Katzenellenbogen

Katzenellenbogen is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname derived from the name of the former County of Katzenelnbogen, a small medieval state of the German Empire^[1] (see also Katzenelnbogen Castle and town). Protection money paid by Jews was the main source of income for the small principality.^[1] Different spellings of the toponym and surname include Katzenelenbogen and Katznelbogen,^[1] with further derivative forms and spellings of the surname like Katsenelenbogen, Catzenellenbogen, Katzin, Katz, Elbogen/Ellenbogen and Bogen.

Notable people

• Aharon Katzenellenbogen (born 1893), one of the two principal founders of the Neturei Karta sect.
• Benita Katzenellenbogen (born 1945), American biologist
• Boris D. Bogen (1869–1929), born Katzenelenbogen, Russian-born Jewish-American educator and social worker
• Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen (1882–after 1955), Austrian-Polish and American eugenicist and physician in the Buchenwald concentration camp (also known as Katzenellenbogen)
• Eyran Katsenelenbogen (born 1965), Israeli-born American jazz pianist
• Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen (about 1670–1749), Polish-German rabbi
• Gershon Ellenbogen (1917–2003), British barrister, author and Liberal Party politician (born Katzenellenbogen)
• John Katzenellenbogen (born 1944), American professor of chemistry
• Konrad Kellen (1913–2007), German-born American political scientist, intelligence analyst and author. (born Katzenellenbogen)
• Ludwig Katzenellenbogen (1877–1944), German brewery director
• Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen (died 1565), Italian rabbi
• Ostap Ortwin (1876–1942), whose real name was Oskar Katzenellenbogen, Polish journalist and literary critic
• Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen, Italian rabbi, son of Meir Katzenellenbogen
• Stephen M. Kellen [de] (1914–2004), German-American banker and philanthropist (born Katzenellenbogen)
• Tamara Katsenelenbogen (1894–1976), Russian architect

In popular culture

• "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea", a 1954 popular song by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning
• a fictional family in the short story "The Spectre Bridegroom" in Washington Irving's 1819 collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
• a fictional character in part 3 of Vasily Grossman's 1960 novel Life and Fate
• Yakov Katzenelenbogen, the fictional leader of the eponymous team in the Phoenix Force novels

"Son of" (Katznelson)

Main article: Katznelson

Katzeneleson, Kazenelson, Kaznelson are further variations of the name^[1] by addition of the ending -son, 'son (of)'.

See also

• Bogen (surname)
• Elbogen/Ellenbogen (surname)
• Katz (surname)
• Katzin (surname)
  • Lee H. Katzin (1935–2002), US film director
  • Mirjam Katzin (b. 1986), Swedish academic and lawyer
  • Olga Katzin Miller (1896–1987), British satirical poet who published under the name Sagittarius

References

1. Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva H. (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN 0881252972. Retrieved 15 July 2024.