Kagan
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People

  • Daryn Kagan
    Daryn Kagan
    Daryn A. Kagan is creator and host of the award-winning , a media company specializing in inspirational and motivational news content...

     (born 1963), former American newscaster
  • Donald Kagan
    Donald Kagan
    Donald Kagan is an American historian at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. 1987-1988 Acting Director of Athletics, Yale University. He was Dean of Yale College from 1989–1992. He formerly taught in the Department of...

     (born 1932), Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece
  • Elena Kagan
    Elena Kagan
    Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 7, 2010. Kagan is the Court's 112th justice and fourth female justice....

    , (born 1960) dean of Harvard Law School, U.S. Solicitor General (under President Obama), and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Frederick Kagan
    Frederick Kagan
    Frederick W. Kagan is an American resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute , and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from Hamden High School before earning a B.A. in Soviet and East European studies and a Ph.D. in Russian and...

     (born 1970), professor of military history (Robert Kagan's brother)
  • Henri Kagan, French chemist
  • Janet Kagan
    Janet Kagan
    Janet Kagan was an author of two science fiction novels and one science fiction collection, plus numerous science fiction and fantasy short stories that appeared in publications such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Asimov's Science Fiction...

     (1946–2008), author
  • Jeremy Kagan
    Jeremy Kagan
    Jeremy Paul Kagan is an American film and television director, screenwriter and television producer.-Early life:Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Kagan received his B.A...

     (born 1945), American television director
  • Jerome Kagan
    Jerome Kagan
    Jerome Kagan was born in 1929, and grew up in Rahway, New Jersey, USA. Kagan is currently retired after being a professor at Harvard University in the Developmental program . He is one of the key pioneers of developmental psychology. He is Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology,...

     (born 1929), children developmental psychology
  • Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan
    Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan
    Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan was a British industrialist and the founder of Kagan Textiles, of Elland, which made raincoats from the waterproof Gannex fabric he had invented. Gannex raincoats were most famously worn by Harold Wilson...

     (1915–1995), British industrialist
  • Oleg Kagan
    Oleg Kagan
    Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan was a Soviet violinist, known for his chamber partnerships with the likes of pianist Sviatoslav Richter and cellist Natalia Gutman. He was also a significant proponent of modern music, in particular Berg's Violin Concerto...

     (1946–1990), Russian violinist
  • Robert Kagan
    Robert Kagan
    Robert Kagan is an American historian and foreign policy commentator.-Early life and education:Kagan graduated from Yale University in 1980 where he was tapped by Skull and Bones, studied history, and founded the Yale Political Monthly. He later earned an MPP from the John F...

     (born 1958), American neoconservative scholar and political commentator (Frederick Kagan's brother)
  • Shelly Kagan
    Shelly Kagan
    Shelly Kagan is the Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics. Originally a native of Skokie, Illinois, he received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. from Princeton University under the supervision of Thomas...

    , philosopher and ethicist at Yale University
  • Shimon Kagan
    Shimon Kagan
    Shimon Kagan an Israeli chess master.He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 , tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 , took 9th at Netanya 1971 .Kagan played for Israel in nine Chess Olympiads.* In 1966, at fourth board in 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana ;* In...

     (born 1942), Israeli chess master
  • Veniamin Kagan
    Veniamin Kagan
    Veniamin Fedorovich Kagan was a Russian and Soviet mathematician and expert in geometry. He is the maternal grandfather of mathematician Yakov Sinai.-Biography:...

     (1869–1953), Russian mathematician
  • Vladimir Kagan
    Vladimir Kagan
    Vladimir Kagan, , furniture designer. Emigrated to the United States in 1938. Graduated from the School of Industrial Art in 1946, where he was an architecture major. Studied architecture at Columbia University. Opened his first shop in New York in 1949...

     (born 1927), German furniture designer
  • Yisrael Meir Kagan
    Yisrael Meir Kagan
    Yisrael Meir Poupko , known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim, was an influential Eastern European rabbi, Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Jewish life...

     (1838–1933), Polish-born rabbi, halakhist, kabbalist, and ethicist

See also

  • Khagan
    Khagan
    Khagan or qagan , alternatively spelled kagan, khaghan, qaghan, or chagan, is a title of imperial rank in the Mongolian and Turkic languages equal to the status of emperor and someone who rules a khaganate...

    , a title for a ruler in Turkic and Mongolian languages
  • Kağan (disambiguation)
  • Kogen (disambiguation)
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