- U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- a member of the Jewish priestly class, descended from Aaron, having sacrificial, ministerial, and other sacred functions from Aaronic times to about the 1st century a.d. and now having essentially honorific religious duties and prerogatives.
- Leonard. born 1934, Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet; recordings include Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Songs of Love and Hate (1971), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001)
- Stanley. born 1922, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986
- a variant spelling of Kohen
