Kagan-Kan Iosif Leontyevich (8 July 1919, Liepāja – ?) — supply officer.

Iosif Kagan-Kan was the son of Leon Kagan-Kan (1883, Germany – 1934, Riga) and Zhenya Kagan-Kan (née Slonimirskaya) (1888, Poland – 1941, Poland).

In 1934 he completed six classes of elementary school in Riga. From 1934–36 he was an apprentice at the Herold printing house in Riga. From 1938–41 he worked as a typesetter at the Wasserman printing house.

In 1941 he was mobilised into the Soviet Army and served until 1946 in the 43rd Guards Latvian Division. In 1946 he returned to Riga and worked as head of procurement at the Sarkana Tekstilniece factory.

1947–48 — merchandise specialist at the Riga Repair and Construction Trust.

1948–49 — merchandise specialist at the Liepāja Municipal Trade Enterprise (Gorpromtorg).

1949–51 — head of procurement at the Rīgas Drebnieks artel.

1951–53 — head of procurement at the Sadarbs artel.

1953–59 — procurement agent at the Riga Glavutilsyrje.

1959–63 — procurement agent at the Riga Procurement Office.

1963–64 — acting head of the design office under the Riga City Executive Committee.

1964–68 — acting engineer at the Latkomunprojekt design institute.

1968–69 — technologist at the Council for Resort Administration.

He was awarded the medals For Military Merit and For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–45.

Married to Klara Kagan-Kan (née Vainshtein) (1922, Zhytomyr – 1969, Riga). Their children:

Evgenia Kagan-Kan (b. 1951, Riga)

Ariy Kagan-Kan (b. 1960, Riga).

In 1970 Iosif Kagan-Kan received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his sister, Rebeka Kagan-Kan (b. 1915, Liepāja).

Family:

Klara Kagan-Kan (née Vainshtein) (1922, Zhytomyr – 1969, Riga) — wife
Evgenia Kagan-Kan (b. 1951, Riga) — daughter
Ariy Kagan-Kan (b. 1960, Riga) — son
Leon Kagan-Kan (1883, Germany – 1934, Riga) — father
Zhenya Kagan-Kan (née Slonimirskaya) (1888, Poland – 1941, Poland) — mother
Rebeka Kagan-Kan (b. 1915, Liepāja) — sister