Kohut, Kogut, or Kohout is a surname of Slavic-language origin, meaning rooster. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adolph Kohut (1848–1917), German-Hungarian journalist and historian
• Andrew Kohut (1942–2015), American pollster
• Alexander Kohut (1842–1894), rabbinic scholar
• Bohdan Kohut (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
• Elisabeth Kohut-Mannstein (1843–1926), German soprano
• Emanuel Kohút (born 1982), Slovak volleyball player
• George Alexander Kohut (1874–1933), American rabbi, writer, and bibliographer
• George Kohut (1943–2014), American camera operator
• Heinz Kohut (1913–1981), American psychoanalyst
• Ihor Kohut (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
• Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko (born 1946), French production designer and art director
• Józef Kohut (1922–1970), Polish ice hockey player
• Łukasz Kohut (born 1982), Polish politician
• Michael J. Kohut (1943–2012), American audio engineer
• Oleksandra Kohut (born 1987), Ukrainian sport wrestler
• Oswald Kohut (1877–1951), German writer
• Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut (1864–1951), American Jewish women's leader
• Ron Cahute (1955–2023), Ukrainian-Canadian musician
• Sławomir Kohut (born 1977), Polish cyclist
• Stacy Kohut (born 1970), Canadian Paralympic skier
• Vilmos Kohut (1906–1986), Hungarian footballer
• Walter Kohut (1927–1980), Austrian actor
• Zenon Kohut (born 1944), Ukrainian-Canadian historian

• Michal Kohút (born 2000), Czech footballer

• Bruce Kogut (born 1953), American organizational theorist
• John Kogut (born 1945), American theoretical physicist
• Sandra Kogut (born 1965), Brazilian filmmaker
• Stanisław Kogut (1953–2020), Polish politician
• Volodymyr Kogut (born 1984), Ukrainian track cyclist

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