Kagan

Kagan is a family name.

Origin and Meaning

Kagan goes back to the name of a priestly caste in Judaism, see Kohanim. For variations, see Cohen.

Anna Kagan (1902-1974), Russian painter, ceramicist, textile artist, teacher academy
Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932), German chess player
Daryn Kagan ( born 1963 ), American television journalist
David Kagan ( born 1949 ), American Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Bismarck
Donald Kagan ( born 1932 ), American historian
Elena Kagan ( born 1960 ), American lawyer
Elie Kagan (1928-1999), a French photojournalist
Henri Kagan ( born 1930 ), French chemist
Israel Meir Kagan (1838-1933), Jewish scholar and Posek
Jerome Kagan ( born 1929 ), American psychologist
Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan (1915-1995), British entrepreneur and life peer
Oleg Moissejewitsch Kagan (1946-1990), Russian violinist
Robert Kagan (born 1958 ), American political consultants
Shelly Kagan, American professor of philosophy
Vladimir Kagan (* 1927), American designer
Veniamin Fedorovich Kagan (1869-1953), Russian mathematician

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