title: Kahane
text: # Kahane
  
  Some people named Kahane include:
  
  * Anetta Kahane, German journalist
  * Binyamin Kahane, Israeli Air Force pilot, recipient of Medal of Courage
  * Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, founder of the Israeli Kahane Chai party; son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
  * 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
  * Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
  * Rabbi Nachman Kahane, rabbinic scholar involved in renewal of Sanhedrin; author of commentary on Tosafot of the Talmud; brother of Rabbi Meir Kahane
  
  The name is the Aramaic equivalent of kohen.
  
  