Cohn

Cohn is a Jewish family name .

Origin and meaning

The name goes back to the designation of a group with priestly functions in Judaism, see Kohanim ; for variants, see Cohen .

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Adolphe Cohn (1851–1930), American Romance philologist and literary scholar
• Al Cohn (1925–1988), American jazz saxophonist and arranger
• Alan Cohn (1930–2014), American manager and jazz promoter
• Albert Cohn (Orientalist) (1814–1877), Austro-French Orientalist, traveler and school founder
• Albert Cohn (antiquarian) (1827–1905), German antiquarian, Shakespeare researcher and bookseller
• Alexander Cohn (1876–1951), German lawyer
• Alexander Meyer-Cohn (1853–1904), German banker
• Alfons Fedor Cohn (1878–1933), German writer
• Alfred Cohn (actor) (1867–1932), Danish actor and director
• Alfred A. Cohn (1880–1951), American screenwriter
• Alfred E. Cohn (1879–1957), American cardiologist
• Anton Cohn , maiden name of Anton Adelssen (1824–1898), German banker
• Art Cohn (1909–1958), American sports journalist, screenwriter, and writer
• Arthur Cohn (* 1927), Swiss film producer
• Arthur Cohn (rabbi) (1862–1926), Swiss rabbi
• Arthur Cohn (composer) (1901–1998), American composer, conductor and author
• Arthur Wolfgang Cohn (1894–1920), German economist

B.

• Bernard Cohn (1835–1889), American politician
• Bernhard Cohn (medic, 1827) (1827–1864), German medic
• Bernhard Cohn (medic, 1841) (1841–1901), German medic and Zionist
• Bernhard N. Cohn (1923–1992), American rabbi

C.

• Carl Cohn (1857–1931), German politician (DDP) and businessman
• Chaim Cohn (1911–2002), Israeli lawyer and politician
• Conrad Cohn (1901–1942), German lawyer and Jewish association official

D.

• Daniel Cohn (1881–1965), German judge
• Daniel Cohn-Bendit (* 1945), German-French politician and publicist
• Donna Cohn-Brandt (1951-2014), American-German actress
• Dorrit Cohn (1924–2012), American Germanist

E.

• Edwin J. Cohn (1892-1953), American biochemist
• Emil Cohn (publisher) (1832–1905), German publisher
• Emil Cohn (physicist) (1854–1944), German physicist
• Emil Cohn , birth name of Emil Ludwig (1881–1948), German writer
• Emil Bernhard Cohn (also Emil Moses Cohn ; 1881–1948), German writer, playwright and rabbi
• Erich Cohn (1884–1918), German chess player
• Erich Cohn-Bendit (1902–1959), German lawyer
• Ernst Cohn (architect) , German architect
• Ernst Cohn (lawyer) (1902–1979), German lawyer and attorney
• Ernst Cohn-Wiener (1882–1941), German art historian
• Ernst Joseph Cohn (1904–1976), German lawyer
• Esther Cohn (1926–1944), German diary author
• Ethan Cohn (* 1979), American actor
• Eva Cohn , German writer

F.

• Falk Cohn (1833–1901), German rabbi
• Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1828–1898), German botanist and microbiologist
• Friedrich Theodor Cohn (1864–1936), German publisher and bookseller, husband of Clara Viebig
• Fritz Cohn (1866–1922), German astronomer

G

• Gabriel Cohn-Bendit (* 1936), French reform pedagogue
• Gary Cohn (* 1960), American investment banker and government official
• Georg Cohn (1845–1918), German lawyer
• Gerson Behrend Cohn († 1859), German medic and rabbi
• Gertrud Cohn (1876–1942), German Nazi victim
• Gustav Cohn (1840–1919), German economist

H

• Hanns-Peter Cohn (* 1948), German entrepreneur and business manager
• Hans Cohn (chess player) ( Hans Cohn Silber ; 1897–1964), German chess player and chess composer
• Hans Cohn (collector) (1903 – after 1993), German-American banker and art collector
• Hans Cohn (functionary for the blind) (1923–2018), German-British functionary for the blind
• Hans Cohn (Cantor) (* 1926), German-American cantor and author
• Hans Cohn-Lyon (1909–2012), Dominican-Canadian lawyer and diplomat
• Hans W. Cohn ( Hans Werner Cohn ; 1916–2004), German poet and psychoanalyst
• Harry Cohn (1891–1958), American film producer
• Harvey Cohn (track and field athlete) (1884-1965), American long- and medium-distance runner
• Harvey Cohn (mathematician) (1923–2014), American mathematician
• Heinrich Cohn , real name of Heinrich Conried (1855–1909), Austrian actor and theater director
• Heinrich Cohn (rabbi) (1889–1966), Swiss rabbi
• Heinrich Cohn (banker) (1895–1976), Israeli banker
• Hermann Cohn (physician) (1838–1906), German ophthalmologist
• Hermann Cohn (politician) (1869–1933), German lawyer and politician (FVp, FVP, DDP)

I.

