Kühn (family name)
Kühn (= brave , also without umlaut in the spelling Kuehn ) is a family name common in the German-speaking area (especially in Germany and Austria) .
Name bearer
A.
- Achim Kühn (* 1942), German sculptor and blacksmith
- Adolf Kühn (1886–1968), German politician (CDU)
- Albert Kühn (1938–2017), German soccer player
- Alexander Kühn (painter) (* 1956), German painter
- Alexander Kühn (* 1982), German model and reality TV participant, see Alexander Keen
- Alfred Kühn (1885–1968), German zoologist and geneticist
- Alfred Kühn (politician) (1920–1999), German trade unionist and politician (SPD), MdL Saarland
- Andrea Kühn (* 1970), German neurologist, neurophysiologist and university professor
- Andreas Kühn (clergyman) (1624–1702), Lutheran superintendent in Saxony and senior in Danzig
- Andreas Kühn (politician) (* 1968), German politician (CDU)
- Anke Kühn (* 1981), German hockey player
- Artur Kühn (1883–1944), German locksmith and blacksmith
- August Kühn (politician) (1846-1916), German politician (SPD)
- August Kühn (writer) (1936–1996), German writer
- Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder (* 1938), Argentine religious
- Axel Kühn (saxophonist) (* 1963), German saxophonist
- Axel Kühn (bobsleigh driver) (* 1967), German bobsleigh driver
- Axel Kühn (jazz bassist) (* 1981), German jazz bassist
B.
- Balthasar Kühn (1615–1667), German book printer
- Benedikt Kühn (1777-1854), Major General of Baden
- Benno Kühn (1865–1949), German geologist and university professor
- Benno Kühn (architect) (1875–1936), German architect and construction officer
- Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn , German spy
- Bernhard Kühn (1838–1917), German architect and university professor
- Bodo Kühn (1912–2012), German writer
- Bruno Kühn (1901–1944), German resistance fighter
C.
- Carl Kühn (singer) (1797–1872), German opera singer (bass / baritone)
- Carl Kühn (architect) (1873–1942), German architect and construction officer
- Carl Amandus Kühn (1783–1848), German geologist
- Christian Kühn (mining engineer) (1871–1950), German mining engineer
- Christian Kühn (politician) (* 1979), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Christian Kühn (actor) (* 1982), German actor and comedian
- Christian Gottlieb Kühn (1780–1828), German sculptor
- Christine Kühn (1953–2011), German painter and draftsman
- Christoph Kühn (director) (* 1955), Swiss film director
- Christoph Kühn (theologian) (* 1963), German Roman Catholic priest
- Christoph Kühn (politician) (* 1964), German politician (FDP)
- Christoph Friedrich Kühn (1711–1761), German physician
- Clemens Kühn (* 1945), German music theorist
- Claudia Kühn (writer) (* 1969), German writer
- Claudia Kühn (actress) (* 1969), German actress
- Claus Kühn (1924–2016), German journalist
- Cornelia Kühn-Leitz (1937–2016), German actress and reciter
D.
- Daniel Jaakov Kühn (* 1972), German writer and organizer
- Daniela Kühn (* 1973), German mathematician
- Detlef Kühn (* 1936), German politician, journalist and publicist
- Dieter Kühn (writer) (1935–2015), German writer
- Dieter Kühn (soccer player) (* 1956), German soccer player
E.
- Eberhard Kühn (1931–2015), German architect
- Elsie Kühn-Leitz (1903–1985), German lawyer and patron
- Emil Kühn (* 1938), German soccer player
- Enrico Kühn (* 1977), German bobsledder
- Erich Kühn (writer, 1878) (1878–1938), German writer and editor
- Erich Kühn (writer, 1887) (1887–1953), German writer and politician (CDU)
- Erich Kühn (architect) (1902–1981), German architect and urban planner
- Erich Kühn ( victim of the Berlin Wall ) (1903–1965), victim of the Berlin Wall
- Erich Otto Kühn (1902–1979), German Protestant pastor
- Ernst Kühn (1859–1943), German architect
F.
