Kagan

Kagan

Kagan is a surname found mainly among East European Jews and their descendants elsewhere (a variety of "Cohen"), and may refer to:

* Donald Kagan (b. 1932), Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece (father of Bob and Fred)
* Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School
* Frederick Kagan (b. 1970), professor of military history (Robert Kagan's brother)
* Henri Kagan, French chemistry scientist
* Janet Kagan (b. 1946), author.
* Jeremy Paul Kagan (b. 1945), American television director
* Jerome Kagan (b. 1929), children developmental psychology
* Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan (1915–1995), British industrialist
* Oleg Kagan (1946–1990), Russian violinist.
* Robert Kagan (b. 1958), American neoconservative scholar and political commentator (Frederick Kagan's brother)
* Shelly Kagan, philosopher and ethicist at Yale
* Shimon Kagan (b. 1942), Israeli chess master.
* Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician.
* Vladimir Kagan (b. 1927), German furniture designer.
* Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish born rabbi, halakhist, kabbalist, and ethicist

Unconnected with the above though written identically in English, Kagan is also a variety of Khan, a title for a ruler in Turkic and Mongolian languages, for example:

* Mokor Kapagan Kagan, Turkic king in China.


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  • kağan — (Çənbərək, Gədəbəy, Gəncə, Qazax, Tovuz) xışın və ya arabanın qolunu boyunduruğa birləşdirən qayış. – Boyunduruğun kağanı yiyilif, onu düzəlt (Tovuz); – Kağan xam ağ gönnən qayrılır (Gəncə); – Öküzün ağzı yoxuşa tüşəndə qırılmadımı kağan qəfil… …   Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti

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  • KAGAN, JOSEPH, BARON — (1915–1995), British businessman. Born Juozapas Kaganas in Lithuania, Kagan, with most of his family, managed to survive World War II in hiding near the Kaunas (Kovno) ghetto. Kagan migrated to Britain after the war to join his father (who lived… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Kağan Söylemezgiller —  Kağan Söylemezgiller Spielerinformationen Geburtstag 4. März 1988 Geburtsort Stuttgart Bad Cannstatt, Deutschland Größe 179 cm Position zentrales Mittelfeld Vereine in der Jugend …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • KAGAN, ELIE — (1928–1999), French photographer. Kagan was born in Paris to parents who had emigrated from Russia and Poland and worked in the garment industry. His father disappeared during the German occupation while he himself was hidden in the countryside.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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