# Cohn

Cohn is a Jewish surname (related to the last name Cohen).

## Notable people sharing the surname "Cohn"

* Al Cohn (1925–1988), American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer
* Alan D. Cohn, American government official
* Alfred A. Cohn (1880–1951), American screenwriter
* Alice Cohn (1914–2000), German graphic artist
* Arlen Cohn (b. 1953), author of Friends of a Feather and Solar System SOS
* Art Cohn (1909–1958), American sportswriter, screenwriter and author
* Arthur Cohn (b. 1927), Swiss film producer
* Arthur Cohn (1894–1940), mathematician known for Cohn's irreducibility criterion
* Avern Cohn (1924–2022), United States District Court judge
* Bernard Cohn (1928–2003), American anthropologist
* Craig Cohn (b. 1983), birth name of American professional wrestler Craig Classic
* Daniel Cohn-Bendit (b. 1945), French-German politician
* Dan Cohn-Sherbock (b. 1945), Jewish theologian
* David Cohn (b. 1995), American-Israeli player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892–1953), American scientist
* Emil Cohn (1854–1944), German physicist
* Erich Cohn (1884–1918), German chess master
* Ernst Max Cohn (1920–2004), American philatelic researcher and expert
* Falk Cohn (1833–1901), German rabbi
* Ferdinand Cohn (1828–1898), German biologist
* Gary Cohn (b. 1960), American investment banker
* Gary Cohn (comics) (b. 1952), American comic book writer
* Gary Cohn (journalist) (1952–2024), American journalist
* Gertrud Cohn (1876–1942), German victim of the Nazi regime
* Gretta Cohn, cellist and podcast producer
* Gustav Cohn (1840–1919), German economist
* Harry Cohn (1891–1958), American co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation
* Harvey Cohn (1884–1965), American track and field athlete
* James Cohn (1928–2021), American composer
* Joan Cohn (née Joan Perry), the widow of Harry Cohn
* Joseph Judson Cohn (d. 1996), MGM producer, founder of J.J. Cohn Estate
* Lawrence H. Cohn (1937–2016), American cardiac surgeon and researcher
* Leonie Cohn (1917–2009), German-born BBC Radio producer
* Leopold Cohn (1862–1937), Hungary-born Christian clergyman
* Leopold Cohn (1856–1915), German author and philologist
* Linda Cohn (b. 1959), American sportscaster
* Marc Cohn (b. 1959), American singer-songwriter
* Mariano Cohn (b. 1975), Argentine TV and film director
* Mathilda Cohn (1798–1877), birth name of Finnish and Swedish concert singer Mathilda Berwald
* Mindy Cohn (b. 1966), American actress, comedian and singer
* Nate Cohn, American journalist
* Nik Cohn (b. 1946), British rock journalist
* Norman Cohn (1915–2007), British historian
* Norman Cohn (1907–1972), birth name of American saber fencer Norman C. Armitage
* Oskar Cohn (1869–1934), German politician
* Priscilla Cohn (1933–2019), American philosopher and animal rights activist
* Rebecca Cohn (b. 1954), American politician
* Robert Cohn (b. 1949), Canadian business executive, founder of Octel Communications
* Ronald Cohn, co-founder of The Gorilla Foundation
* Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American lawyer
* Ruth Cohn (1912–2010), German-born psychotherapist, educator, and poet
* Waldo Cohn (1910–1999), American biochemist

## Other

* La Danse de Gengis Cohn (The Dance of Genghis Cohn), a novel by Romain Gary
* Marc Cohn, eponymous 1991 album
* Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, concert hall and theatre within the Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia
* Robert Cohn, a character in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises