Kagan
Kagan is a surname found mainly among East European Jews and their descendants elsewhere (a variety of "Cohen"), and may refer to:
- Donald Kagan (b. 1932), Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece
- Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School
- Frederick Kagan (b. 1970), professor of military history (Robert Kagan's brother)
- Henri Kagan, French chemistry scientist
- Janet Kagan (b. 1946), author.
- Jeremy Paul Kagan (b. 1945), American television director
- Jerome Kagan (b. 1929), children developmental psychology
- Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan (1915–1995), British industrialist
- Lou Kagan (b. 1945), American bondage artist
- Oleg Kagan (1946–1990), Russian violinist.
- Robert Kagan (b. 1958), American neoconservative scholar and political commentator (Frederick Kagan's brother)
- Shelly Kagan, philosopher and ethicist at Yale
- Shimon Kagan (b. 1942), Israeli chess master.
- Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician.
- Vladimir Kagan (b. 1927), German furniture designer.
- Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish born rabbi, halakhist, kabbalist, and ethicist
Unconnected with the above though written identically in English, Kagan is also a variety of Khan, a title for a ruler in Turkic and Mongolian languages, for example:
- Mokor Kapagan Kagan, Turkic king in China.
This page lists people with the surname Kagan.
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