Kogan
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Kogan is a popular Russian version of Jewish surname
Cohen
, which denotes the descendants of the high priests of ancient Israel:
Kogan may also refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
Cohen
Cohen (surname)
Cohen is a Jewish surname of biblical origins . It is a very common Jewish surname, comparable to 'Smith' in an English-language context....
, which denotes the descendants of the high priests of ancient Israel:
- Artur KoganArtur KoganArtur Kogan is a Ukrainian–born Israeli chess grandmaster.Kogan immigrated from Ukraine to Israel when he was 2 years old and spent more than 20 years in Israel. He currently resides in Tarragona, Spain...
(b. 1974), Israeli chess master - Belle KoganBelle KoganBelle Kogan was a Russian born industrial designer and is regarded as the first prominent female in the profession in the United States as well as one of the founders of the profession itself...
(1902 - 2000), American industrial designer - Boris KoganBoris KoganBoris Markovich Kogan was a Russian-American chess master.Kogan was the Soviet Junior Champion in 1956 and 1957. He was a full-time chess teacher in the Soviet Union before emigrating and coming to the United States in 1981. In 1981 he was also awarded the International Master title.He played in...
(1940 – 1993), Russian-American chess master - Herman KoganHerman KoganHerman Kogan spent fifty years covering Chicago, many with the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the author of Yesterday's Chicago Herman Kogan (November 6, 1914 - March 8, 1989) spent fifty years covering Chicago, many with the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the author of Yesterday's Chicago Herman Kogan...
(1914 – 1989), American journalist - Jacob KoganJacob KoganJacob Kogan is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2007 psychological thriller Joshua and Spock as a child in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek....
(b. 1995), young American actor - Leonid KoganLeonid Borisovitch KoganLeonid Borisovich Kogan was a violin virtuoso and one of the 20th century's most famous Soviet violinists. He ranked among the greatest representatives of the Soviet School of violin playing.-Life and career:...
(1924 – 1982), a violin virtuoso. - Michael KoganMichael Koganwas a Russian Jewish businessman who founded the Japanese games maker Taito Corporation. He was born in Odessa, but his family moved to Harbin, Manchuria to escape the Russian Revolution of 1917, where he later met Colonel Yasue Norihiro, a member of the Japanese Army's intelligence services and...
(1917 – 1984), Russian Jewish businessman - Nina Kogan (1889 – 1942), Russian avant-garde painter
- Pavel Kogan (poet) (1918 – 1942), Soviet poet
- Ruslan KoganRuslan KoganRuslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Kogan Technologies.Ruslan Kogan is also one of the founders of Milan Direct, an Australian and UK furniture retailer,...
(b. 1982), founder and director of Kogan Technologies - Yitzchok Kogan, Orthodox rabbi
- Yosif Arkadyevich Kogan, birth name of Osip YermanskyOsip YermanskyOsip Arkadyevich Yermansky was a Russian Social Democratic political figure, economic theorist, pamphleteer, and memoirist...
(1867-1941), Russian Menshevik economist
Kogan may also refer to:
- Kogan TechnologiesKogan TechnologiesKogan Technologies is an Australian manufacturer and retailer of consumer electronics devices. The company, founded in 2006 by Ruslan Kogan, sells products direct from Asia to customers in Australia and the United Kingdom....
, Consumer Electronics brand - Kogan AgoraKogan AgoraThe names "Agora" and "Agora Pro" are now used for laptops, tablet PCs and Google TV devices produced by Kogan.-History:The Kogan Agora was a planned Internet-enabled smartphone running the Android operating system for mobile devices...
, mobile phone developed by the Australian company Kogan Technologie] that runs the Android mobile phone platform
See also
- Versions of the surname Cohen
- The "Cohen" Gene
- KaganKagan- People :* Daryn Kagan , former American newscaster* Donald Kagan , Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece* Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School, U.S. Solicitor General , and Associate Justice of the U.S...
- Kaganovich
- CohnCohnCohn is a common Jewish surname and may refer to:* Al Cohn* Arthur Cohn, Swiss film producer* Daniel Cohn-Bendit * Dan Cohn-Sherbock* Edwin J Cohn **...
- Eugen KogonEugen KogonEugen Kogon was a historian and a survivor of the Holocaust. A well-known Christian opponent of the Nazi Party, he was arrested more than once and spent six years at Buchenwald concentration camp. Kogon was known in Germany as a journalist, sociologist, political scientist, author and politician...
(1903 - 1987), German historian and holocaust survivor