List of Famous people with last name Kahane

Rabbi Meir David HaKohen Kahane was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and Zionist politician who served one term in Israel's Knesset. A cofounder of the Jewish Defense League and founder of the Israeli political party Kach, he espoused militant views and actions to combat anti-Semitism that led to a 1971 criminal conviction in the United States for conspiracy to manufacture explosives intended for the Soviet Mission to the United Nations in New York City, and in Israel for plotting to blow up the Libyan embassy in Brussels in revenge for the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich; in each case he received a suspended sentence and probation.

Anetta Kahane is a German left-wing journalist, author and activist against antisemitism, racism and right-wing extremism. In 1998 she founded the antiracist NGO Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which she has led since 2003.

Jean-Pierre Kahane was a French mathematician with contributions to harmonic analysis.

Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane.

Jack Kahane was a writer and publisher who founded the Obelisk Press in Paris in 1929.

Nathan Kahane is co-founder of Good Universe, an independent full-service motion picture financing company. Kahane has served as an executive producer on more than 30 films in his career and oversees the development and production of the company's growing feature slate.