, was abducted and killed. He was an envoy of the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic organization Chabad. On 24 November 2024, a body was ...

(1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates

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