Paul Cohen is the name of:
- Paul Cohen (designer) (born 1962), Australian industrial designer
- Paul Cohen (historian) (born 1934), renowned historian of China
- Paul Cohen (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender
- Paul Cohen (mathematician) (1934–2007), American mathematician, winner of the Fields Medal for proving that neither the continuum hypothesis nor the axiom of choice can be proved from the standard Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms of set theory
- Paul Cohen (record producer) (1908–1970), American country music producer
- Paul Cohen (saxophonist) (born c. 1950), American saxophonist and music teacher
- See Cohen v. California for Paul Robert Cohen
Famous quotes containing the words paul and/or cohen:
“Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
—Jean Paul Richter (1763–1825)
“Adults understandably assume that the level of verbal proficiency a five-year-old displays represents his level of proficiency in all areas of functioning—if he talks like an adult, he must think and feel like one. However, five-year-olds,... belie the promise of adult-like behavior with their child-like, impulsive actions.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)