Mordchelis Kaganas (1922–?) was born in Kaunas. In 1939, he graduated from the private 1st Jewish Gymnasium in Kaunas. That same year, he applied to study at the Biology Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Vytautas Magnus University and was admitted as an unclassified student. In 1940, Kaganas entered the Biology Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Vilnius University. On 19 September 1941, he was expelled from the university by the Order of 17 September 1941 of the Department of Higher Education under the Board of Education, which was subordinate to the National Socialists. No further information on the fate of Kaganas is known.