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