Cahn
Cahn is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Cahn goes back to the name of a priestly caste in Judaism, see Kohanim . For variants see Cohen .
Name bearer
- Albert Cahn (1816–1886), German Jewish banker
- Adolph E. Cahn (1839–1918), German numismatist and coin dealer
- Alfred Cahn (1922–2016), German-American composer and organist
- Andreas Cahn (* 1959), German legal scholar
- Anneli Cahn Lax (1922–1999), American mathematician
- Arnold Cahn (1858–1927), German physician and university professor
- Aviel Cahn (* 1974), director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra since 2007
- Bernhard Cahn (1793–1877), German rabbi and slaughter
- Berthold Cahn (1871–1942), German anarchist, warehouse worker and house servant
- Daniel T. Cahn (* 1957), American film editor
- Then Cahn (1923–2012), American film editor
- Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963), American film director
- Erich B. Cahn (1913–1993), German numismatist and coin dealer
- Ernst Cahn (1875–1953), German lawyer
- Fritz Cahn-Garnier (1889–1949), German lawyer and politician of the SPD
- Herbert A. Cahn (1915–2002), German classical archaeologist, numismatist and art dealer
- Jean-Paul Cahn (* 1945), French Germanist and historian
- John W. Cahn (1928–2016), American physical chemist and materials scientist
- Julius Cahn (1872–1935), German numismatist
- Karl Eduard Cahn-Bronner (1893–1977), German internist and university professor
- Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), French painter
- Max Ludwig Cahn (1889–1967), German lawyer and notary
- Miriam Cahn (* 1949), Swiss artist
- Peter Cahn (musician) (1927–2016), German music teacher, composer and musicologist
- Peter Cahn , pseudonym of Peter Schmidt (writer) (* 1944), German writer
- Peter Cahn (Intendant) (* 1959), German actor, director and theater manager
- Philip Cahn (1894–1984), American film editor
- Robert Sidney Cahn (1899–1981), British chemist
- Robert W. Cahn ( Robert Wolfgang Cahn ; 1924–2007), German-British metallurgist
- Roger Cahn (1948–2018), Swiss journalist and cultural agent
- Rudolf Cahn-Speyer (1881–1940), Austrian conductor, composer and author
- Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), American songwriter and musician
- Walter Cahn (1933–2020), American art historian
- Wilhelm Cahn (1839–1920), German lawyer
- Willi Cahn (1889–1960), German architect.