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origin. ''Kahn'' means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is ''

Cahn Cahn is a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Kahn. People with the surname Cahn * Jonathan Cahn (born 1959), American Messianic minister and writer * Andrew Cahn (born 1951), British civil servant * Anne ...

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People with the personal name Kahn

Kahn Fotuali'i Kahn Fotuali'i (born 22 May 1982) is a Samoan rugby union player for Montpellier in the Top 14. He plays as a scrum-half. In 2002 he played with New Haven Rugby in the United States and led the club to a Division II national championship playi ...

(born 1982), New Zealand rugby-union player of Samoan origin * Kahn Singh Nabha (1861–1938), Punjabi Sikh scholar, writer, anthologist, lexicographer, and encyclopedist

People with the surname Kahn

* Albert Kahn (1860–1940), French banker and philanthropist * Albert Kahn (1869–1942), American industrial architect *

Albert E. Kahn Albert Eugene Kahn (May 11, 1912 – September 15, 1979) was an American journalist, photographer, and author. He is known chiefly for his books ''Sabotage! The Secret War Against America'' (1944), related to Nazi and German-American subversive ...

(1912–1979), American journalist *

Alex Kahn Alex Kahn is an American visual/performance artist and co-founder of the arts ensemble Processional Arts Workshop. He is most widely known for his creation of the large-scale puppet performance works that lead New York's Village Halloween Parade ...

(born 1967), American artist *

Alexander Kahn Alexander Kahn (May 31, 1881 – March 11, 1962) was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher. Early life and education Kahn was born on May 31, 1881 in Smolensk, Russia, the son of Solomon and B. Lena Ben Zionoff. He immigrated to America in ...

(1881–1962), American lawyer and newspaper editor *

Alfred E. Kahn Alfred Edward Kahn (October 17, 1917 – December 27, 2010) was an American economist and political advisor who specialized in regulation and deregulation. He was an important influence in the deregulation of the airline and energy industries ...

(1917–2010), American economist *

Alfred R. Kahn Alfred Robert Kahn (born January 18, 1947) is an American executive. From 1991 to 2011, he was chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, a company that is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. He previously led ...

(born 1947), American businessman, CEO of 4Kids Entertainment * Ashley Kahn, American jazz historian *

Aunia Kahn __NOTOC__ Aunia Marie Kahn (born December 5, 1977) is an American artist, photographer, author, designer, digital marketer and inspirational speaker. She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and currently lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is also ...

(born 1977), American artist * Axel Kahn (1944–2021), French geneticist * Barbara B. Kahn, American endocrinologist and professor * Bob Kahn (born 1938), American developer of the TCP and IP protocols *

Brian Kahn Brian Kahn (1947-2020) was an American attorney, author, journalist, and public radio host. He founded the weekly public affairs program ''Home Ground'' which is broadcast on 30+ stations/translators in the Rocky Mountain west. On the air since 1996 ...

, American writer and radio host *

Brenda Kahn Brenda Kahn (born May 3, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and educator based in South Salem, New York, who is known for her poetic lyrics. Background Her career began in 1990, when her first album, ''Goldfish Don't Talk Back'', was ...

(born 1967), American singer-songwriter *

Charles H. Kahn Charles H. Kahn (born May 29, 1928) is a classicist and professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. His work is focused on early Greek philosophy, up to the times of Plato. His 1960 monograph on Anaximander was still as ...

, professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania * Charles N. Kahn III (born 1952), president and chief executive officer of the Federation of American Hospitals *

C. Ronald Kahn Carl Ronald Kahn (born January 14, 1944) is an American physician and scientist, best known for his work with insulin receptors and insulin resistance in diabetes and obesity. He is the Chief Academic Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center, the Mary K. ...

(born 1944), American physician and scientist * David Kahn (born 1930), American historian, journalist and writer * David Kahn (born 1961), American sports executive, former G.M. of the Minnesota Timberwolves * Dominique Strauss-Kahn (born 1949), French former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) * Emilie Kahn, Canadian musician * Ely Jacques Kahn (1884–1972), American commercial architect * Gilles Kahn (1946–2006), French computer scientist, described Kahn process networks * Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American musician and songwriter * Gustave Kahn (1859–1936), French poet *

Hannah Kahn Hannah Kahn (1911–1988) was an American poet, born in New York City, and subsequently a longtime resident of Miami, Florida. She was known especially for her inspirational poem "Ride a Wild Horse." Biography Hannah quit school at the age of ...

(1911–1988), American poet, born in New York City * Harold L. Kahn (1930–2018), American historian *

Herman Kahn Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theori ...

(1922–1983), American military theorist and futurologist *

Irving Kahn Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, who popularized the value investing methodology. Kahn began ...

(1905–2015), American investor *

Israel Kahn Eduardo Israel Kahn Gómez (born December 1, 1988), known as Israel Kahn, is a Peruvian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Peruvian Primera División club Real Garcilaso. Club career Kahn made his Peruvian First Division league d ...

(born 1988), Peruvian footballer * Jean-François Kahn (born 1938), French journalist * Jeff Kahn, American mathematician at Rutgers University *

Jenette Kahn Jenette Kahn (; born May 16, 1947) is an American comic book editor and executive. She joined DC Comics in 1976 as publisher, and five years later was promoted to president. In 1989, she stepped down as publisher and assumed the title of editor ...

(born 1947), American comic book editor *

Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to: *Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete *Julius Kahn (congressman) Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife ...

(1861–1924), United States congressman * Larry Kahn, American tiddlywinks champion *

Lehman Kahn Lehman Kahn (September 9, 1827 – February 4, 1915), also known by the pseudonym L. K. Amitaï, was a Belgian Jewish educationist and writer. Biography Lehman Kahn was born in Breisach, Baden, to Jewish parents Sara () and David Kahn. He was educ ...

