- Leonard. 1934–2016, 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. 1922–2020, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986
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Co•hen
(kō′ən),USA pronunciation n. Octav•us Roy
(ok tav′əs),USA pronunciation 1891–1959, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
Co•hen (kō′ən; Seph. Heb. kô hen′ Ashk. Heb. kō hān′, kō′hān, koin),USA pronunciation n., pl. Co•ha•nim (Seph. Heb. kô hä nēm′; Ashk. Heb. kō hä nim′, -hä′nim),USA pronunciation [Eng.] Co•hens.
- Biographical Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
Co•hen (kō′ən; Seph. Heb. kô hen′ Ashk. Heb. kō hān′, kō′hān, koin),USA pronunciation n., pl. Co•ha•nim (Seph. Heb. kô hä nēm′; Ashk. Heb. kō hä nim′, -hä′nim),USA pronunciation [Eng.] Co•hens.
- Judaisma 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.
- Hebrew kōhēn priest
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