- Frank Kühn (* 1962), German racing cyclist
- Freya Stephan-Kühn (1943–2001), German educator and author
- Friedrich Kühn (printer) (1822–1885), German printer
- Friedrich Kühn (sculptor) (1854–1937), German sculptor
- Friedrich Kühn (General) (1889–1944), German general of the tank force
- Friedrich Kühn (politician) (1907–1979), German politician (CDU)
- Frithjof Kühn (* 1943), German politician (CDU)
- Fritz Kühn (1910–1967), German blacksmith and photographer
- Fritz Kühn (author) (1883–1968), German author
G
- Gabriele Kühn (* 1957), German rower
- Gary Kuehn (* 1939), American graphic artist and sculptor
- Georg Kühn (1858–1924), German entrepreneur
- Gerd Kühn (* 1968), German soccer player
- Gisela Kühn-Etzel (1880–1918), German writer and translator, see Gisela Etzel
- Gottfried Kühn (1912–2002), German garden and landscape architect
- Guido Kühn (* 1966), German university professor
- Günter Kühn (writer) (* 1933), German dialect writer and director
- Günter Kühn (historian) (* 1934), German historian, Germanist and editor
- Günter Kühn (agricultural scientist) (* 1935), German agricultural scientist and university professor
- Günter Kühn (artist) (* 1946), German artist and art educator
- Günther Kühn (1898–1960), German economist and university professor
- Gustav Kühn (book printer) (1794–1868), German book printer and publisher
- Gustav Kühn (agronomist) (1840-1892), German agricultural chemist
- Gustav Kühn (painter) (1872– after 1949), German educator and landscape painter
H
- Hans Kühn (1889–1977), German businessman and anthroposophist
- Hans-Joachim Kühn (* 1958), German historian
- Harald Kühn (racing driver) , German racing driver
- Harald Kühn (politician) (* 1963), German politician (CSU)
- Hartmut Kühn (* 1947), German historian and translator from Polish
- Heinrich Kühn (mathematician) (1690–1769), German mathematician and scientist
- Heinrich Kühn (photographer) (1866–1944), Austrian photographer
- Heinrich Kühn (politician) (1894–1981), German politician (SPD), MdA Berlin
- Heinrich Gottlieb Kühn (1788–1870), German arcanist and inventor
- Heinz Kühn (1912–1992), German politician (SPD), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Helga Kühn-Mengel (* 1947), German politician (SPD), member of the German Bundestag
- Helga-Maria Kühn (* 1933), German archivist and historian
- Herbert Kuehn (1883–1968), judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
- Herbert Kühn (prehistorian) (1895–1980), German prehistorian, religious scholar, art historian and philosopher
- Herbert Kühn (sculptor) (1910–1976), German sculptor
- Herbert Kühn (naval officer) (1919–1990), German naval officer
- Hermann Kühn (architect) (1849–1902), German architect, craftsman and director of the Breslau School of Arts and Crafts
- Hermann Kühn (1851–1937), German politician and State Secretary
- Hermann Kühn (restorer) (1932–2019), German restorer
- Hildegard Kühn (1937–2006), German actress
I.
- Ingolf Kühn (artist) (* 1953), German painter
- Ingolf Kühn (* 1967), German biologist and university professor
- Iris Riedel-Kühn (* 1954), German tennis player
J
- Jo Kuehn (* 1945), Austrian painter
- Joachim Kühn (* 1944), German jazz pianist
- Joachim Kühn (soccer player) (* 1955), German soccer player
- Johann Kühn (pedagogue) (1603–1680), German pedagogue
- Johann Kühn (mathematician) (1619–1676), German mathematician
- Johann Kühn (NS victim) (1897–1945), German party functionary (SPD) and victim of National Socialism
- Johann Kühn (physicist) (* 1946), German physicist and university professor
- Johanna Kühn (1892–1978), German politician (SPD), member of the city council of Greater Berlin
- Johannes Kühn (historian) (1887–1973), German historian
- Johannes Kühn (writer) (* 1934), German writer
- Johannes Kühn (actor) (* 1981), German actor and speaker
- Johannes Kühn (biathlete) (* 1991), German biathlete
- Jörg Kühn (illustrator) (1940–1964), Swiss animal illustrator
- Jörg Kühn (* 1952), German architect and university professor
- Josef von Kühn (1833–1913), Austrian philanthropist
- Josef Kühn (1872–1933), German painter and curator
- Joseph Kühn (painter) (* 1945), Austrian painter and wood cutter
- Joseph-Hans Kühn (1911–1994), German classical philologist
- Julius Kühn (1825–1910), German agricultural scientist
- Julius Albert Kühn (1887–1970), teacher, writer and literary historian
- Julius Kühn (handball player) (* 1993), German handball player
K
- Karl Kühn (architect) (* 1981), Austrian architect and photographer
- Karl Gottlob Kühn (also Carl Gottlob Kühn ; 1754–1840), German physician and medical historian
- Karl Herbert Kühn (1895–1968), German journalist, editor and columnist
- Karl Theodor Kühn (1908 – after 1970), German physicist and organ builder
- Karsten Kühn (* 1989), German actor
- Katharina Kühn (* 1980), German basketball player
- Klaus Kühn (* 1927), German chemist
- Klaus Kühn (actor) (* before 1968), German actor
- Klaus-Dieter Kühn (* 1948/1949), functionary of the German civil protection
- Kristian Kühn , German director and screenwriter
- Kurt Kühn (painter) (1880–1957), German painter
- Kurt Kühn (politician) (1898–1963), German trade unionist and politician (KPD, SED)
- Kurt Kühn (cycling official) (1895–1966), President of the Association of German Cyclists
- Kurt-Hermann Kühn (1926–1989), German painter and graphic artist
L.