(1827–1915), Belgian educationalist and writer * Lisa B. Kahn, American economist * Lisa M. Kahn (1921–2013), German-American scholar and poet *

Lloyd Kahn Lloyd Kahn (born April 28, 1935) is an American publisher, editor, author, photographer, carpenter, and self-taught architect. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, Inc., and is the former Shelter editor of the ''Whole Earth ...

(born 1935), American publisher and author *

Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

(1901–1974), American architect * Lucian Kahn (born 1982), American singer, songwriter and guitarist of

Schmekel Schmekel was an all-transgender, Jewish folk punk band from Brooklyn, New York, known for their satirical lyrical material. Eddy Portnoy of ''The Forward'' cited Schmekel as an example of the cultural movement "Queer Yiddishkeit." Schmekel mad ...

Lucille Kahn Lucille may refer to: People People with the given name "Lucille": * Lucille Bailie (born 1969), Australian basketball player * Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress best known for the television series ''I Love Lucy'' * Lucille Berrien ( ...

(1902–1995), American actress and parapsychology advocate *

Madeline Kahn Madeline Gail Kahn (''née'' Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), '' ...

(1942–1999), American actress * Michael Kahn (born 1935), American film editor * Oliver Kahn (born 1969), German former footballer *

Otto Hermann Kahn Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of ''Time'' magazine and was sometimes ...

(1867–1934), German-born American banker and patron of the arts *

Paul W. Kahn Paul W. Kahn (born 1952) is the Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School and the director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. Biography Kahn received his Bachelor of Arts from the U ...

(born 1952), professor at Yale Law School *

Philippe Kahn Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952) is an engineer, entrepreneur and founder of four technology companies: Borland, Starfish Software, LightSurf Technologies, and Fullpower Technologies. Kahn is credited with creating the first camera phone, be ...

(born 1952), French-born American entrepreneur *

Reuben Leon Kahn Reuben Leon Kahn (July 26, 1887 in Kovno, Russian Empire – July 22, 1979 in Miami) was an American immunologist. He is best known for his investigations of blood reactions, like the Kahn test, an efficient test for syphilis Syphilis () i ...

(1887–1979), Lithuanian physician *

Richard Ferdinand Kahn Richard Ferdinand Kahn, Baron Kahn, CBE, FBA (10 August 1905 – 6 June 1989) was a British economist. Kahn was born in Hampstead into the orthodox Jewish family of Augustus Kahn, inspector of schools and former German schoolmaster, and Regin ...

(1905–1989), English economist * Robert Kahn (1865–1951), German composer *

Robert Louis Kahn Robert Louis Kahn (March 28, 1918 – January 6, 2019) was an American psychologist and social scientist, specializing in organizational theory and survey research, having been considered a "founding father" of the modern approach to these dis ...

(1918–2019), psychologist and social scientist *

Robert Ludwig Kahn Robert Ludwig Kahn (April 22, 1923 – March 22, 1970) was a German-American scholar of German studies and poet. He grew up in Nuremberg and Leipzig as the son of Jewish parents who sent him abroad to England on a Kindertransport in 1939. When K ...

(1923–1970), professor of German studies and poet *

Roger Kahn Roger Kahn (October 31, 1927 – February 6, 2020) was an American author, best known for his 1972 baseball book '' The Boys of Summer''. Biography Roger Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 31, 1927, to Olga (''née'' Rockow) and ...

(born 1927), American author and sports journalist *

Roger Wolfe Kahn Roger Wolfe Kahn (October 19, 1907 – July 12, 1962) was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, bandleader (Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra) and an aviator. Life and career Roger Wolfe Kahn (originally spelled "Wolff") was born in ...

(1907–1962), American jazz musician * Ruth Ward Kahn (1872–?), American writer *

Sam Kahn Sam Kahn (15 December 1911 – 25 August 1987) was a South African Communist and MP from 1949 to 1952, for one of the constituencies representing native African voters. Born in Cape Town, he joined the Communist Party of South Africa and earn ...

(1911–1987), South African anti-apartheid politician, activist and lawyer *

Tom Kahn Tom David Kahn (September 15, 1938 – March 27, 1992) was an American social democrat known for his leadership in several organizations. He was an activist and influential strategist in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a senior adv ...

(1938–1992), American social-democrat, civil-rights leader, and labor-union officer *

Yoel Kahn Reb Yoel Kahan (February 14, 1930 – July 15, 2021) was a senior Chabad rabbi, who served as the leading and for the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. His position as leading and made him the default authority on the Rebb ...

(1930–2021), American, Chabad rabbi * Zadoc Kahn (1839–1905), Alsatian-French, chief rabbi of France

Fictional characters

Kahn Souphanousinphone ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. The main characters are Hank Hill, Peggy Hill, Bobby Hill, Dale Gribble, Bill Dauterive, Jeff Boomhauer, Luanne Platter, Nancy Gribble, Joseph Gribble, ...

, Hank Hill's neighbor in the television cartoon series ''King of the Hill'' *

Shao Kahn Shao Kahn is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Depicted as emperor of the fictional realm Outworld, he is one of the franchise's primary villains. Feared for his immense st ...

, in the ''Mortal Kombat'' universe *

Kotal Kahn This is a list of playable and boss characters from the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise and the games in which they appear. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series depicts conflicts between various realms. Most characters fig ...

, playable character in "Mortal Kombat X" * Commander Kahn, a character in the 2006 rhythm game '' Elite Beat Agents'' *

Noel Kahn ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King for Freeform. It is based on Sara Shepard's novel series of the same name. Some of the characters appeared in the spin-off shows '' Ravenswood'', ...

, in the American TV series ''Pretty Little Liars''

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