Ḥazzan (surname)

Hazan, Chazan, Chasen, Hasson, and Khazan are all alternative spellings of Hazzan, a Hebrew word carried over into most other Jewish languages that refers to the cantor in the Jewish prayer tradition. The surname was commonly adopted throughout the Jewish diaspora.

Khazan is a Russian, Ukrainian, and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, and is a variant of the Hebrew 'Hazzan' and means cantor. When spelled Khazan, the name has typically been transliterated from Cyrillic characters (Хазан), suggesting people of Russian-Jewish descent.

Hazan is a Turkish and Romaniote Jewish surname, and is a variant of the Hebrew 'Hazzan' and means cantor. This variant is carried by the Romaniote Jews between Greece and Turkey.

People with the name Hazan include:

• Abraham Chazan (1849–1917), Breslover rabbi
• Abraham Hazzan (fl. 16th century), cantor and Biblical commentator in Kremenetz, Volhynia
• Adeline Hazan (born 1965), French politician
• Al Hazan, American musician
• Alon Hazan (born 1967), Israeli former association footballer, and head coach of the Israel national under-21 football team
• Bela Yaari Hazan (1922–2004), a Polish resistance member of World War II
• John Hazan (1926–1988), British judge
• Marcella Hazan (1924–2013), Italian writer
• Nachman Chazan (1813–1884), Breslover rabbi
• Naomi Hazan (born 1946), Israeli politician
• Oren Hazan (born 1981), Israeli politician
• Samuel Hazan (born 1983), Israeli footballer
• Susan Hazan, Israeli museum curator
• Shani Hazan (born 1992), Israeli model, singer, and Miss Israel 2012
• Yaakov Hazan (1899–1992), Israeli politician
• Yehiel Hazan (born 1958), Israeli politician

See also

• Hazan, EMI recording name for Nazia and Zoheb 1980s Pakistan singers, The Hassans
• Hazan (name)
• Hassan (surname)

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