Some people named Kahane include:
- Anetta Kahane, German journalist
- Binyamin Kahane, Israeli Air Force pilot, recipient of Medal of Courage
- Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, founder of the Israeli Kahane Chai party; son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
- Brianna Kahane (born 2002), American child prodigy violinist
- Gabriel Kahane, American composer, pianist and singer-songwriter
- Henry R. Kahane, Romance philologist
- Howard Kahane, professor of philosophy known for promoting a popular approach to logic
- Jack Kahane (1887–1939), Manchester-born writer and publisher
- Jackie Kahane, Polish-Canadian stand up comedian.
- Jean-Pierre Kahane (1926–2017), French mathematician
- Jeffrey Kahane, American pianist and conductor
- Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
- Rabbi Nachman Kahane, rabbinic scholar involved in renewal of Sanhedrin; author of commentary on Tosafot of the Talmud; brother of Rabbi Meir Kahane
The name is the Aramaic equivalent of kohen.[1]
See also[edit]
- Cohen (surname)
- Kohen, a direct male descendant of the Biblical Aaron, brother of Moses
- Cohen (disambiguation)
- Coen (disambiguation)
- Cohn
- Kahana (disambiguation)