- Lenore Ripke-Kühn (1878–1955), German publicist
- Lotte Kühn , maiden name of Lotte Ulbricht (1903-2002), German politician (SED)
- Lotte Kühn , pseudonym of Gerlinde Unverzagt (* 1960), German journalist and author
- Louis Kuehn (1922–2008), Roman Catholic Bishop of Meaux
- Ludwig Kühn (painter) (1859–1936), German painter and etcher
- Ludwig Kühn (politician) (1893–1977), German politician (SPD, KPD)
- Lutz Kühn (* 1951), German politician (SPD)
M.
- Manfred Kühn , German basketball player
- Margarete Kühn (entrepreneur) (1888–1977), German entrepreneur, co-founder of Wendt & Kühn
- Margarete Kühn (historian) (1894–1986), German historian
- Margarete Kühn (art historian) (1902–1995), German art historian
- Maria Kühn (* 1982), German wheelchair basketball player
- Marianne Kühn (1914–2005), German politician (SPD) and art patron
- Marianne Kühn-Berger (1927–2016), German fashion journalist, designer and painter
- Markus Kühn (* 1973), German author of financial advisors, lawyer and financial advisor
- Max Kühn (1877–1944), German-Bohemian architect
- Michael Kühn (* 1963), German soccer player
- Michel Kuehn (1923–2012), French clergyman, Bishop of Chartres
N
- Nicola Wolf-Kühn (* 1960), German social medicine specialist and university professor
- Nicolas Kühn (* 2000), German soccer player
O
- Othmar Kühn (paleontologist) (1892–1969), Austrian palaeontologist and university professor
- Othmar Kühn , Austrian harmonica maker , see Steirische Harmonika #Othmar Kühn
- Otto Kühn (1871 – after 1934), member of the Saxon state parliament and interior minister
- Otto Kühn , German entrepreneur, see Karosseriewerke Otto Kühn
P
- Paul Kühn (librarian) (1866–1912), German librarian
- Paul Kühn (entrepreneur) (1908–1980), German entrepreneur and company founder ( Bayern Express & P. Kühn Berlin )
- Paul J. Kühn (* 1940), German engineer and university professor
- Peter Kühn (Germanist) (* 1949), German linguist
- Peter Kühn (chess player) (* 1976), German chess player
- Peter Kühn , real name of Peter Bold (* 1978), German magician and singer
- Philipp Kühn (* 1992), German soccer goalkeeper
- Philipp-Sebastian Kühn (* 1977), German politician (SPD)
R.
- Regine Kühn (née Regine Walter ; * 1941), German screenwriter
- Richard Kühn , German football player in the 1910s
- Rolf Kühn (musician) (* 1929), German jazz clarinetist
- Rolf Kühn (philosopher) (* 1944), German philosopher
- Rosa Kühn (* 1928), German painter
- Rudolf Kühn (architect) (1886–1950), German architect
- Rudolf Kühn (organ builder) (1898–1952), German organ builder
- Rudolf Kühn (astronomer) (1926–1963), German astronomer
S.
- Siegfried Kühn (director) (* 1935), German theater and film director
- Sophie von Kühn (1782–1797), fiancee of Novalis
- Stefanie Kühn (* 1973), German author
- Stephan Kühn (* 1979), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Susanne Kühn (* 1969), contemporary German painter
T
- Theodor Kühn (1901–1985), German Protestant pastor
- Thomas Kühn (* 1943), German soccer player
U
- Ulrich Kühn (theologian) (1932–2012), German theologian
- Ulrich Kühn (soccer player) (* 1951), German soccer player
V
- Volker Kühn (director) (1933–2015), German director, producer and author
- Volker Kühn (artist) (* 1948), German graphic artist
- Volkmar Kühn , pseudonym of the German author Franz Kurowski (1923–2011)
- Volkmar Kühn (* 1942), German sculptor
W.
- Walter Kühn (lawyer) (* 1902), German lawyer
- Walter Kühn (chemist) (1917–1972), Swiss chemist
- Walter Kühn (Admiral) (* 1920), German admiral
- Walther Kühn (1892–1962), German politician (FDP)
- Werner Kühn (* 1958), German ice hockey player
- Wilhelm Kühn (1800–1860), German educator and writer
- Wolfgang Kühn (economist) (* 1934), German economist
- Wolfgang Kühn (lawyer) (* 1941), German lawyer and attorney, see Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
- Wolfgang Kühn (physician) ( Ernst Wolfgang Kühn ; * 1966), German physician
- Wolfram Kühn (cyclist) (* 1950), German cyclist
- Wolfram Kühn (Admiral) (* 1952), German admiral