List of people with surname Cohen

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This is an alphabetical list of people with surname Cohen (or in a few cases, a double-barrelled surname that includes Cohen). For variant spellings of this name, see the pages for Cohn, Kohn, and Coen.

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References

  1. "Sarah Cohen, the oldest Kerala Jew, passes away". The Hindu. 30 August 2019.

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