Kogan Leonid (born 30 August 1938, Simferopol) - violist and director.

Leonid Kogan lived in Birobidzhan from 1940 and in Riga from 1952. In 1956, he graduated from the E. Darzins Music School (class of B. Tiltins), in 1961 from the Latvian Conservatory (class of D. Kulkov), and in 1969 from the directing faculty. From 1961 to 1968, he played in the Latvian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and from 1968 to 1972, he played at the Vanemuine Theatre (Tartu). From 1972 to 1974, he worked as a director at the Krasnoyarsk Musical Comedy Theatre, from 1974 to 1975 at the Comedy Theatre in Engels, from 1976 to 1978 at the Saransk Musical Theatre, and from 1978 to 1984 at the Riga Operetta Theatre.