• Irving Cohn (1898–1961), American songwriter
• Isidor Cohn (around 1830– ??), company founder, see Stantien & Becker

J

• James Cohn (* 1928), American composer
• Jefferson Davis Cohn (1881–1951), British entrepreneur and horse breeder
• Joe Cohn (born 1956), American guitarist
• Jonas Cohn (1869–1947), German philosopher and educator
• Josef Cohn (1904–1986), German Jewish functionary
• Joseph Cohn (1850–1948), German rabbi and orientalist
• Julia Cohn (1888–1941 / 1944), German teacher, see Denk-Mal Güterwagen #Julia Cohn
• Julius Cohn (1878–1940), German rabbi

K

• Karl Cohn , former name of Karl Colbert (1855–1929), Austrian journalist, writer and editor
• Karl Cohn (physician) (1878–1944), German dermatologist
• Karl Cohn-Biedermann , actual name of Charles Bead (1905 – after 1972), German-American lawyer and librarian
• Konrad Cohn (1866–1938), German dentist
• Kurt Cohn (1899–1987), German judge and association official

L.

• Lassar Cohn (1858–1922), German chemist
• Leopold Cohn (1856–1915), German classical philologist and librarian
• Levi Cohn (1836–1915), German glove manufacturer
• Lothar Cohn (1908–1944), German resistance fighter
• Lotte Cohn (1893–1983), Israeli architect
• Louis Cohn (1852–1927), German politician, publisher and publicist
• Ludwig Cohn (zoologist) (1873–1935), German zoologist and explorer
• Ludwig Cohn (educator) (1877–1962), German educator for the blind, association official and publicist
• Ludwig Adolf Cohn (1834–1871), German historian

M.

• Marc Cohn (* 1959), American musician
• Marianne Cohn (alias Colin ; 1922–1944), German welfare worker
• Marie Cohn (1872–1938), German writer and screenwriter
• Mario Cohn-Haft (* 1961), American ornithologist
• Martha Cohn , former name of Martha Lasker (1867–1942), German writer
• Marthe Cohn (* 1920), French author and former spy
• Martin Cohn (* 1966), German politician (SPD)
• Max Cohn (1848–1911), German legal historian, see Max Conrat
• Max Cohn (physician) (1875–1938), German radiologist
• Melvin Cohn (1922-2018), American immunologist
• Michael Cohn , American film director and screenwriter
• Mildred Cohn (1913–2009), American biochemist and biophysicist
• Mindy Cohn (born 1966), American actress
• Moritz von Cohn (1812–1900), German banker
• Moritz Cohn (writer) (pseudonym Conimor ; 1844 – after 1907), Austrian industrialist and writer

N

• Nik Cohn (* 1946), British-American journalist and travel writer
• Norbert Cohn (1904–1989), German-American jazz musician
• Norman Cohn (historian) (1915–2007), British historian, university professor and writer
• Norman Cohn (film producer) (* 1946), Canadian film producer and cameraman
• Norman Cohn-Armitage (1907–1972), American fencer

O

• Oscar Cohn (writer) (1839-1893), German writer
• Oskar Cohn (1869–1934), German politician (SPD, USPD)
• Otto Cohn (writer) (1901–1982), German civil servant and writer
• Otto Meth-Cohn ( Ernst-Otto Meth-Cohn ; * 1935), German-British chemist and university professor

P

• Paul Cohn , real name of Paul Hohenau (1872–1944), Austrian chemist, consul and writer
• Paul Cohn (soccer player) , German soccer player
• Paul Cohn (1924-2006), British mathematician
• Peter Cohn (physician) (1933–2018), German-American surgeon
• Peter Cohn (Director) , American director and film producer
• Peter F. Cohn (* 1939), American cardiologist and university professor
• Peter J. Cohn (1921–2009), German-American engineer and philanthropist

R.

• Richard Cohn-Vossen (* 1934), German director and screenwriter
• Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American lawyer and author
• Rudolf Cohn (1862–1938), German physician, pharmacologist and university professor
• Ruth Cohn (1912–2010), German-Swiss-American psychoanalyst

S.

• Salomon Cohn (1822–1902), German rabbi
• Sigmund Cohn (1898–1997), American legal scholar
• Sonny Cohn (1925-2006), American jazz trumpeter
• Stefan Cohn , birth name of Thomas Geve (* 1929), Israeli engineer and author
• Stefan Cohn-Vossen (1902–1936), German mathematician

T

• Theodor Cohn (1867–1935), German urologist and university professor
• Theodore Cohn (* 1940), Canadian political scientist and university professor
• Thomas Cohn (* 1934), German-Brazilian gallery owner
• Toby Cohn (1866–1929), German neurologist and psychiatrist

W.

• Walter Cohn (1891–1927), German psychoanalyst
• Werner Cohn (manufacturer) (1887–1942), German dolls clothing manufacturer
• Werner Cohn (art historian) (1905–1960), German art historian
• Werner Cohn (sociologist) (1926–2018), Canadian sociologist
• Wilhelm Cohn (1859–1913), German chess player
• Wilhelm Zeev Cohn (1883–1982), German-Israeli banker and wholesale merchant
• William Cohn (politician) , German politician (DDP), MdL Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• William Cohn (art historian) (1880–1961), German-British art historian and sinologist
• William Cohn (narrator) (* 1957), German narrator and actor
• Willy Cohn (1888–1941), German educator and historian

Z

• Zinky Cohn (1908–1952), American jazz musician

See also

• Kohn , Cohen
• Little Cohn
• Cohn barn
• Cohn Bluff , cliff in the Britannia Range, Antarctica
• Cohn extraction