David Cohen (historian)

David Cohen
Cohen in 1924
Born	31 December 1882 Deventer, Netherlands
Died	3 September 1967 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University
Relatives	Josef Cohen [nl] (brother) Ru Cohen [nl] (brother) Virrie Cohen [nl] (daughter) Rob Oudkerk (grandson)

David Cohen (31 December 1882, Deventer – 3 September 1967, Amsterdam) was a Dutch classicist and papyrologist and one of the two chairs of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam [nl; de; he] (Joodse Raad, or Judenrat, of Amsterdam) during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. He was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam and a prominent Zionist leader.