Cohn
Cohn is a Jewish surname.
Origin and Meaning
The name comes from the name of a group with priestly functions in Judaism, see Kohanim; to variants, see Cohen.
Well-known bearers of the name
A
- Adolphe Cohn (1851-1930), American linguist and literary scholar
- Al Cohn (1925-1988), American jazz saxophonist and arranger
- Alexander Cohn (1876-1951), German lawyer and Holocaust survivor
- Alfred Cohn (actor ) ( 1867-1932 ), Danish actor and director
- Alfred A. Cohn (1880-1951), American screenwriter
- Alfred E. Cohn (1879-1957), American cardiologist
- 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
- Alfons Fedor Cohn (1878-1933), German writer
C
- Carl Cohn (1857-1931), German Senator (Hamburg, DDP) and Kaufmann
- Chaim Cohn (1911-2002), an Israeli lawyer, politician and Minister of Justice
- Conrad Cohn (1901-1942), German jurist, Jewish Federation official and victims of the Holocaust
D
- Daniel Cohn (1881-1965), German Reichsgerichtsrat
- Daniel Cohn- Bendit ( born 1945 ), German - French politician and journalist
E
- Edwin J. Cohn (1892-1953), American biochemist
- Emil Cohn (publisher) ( 1832-1905 ), German publisher
- Emil Cohn ( physicist ) ( 1854-1944 ), German physicist
- Emil Cohn, maiden name of Emil Ludwig (1881-1948), German writer
- Erich Cohn (1884-1918), German chess master
- Erich Cohn- Bendit (1902-1959), German lawyer
- Ernst Joseph Cohn (1904-1976), German jurist, was forced to emigrate in 1933 and went to Britain
- Ernst Cohn -Wiener (1882-1941), German art historian
- Ethan Cohn ( born 1979 ), American actor
F
- Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1828-1898), German botanist and microbiologist
- Fritz Cohn (1866-1922), German astronomer
G
- Gabriel Cohn- Bendit ( b. 1936 ), French educational reformer
- Georg Cohn (1845-1918), lawyer
- Gerson Behrend Cohn († 1859), doctor, chief rabbi of Hungary and Rabbi of Mühlhausen / Thüringen
- Gustav Cohn (1840-1919), German economist
B
- Harry Cohn (1891-1958), American film producer
- Harvey Cohn (1884-1965), American track and field athlete
- Hermann Cohn ( physician) ( 1838-1906 ), German ophthalmologist
- Hermann Cohn ( politician ) ( 1869-1933 ), German jurist and politician ( FVP, FVP, DDP)
J
- James Cohn ( born 1928 ), American composer
- Jefferson Davis Cohn (1881-1951), businessman, horse breeder and racing team owner
- Joe Cohn ( born 1956 ), American jazz guitarist
- Joseph Cohn (1850-1948), German rabbi and orientalist
- Jonas Cohn (1869-1947), German philosopher and educator
- Julia Cohn ( 1888-1941/44 ), German teacher and victim of the Holocaust
K
- Konrad Cohn (1866-1938), Berlin school dentist
L
- Lassar Cohn (1858-1922), German - Jewish chemist
- Leopold Cohn (1856-1915), German-Jewish philologist and librarian
- Lotte Cohn (1893-1983), Israeli architect
- Ludwig Cohn (1837-1935), German zoologist and explorer in New Guinea
M
- Marc Cohn ( born 1959 ), American musician
- Marianne Cohn (aka Colin; 1921-1944 ), German social worker and Nazi victims
- Marie Cohn (1872-1938), German writer and screenwriter
- Max Cohn (1848-1911), German legal historian
- Mildred Cohn (1913-2009), U.S. biochemist and biophysicist Jewish descent
- Mindy Cohn (born 1966 ), American actress
- Moritz von Cohn (1812-1900), German private banker
N
- Nik Cohn ( born 1946 ), British- American rock journalist and travel writer
- Norbert Cohn (1904-1989), German - American jazz musicians
- Norman Cohn (1915-2007), British historian and writer
- Norman Cohn (film producer) ( born 1946 ), Canadian film producer and cameraman
O
- Oskar Cohn (1869-1934), German politician (SPD, USPD )
P
- Paul Cohn (1924-2006), British mathematician
- Paul Cohn ( footballer ), German football player
R
- Richard Cohn- Vossen ( * 1934), German film director and screenwriter
- Roy Cohn (1927-1986), American lawyer and author
- Ruth Cohn (1912-2010), German -Swiss- American psychoanalyst
S
- Salomon Cohn (1822-1902), German rabbi
- Sigmund Cohn (1898-1997), American legal scholar
- Stefan Cohn- Vossen (1902-1936), German mathematician
W
- Werner Cohn ( born 1926 ), Canadian sociologist
- William Cohn (1859-1913), German chess master
- William Cohn ( politician), German politician ( DDP), Member of Parliament of Mecklenburg -Schwerin
- William Cohn ( art historian ) ( 1880-1961 ), German art historian
- William Cohn (Speaker), German speaker and actor
- Willy Cohn (1888-1941), German - Jewish pedagogue and historian