Kagan (surname)

Kagan is a primarily Russian-Jewish surname which is derived from the surname Cohen (in Russian the consonant h is replaced with the consonant g).

Notable people with the Kagan surname include:

Bernhard Kagan (1866–1932), German chess player, writer, publisher, editor, and organizer
Carolyn Kagan, British psychologist
Daryn Kagan (born 1963), former American newscaster
David Kagan (born 1949), American bishop
Donald Kagan (1932–2021), Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece (Frederick and Robert Kagan's father)
Elena Kagan (born 1960), Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dean of Harvard Law School, and U.S. Solicitor General (under President Obama).
Emily Kagan (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
Frederick Kagan (born 1970), professor of military history (Robert Kagan's brother)
Henri Kagan, French chemist
Helena Kagan (1889-1978), pioneer-pediatrician of Israel
Janet Kagan (1946–2008), author
Jeremy Kagan (born 1945), American television director
Jerome Kagan (1929–2021), children developmental psychology
Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan (1915–1995), British industrialist
Kimberly Kagan (born 1972), military historian (Frederick Kagan's wife)
Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991), Soviet politician and administrator
Mimi Kagan (1918–1999), Russian-born American modern dancer, choreographer
Oleg Kagan (1946–1990), Russian violinist
Robert Kagan (born 1958), American historian and political commentator (Frederick Kagan's brother)
Shelly Kagan, philosopher and ethicist at Yale University
Shimon Kagan (born 1942), Israeli chess master
Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician
Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016), German furniture designer
Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish-born rabbi, halakhist, and ethicist

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