Herbert (Herb) Morris Cohen (born June 7, 1940) is an American Olympic foil fencer.

[3][7][8] He was captain of the fencing team, which included his best friend, future singer Neil Diamond.

[8] There, he fenced for the NYU Violets alongside, among others, Neil Diamond and future Olympian Eugene Glazer.

[14][15] Fencing for NYU in 1962 he won his second straight NCAA Championship in foil, winning 31 of his 33 bouts, and was also named national college Fencer of the Year (awarded on the basis of "sportsmanship and conduct on the strip, attitude and dress, and past performances in the Championships and in over-all intercollegiate competition").

[21] In 1964, Cohen won the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) US National Fencing Championship in foil, while Olympian Albie Axelrod took the silver medal and Olympian Eugene Glazer took the bronze medal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

[1][25] At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Team USA defeated Romania and Argentina but lost to France, and did not advance to the semifinals.