Kahn (disambiguation)

Kahn stands for:

Barge , small flat-bottomed boat or ship
Kahn (unit) , old Vietnamese measure of weight
Kahn (Falken) , mountain in Thuringia
Böhmisch Kahn , German name of Velké Chvojno , municipality in the Czech Republic
Villa Kahn (Stuttgart)
New metal goods factory Bamberg, Oehlhorn & Kahn, later also Oehlhorn & Woelz, metal and plastics processing company founded in Bamberg in 1914, see OEKA TECH Automotive
Isla Kahn , an island off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula

Kahn is the family name of the following people:

A.

Aaron Kahn (1841–1926), German textile entrepreneur
Albert Kahn (1860–1940), French banker
Albert Kahn (architect) (1869–1942), American architect
Alfred Kahn (1902–1959), German journalist, music critic and music researcher (emigrated to Shanghai in 1939, in the USA since 1946)
Alfred E. Kahn (1917-2010), American economist
Alfred J. Kahn (1919–2009), American social scientist and university professor
Alphonse Kahn (1908–1985), German lawyer and resistance fighter
Anton Friedrich Kahn (1713–1797), German fencing master
Arthur Kahn (1850–1928), German doctor and writer
Ashley Kahn (* 1960), American writer and music producer
Axel Kahn (geneticist) (* 1944), French geneticist
Axel Kahn (soccer player) (* 1965), German soccer player

B.

Bernhard Kahn (1827–1905), German industrialist, banker and politician

C.

C. Ronald Kahn (* 1944), American endocrinologist and diabetes researcher
Carmen Kahn-Wallerstein (1903–1988), German writer (emigrated to Switzerland in 1933)
Carol Kahn Strauss (* 1944), American journalist and director of the institute
Cédric Kahn (* 1966), French film director, actor and screenwriter

D.

Daniel Kahn (* 1978), American musician, actor, director
David Kahn (* 1930), American historian, journalist and writer
David Kahn (sports official) (* 1961), American basketball official and sports journalist
David Kahn (triathlete) (* 1983), American triathlete
Deborah Kahn-Harris , director of Leo Baeck College
Didier Kahn , French chemical historian
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (* 1949), French politician and director of the International Monetary Fund
Donald Kahn (1925–2013), US-American-Austrian art patron
Doris Egbring-Kahn (1926-2016), German actress

E.

Ed Kahn (1911–1945) American football player
Edgar Kahn (1903–1955), German drama and screenwriter
Ely Jacques Kahn (1884–1972), American architect
Emil Kahn (entrepreneur) (1832–1896), German entrepreneur and politician
Emil Kahn , known as Lucian Bernhard (1883–1972), German graphic artist and type designer
Erich Kahn (1904–1980), German-British painter, draftsman, graphic artist
Erich Itor Kahn (1905–1956), German musician
Ernst Kahn (1884–1959), German social scientist and journalist
Eugen Kahn (1887–1973), German-American psychiatrist

F.

Ferdinand Kahn (1886–1951), German lawyer, writer and journalist
Ferdinand Helanus Kahn OP (1788–1864), Austrian bishop
Florence Prag Kahn (1866–1948), American politician
Franz Kahn (lawyer) (1861–1904), German lawyer and author
Franz Kahn (Zionist) (1895–1944), Zionist, functionary of the World Jewish Congress
Franz Daniel Kahn (1926–1998), German astronomer
Friedrich Kahn (1889–1951), German entrepreneur and inventor (1939 emigrated to Brazil)
Fritz Kahn (author) (1888–1968), German gynecologist and author
Fritz Kahn (lawyer) (1895–1944), Czech lawyer

G

Georg Kahn-Ackermann (1918–2008), German journalist and politician (SPD)
George Kahn (* 1952), American pianist
Guinter Kahn (1934-2014), American medic
Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American musician, songwriter and lyricist
Gustave Kahn (1859-1936), French writer

H

Hans Kahn (1929–2015), American architect of German origin (emigration 1938)
Harry Kahn (1883–1970), German journalist, writer, screenwriter and translator
Heinrich Kahn (entrepreneur) (1828–1920), German entrepreneur and company founder
Helmut W. Kahn (1922–2005), German publicist
Herman Kahn (1922–1983), American cyberneticist and futurologist

I.

