Zahn is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable persons with the surname include: *Albert Zahn, folk artist from Wisconsin, decorated the

Albert Zahn House The Albert Zahn House is located in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of ...

with carvings. * Anthony Zahn (born 1976), American cyclist * Ernst Zahn (1867–1952), Swiss writer *

Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn (14 February 1845 – 1904) was a German-Swiss pathologist born in Germersheim. His eponyms include Zahn infarct and lines of Zahn. Life Zahn studied medicine at the University of Strasbourg under Friedrich Daniel von Reck ...

(1845–1904), German pathologist *

Geoff Zahn Geoffery Clayton Zahn (born December 19, 1945) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1985. In his career, he had a Win–loss record of 111–109, an earned run average of 3.74 ...

(born 1945), American baseball player *

Gordon Zahn Gordon Zahn (born Gordon Charles Paul Roach; August 7, 1918, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – December 9, 2007, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) was an American sociologist, pacifist, professor, and author. Early life Born out of wedlock, Zahn took his ...

(1918–2007), American sociologist and pacifist *

Helmut Zahn Helmut Zahn (born June 13, 1916 in Erlangen; died November 14, 2004 in Aachen) was a German chemist who is often credited as the first to synthesize Insulin in 1963. His results synthesizing insulin were achieved almost simultaneously with that of ...

(1916–2004), German chemist *

Joachim Zahn Professor Joachim Zahn (born Wuppertal 24 January 1914, died Munich 8 October 2002) was the chairman of Daimler Benz AG between 1971 and 1979. Zahn was the youngest of four sons of a Wuppertal Lawyer. He himself studied law at Tübingen and late ...

(1914–2002), German automotive executive *

Johann Zahn Johann Zahn (29 March 1641, Karlstadt am Main – 27 June 1707) was the seventeenth-century German author of ''Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium'' (Würzburg, 1685). This work contains many descriptions and diagrams, illustrati ...

(1641–1707), German canon who wrote on the camera obscura and who invented an early camera *

Johannes Zahn Johannes Christoph Andreas Zahn (1 August 1817 in Eschenbach/ Pegnitz – 17 February 1895 in Neuendettelsau) was a German theologian and musicologist best known for his opus ''Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder'', a critical ...

(1817–1895), German musicologist and theologian who developed a taxonomy of Lutheran hymns and melodies *

Karl Hermann Zahn Karl Hermann Zahn (3 December 1865, Baiertal – 8 February 1940, Haigerloch) was a German botanist who was a leading authority regarding the genus '' Hieracium'' (hawkweed). He received his education in Karlsruhe (1884–85), and beginning in ...

(1865–1940), German botanist * Margaret A. Zahn, American sociologist and criminologist *

Otto J. Zahn Otto Johann Zahn (August 23, 1872 – October 12, 1965) was the second person to represent Los Angeles City Council District 10, District 10 on the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1925 until 1927. Biography He was born on August 23, 1872, ...

(1872–1965), American politician *

Paula Zahn Paula Ann Zahn (; born February 24, 1956) is an American journalist and newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She currently produces and hosts the true crime documentary series ''On the Case with Paula Zahn'' ...

(born 1956), American newscaster *

Peter von Zahn Peter von Zahn (29 January 1913 – 26 July 2001) was a German author, film maker, and journalist. Born in Chemnitz as a son of an officer, he grew up in Dresden and studied law, history, and philosophy. He was drafted at the beginning of Worl ...

, (1913–2001), German author, filmmaker, and journalist *

Robert Zahn Robert Zahn (12 March 1861 in Münchberg– 21 January 1914 in Leipzig) was a German engineer and industrialist. Zahn started designing embroidery machines. As the director of the ''Vogtländische Maschinenfabrik (VOMAG)'' at a later stage, he pl ...

(1861–1914), German engineer and industrialist *

Steve Zahn Steven James Zahn (; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. His film roles include ''Reality Bites'' (1994), ''That Thing You Do!'' (1996), ''Stuart Little'' (1999), '' Shattered Glass'' (2003), ''Sahara'' (2005), '' Chicken Li ...

(born 1967), American actor *

Theodor Zahn Theodor Zahn or Theodor von Zahn (10 October 1838 in Moers – 5 March 1933 in Erlangen) was a German Protestant theologian, a biblical scholar. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Career Zahn was born in Moers of t ...

(1838–1933), German biblical scholar *

Timothy Zahn Timothy Zahn (born September 1, 1951) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known best for his prolific collection of ''Star Wars'' List of Star Wars books, books, chiefly the Thrawn trilogy, ''Thrawn'' series, and has publis ...

(born 1951), American science fiction novelist *

Wilhelm Zahn Wilhelm Zahn (29 July 1910 – 14 November 1976) was a German ''Kriegsmarine'' officer during the ''Second World War''. He was U-boat First Watch Officer, then became U-boat commander and was finally promoted to ''Korvettenkapitän'' on 1 April 1 ...

(1910–1976) German U-boat commander *

Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn (21 August 1800 in Rodenberg, Schaumburg – 22 August 1871 in Berlin) was a German architect, painter, art critic and design researcher particularly of Roman interior designs found in the ruins of Pompeii. Wilhelm was bo ...

(1800–1871), German architect, painter and art critic

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