Kahane

Some people named Kahane include:

• Anetta Kahane, German journalist
• Binyamin Kahane, Israeli Air Force pilot
• Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, founder of the Israeli Kahane Chai party
• 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
• Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
• Nachman Kahane, rabbinic scholar involved in the renewal of the Sanhedrin; author of a commentary on the Tosafot

The name is the Aramaic equivalent of kohen.<ref>כָּהֵן, כָּהֵין, כַּהֲנָא</ref>

See also

• Cohen (surname)
• Kohen, a direct male descendant of the biblical Aaron, brother of Moses
• Cohen (disambiguation)
• Coen (disambiguation)
• Cohn
• Kahana (disambiguation)
• Kahan