Kagan Mira Yakovlevna (b. 25 October 1941, Stalin Collective Farm, Ak-Kurgan District, Tashkent Region) — nurse. After completing seven classes, in 1958–59 Mira Kagan trained as a milliner at Tailoring Factory No. 1. Upon graduation from the nursing department of the 1st Riga Medical College in 1962, she worked as a nurse at the 6th Combined Hospital; in 1962–65 as a nurse at Riga’s 4th outpatient clinic; and in 1965–66 as a nurse at the Children’s Dental Clinic. In 1965 she went on a tourist trip to Hungary.

In 1966 Mira Kagan was expelled from the Komsomol due to her application to emigrate to Israel.

Father: Yakov Khanonovich Kagan

Mother: Bunya Shlemovna Kagan

Sister: Liya Yakovlevna Kagan.