What is "kogon"

Kogon may refer to:

• Kogon (surname)
• Kogon, Uzbekistan, a city in the Bukhara region
• Emperor Kōgon (1313–1364), the 1st of Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan
• Emperor Go-Kōgon (1336–1374), the 4th of the Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts.

Kogon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Eugen Kogon (1903–1987), German politician, survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and author of The Theory and Practice of Hell
• Julie Kogon (1918–1986), American boxer
• Maxwell Kogon (1920–1980), Canadian bomber pilot