Chaplain (name)
Kaplan is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
Kaplan is a Turkish male given name as well as a common family name meaning " tiger ", but also occurs in other languages as a family name, especially as a name of Jewish origin.
Name bearer
First name
- Kaplan Burović (* 1934), writer, journalist and albanologist in Albanian, Serbo-Croatian and French
family name
- Alexander E. Kaplan (1938–2019), American physicist
- Anatoli Lwowitsch Kaplan (1902–1980), Russian painter, sculptor and graphic artist
- Andreas M. Kaplan , German economist
- Anneliese Kaplan (* 1933), German actress
- Ariel Kaplan (* 1994), Australian actress and dancer
- Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), American rabbi and writer
- Bob Kaplan (1936–2012), Canadian lawyer and politician with the Liberal Party of Canada
- Bruce Eric Kaplan (known as BEK ), American cartoonist and screenwriter
- Burak Kaplan (* 1990), Turkish soccer player
- Cemaleddin Kaplan (1926–1995), Turkish Islamist
- Chaim Aron Kaplan (1880– ??), Polish author
- David Kaplan (philosopher) (* 1933), American philosopher
- David Kaplan (television producer) (around 1947–1992), American television producer and journalist
- David Kaplan (Director) , American director, screenwriter and producer
- David Kaplan (film producer) ( David Alexander Kaplan ), American film producer
- David B. Kaplan (* 1958), American physicist
- David L. Kaplan (* 1923), Canadian musicologist and conductor
- Dena Kaplan (* 1989), Australian actress
- Edward L. Kaplan (1920–2006), American mathematician and nuclear weapons developer
- Edward Kaplan (* around 1955), American economist and mathematician
- Elieser Kaplan (1891–1952), Israeli politician and finance minister
- Fanny Kaplan (1890–1918), Russian anarchist and Social Revolutionary, Lenin assassin
- Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (* 1982), Turkish politician (CHP), Mayor of İzmit
- Ferhat Kaplan (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Franz Kaplan (1899–1986), German painter and graphic artist
- Gabe Kaplan (* 1945), American poker player and actor
- Gilbert Kaplan (1941–2016), American entrepreneur, business journalist and conductor
- Hamit Kaplan (1934–1976), Turkish wrestler
- Helen Singer Kaplan (1929–1995), Austrian-American sex therapist
- Helmut F. Kaplan (* 1952), Austrian author and animal rights activist
- Henry S. Kaplan (1918-1984), American radiologist
- Ina Kaplan (* 1987), German pool player
- Jacob Kaplan (1895–1994), French chief rabbi
- Jeff Kaplan , American game developer
- Jonathan Kaplan (director) (born 1947), American director
- Jonathan Kaplan (medical doctor) (* 1956), South African doctor and writer
- Jonathan Kaplan (referee) (born 1966), South African rugby union referee
- Jörn Kaplan (* 1981), German pool player
- Joseph Kaplan (1902–1991), American physicist
- Julio Kaplan (* 1950), Puerto Rican chess master
- Justin Kaplan († 2014), American writer and editor
- Karel Kaplan (* 1928), Czech historian and publicist
- Karl Kaplan (* 1942), Austrian ÖVP politician
- Kid Kaplan (1901–1970), Ukrainian featherweight boxer
- Larry Kaplan (* around 1950), American video game designer and programmer
- Leslie Kaplan (* 1943), French writer
- Mark Kaplan (musician) (* 1953), American violinist
- Mark Kaplan (tennis player) (* 1967), South African tennis player
- Mark N. Kaplan (* 1930), American manager
- Marvin Kaplan (1927-2016), American actor
- Mehmet Kaplan (literary scholar) (1915–1986), Turkish literary scholar
- Mehmet Kaplan (politician) (* 1971), Swedish politician
- Metin Kaplan (* 1952), Turkish Islamist
- Michael Kaplan , American costume designer
- Michail Danilowitsch Kaplan (* 1948), Soviet-Moldovan theoretical physicist and university lecturer
- Mordechai M. Kaplan (1881–1983), American rabbi, founder of Jewish reconstructionism
- Morton A. Kaplan (1921–2017), American political scientist
- Mustafa Kaplan (soccer player) (* 1967), Turkish soccer player and coach
- Mustafa Kaplan (attorney) , NSU accessory prosecution attorney, attorney for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the trial against Jan Böhmermann, recipient of "NSU 2.0" threatening letter, attorney for neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst in the trial for the murder of Walter Lübcke
- Nelly Kaplan (* 1936), Argentine-French film director
- Noah Kaplan (* 1984), American jazz saxophonist
- Ori Kaplan (* 1969), Israeli jazz saxophonist
- Peter Kaplan († 2013), American journalist
- Petr Kaplan (1940–2007), Czech rock singer and guitarist
- Reinhard Walter Kaplan (1912–2003), German microbiologist
- Remzi Kaplan (* 1960), German-Turkish entrepreneur
- Robert Kaplan (author) (* 1933), American author and maths educator
- Robert D. Kaplan (* 1952), American journalist and author
- Robert M. Kaplan (* 1947), American psychologist
- Robert S. Kaplan (* 1940), American economist
- Ron Kaplan (* 1970), Israeli gymnast
- Rosina Kaplan (1869–1946), Austrian educator and school founder
- Samuel Louis Kaplan (* 1936), American diplomat
- Sancak Kaplan (* 1982), Turkish football player
- Sinan Kaplan (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Sol Kaplan (1919–1990), American pianist, conductor and film composer
- Stephen Kaplan (born 1949), American fencer
- Thomas A. Kaplan (* 1926), American physicist
- Thomas S. Kaplan (* 1962), American entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and art collector
- Tomasz Kapłan (* 1984), Polish pool player
- Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934), Austrian engineer
- Vivian Jeanette Kaplan (* 1946), Austrian author
- Valery Kaplan (* 1943), Soviet speed skater
- William B. Kaplan (* before 1972), American sound engineer, actor and cameraman
- Yıldız Kaplan (* 1970), Turkish model and pop singer
- Yusuf Fırat Kaplan (* 1998), Turkish football player