Katzenellenbogen

Katzenellenbogen is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname derived from the name of the former County of Katzenelnbogen, a small medieval state of the German Empire (see also Katzenelnbogen Castle and town). Protection money paid by Jews was the main source of income for the small principality. Different spellings of the toponym and surname include Katzenelenbogen and Katznelbogen, with further derivative forms and spellings of the surname like Katsenelenbogen, Catzenellenbogen, Katzin, Katz, Elbogen/Ellenbogen and Bogen.

Notable people

 * Basil Kazen Ellenbogen (1917–1996), British Army officer and consultant physician (born Katzenellenbogen)
 * Benita Katzenellenbogen (born 1945), American biologist
 * Boris D. Bogen (1869–1929), born Katzenelenbogen, Russian-born Jewish-American educator and social worker
 * Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen (1882–after 1955), Austrian-Polish and American eugenicist and physician in the Buchenwald concentration camp (also known as Katzenellenbogen)
 * Eyran Katsenelenbogen (born 1965), Israeli-born American jazz pianist
 * Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen (about 1670–1749), Polish-German rabbi
 * Gershon Ellenbogen (1917–2003), British barrister, author and Liberal Party politician (born Katzenellenbogen)
 * John Katzenellenbogen (born 1944), American professor of chemistry
 * Konrad Kellen (1913–2007), German-born American political scientist, intelligence analyst and author. (born Katzenellenbogen)
 * Ludwig Katzenellenbogen (1877–1944), German brewery director
 * Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen (died 1565), Italian rabbi
 * Ostap Ortwin (1876–1942), whose real name was Oskar Katzenellenbogen, Polish journalist and literary critic
 * Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen, Italian rabbi, son of Meir Katzenellenbogen
 * Stephen M. Kellen (1914–2004), German-American banker and philanthropist (born Katzenellenbogen)
 * Tamara Katsenelenbogen (1894–1976), Russian architect

In popular culture

 * "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea", a 1954 popular song by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning
 * a fictional family in the short story "The Spectre Bridegroom" in Washington Irving's 1819 collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
 * a fictional character in part 3 of Vasily Grossman's 1960 novel Life and Fate
 * Yakov Katzenelenbogen, the fictional leader of the eponymous team in the Phoenix Force novels

"Son of" (Katznelson)
Katzeneleson, Kazenelson, Kaznelson are further variations of the name by addition of the ending -son, 'son (of)'.