Ian Kahn (born 1972), American actor
Irving Kahn (1905-2015), American financial analyst
Irving B. Kahn (1917-1994), American inventor

J

Jakob Kahn (1878–1948), German tailor, travel agent and politician (SPD)
James Kahn (* 1947), American author
Jean Kahn (1929–2013), French lawyer and human rights activist
Jean-François Kahn (* 1938), French publicist
Jeff Kahn (* 1950), American mathematician
Jenette Kahn (* 1948), American publisher
Jeremy Kahn (* 1970), American mathematician
John Kahn (1947–1996), American bass player
Josef Kahn (1839–1915), Austrian clergyman, Bishop of Gurk
Joseph Kahn (Rabbi) (1809–1875), German rabbi
Joseph Kahn (journalist) (* 1964), American journalist
Joseph Kahn (director) (born 1972), American director
Julius Kahn (1861–1924), American politician
Julius Kahn (manufacturer) (1883–1943), German manufacturer (murdered in Auschwitz )

K

Karl Kahn (1900–1966), German politician (CSU)

L.

Leo Kahn (1894–1983), German-Israeli painter
Leonard Kahn (1926–2012), American electrical engineer
Lewis Kahn (1946–2019), American salsa and jazz musician
Lisa Kahn (1927–2013), German-American Germanist and poet
Louis Kahn (naval officer) (1895–1967), French naval officer and engineer
Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974), American architect and city planner
Ludwig Kahn (1910–2007), German-American Germanist

M.

Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), American actress
Margarete Kahn (1880–1942), German mathematician
Max Kahn (1857–1939), German painter
Meier Kahn (1886–1943), German lawyer, victim of National Socialism
Michael Kahn (manufacturer) (1798–1861), German manufacturer
Michael Kahn (* 1935), American film editor
Michael Kahn (Theater Director) , American theater director
Michael Kahn-Ackermann (* 1946), German sinologist
Moriz Kahn (1890–1943), German veterinarian and Nazi victim
Morris Kahn (* 1930), Israeli entrepreneur
Moshe Kahn (* 1942), German publicist and translator

N

Nathaniel Kahn (* 1962), American screenwriter, director and film producer

O

Oliver Kahn (* 1969), German soccer goalkeeper
Olivier Kahn (1942–1999), French chemist and university professor
Otto Kahn-Freund (1900–1979), German lawyer
Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934), American banker and patron

P

Paul Kahn (1886–1967), German lawyer and attorney, emigrated to Great Britain in 1939, to the USA in 1940
Paul W. Kahn (* 1952), American lawyer, legal scholar and university professor
Peter Kahn (* 1940), German bank manager
Peter B. Kahn (1935–2016), American physicist, mathematician and university professor
Peter J. Kahn (* around 1939), American mathematician and university professor
Peter H. Kahn (* around 1955), American psychologist and university professor
Philippe Kahn (* 1952), French-American entrepreneur

R.

Reuben Leon Kahn (1887–1979), American immunologist

Richard C. Kahn (1897–1960), American film director
Richard Kahn (entrepreneur) (1890 – unknown), German entrepreneur
Richard Kahn (economist) (1905-1989), British economist
Robert Kahn (composer) ( Robert August Kahn ; 1865–1951), German composer and music teacher
Robert Kahn (resistance fighter) (1908–1944), French resistance fighter
Robert Kahn (Germanist) ( Robert Ludwig Kahn ; 1923–1970), German Germanist and poet
Robert Kahn (translator) († 2020), French translator
Robert E. Kahn ( Robert Elliot Kahn ; * 1938), American computer scientist
Robert L. Kahn ( Robert Louis Kahn ; 1918-2019), American social psychologist
Robin Kahn (* 1961), American author, conceptual artist and curator
Roger Wolfe Kahn (1907–1962), American saxophonist, band leader and composer
Rolf Kahn (* 1943), German editor and soccer player
Rudolf Kahn , real name of Alfred R. Kandler (1900–1974), German textile entrepreneur (1941 emigrated to the USA)
Rudolf Kahn (1905–1974), German-Israeli lawyer and attorney (emigration 1939)

S.

Sepp Kahn (* 1952), Austrian author
Sheldon Kahn (* 1940), American film editor
Siegbert Kahn (1909–1976), German economist
Simone Rachel Kahn (1897–1980), French suffragette and gallery owner, see Simone Breton

T

Tiny Kahn (1924–1953), American musician

V

Victor Kahn (1889–1971), French chess player of Russian origin

W.

Wally Kahn (1926–2015), British glider pilot
Walter Kahn (1911–2009), German entrepreneur
Wilhelm Kahn (entrepreneur) (1874–1936), German entrepreneur and local politician
William Kahn (director) (1888–1941 / 1943), German film director, screenwriter and producer
William Kahn (actor) († 1959), American actor
Wolf Kahn (* 1927), American painter of German origin
Wolfgang Kahn (1814–1888), German soap manufacturer, head of the Jewish Community of St. Ingbert and local politician

Z

Zadoc Kahn (1839–1905), French chief rabbi

See also:

Cahn , family name
Can
Kaan
Khan (disambiguation)
Kasey Kahne (* 1980), American racing driver
Spinning and weaving on the Sparrenlech Kahn & Arnold