Kühne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Business

August Kühne August Kühne (1855–1932) was a German businessman and freight forwarder. In 1890, he co-founded Kühne + Nagel together with Friedrich Nagel (1864–1907) in Bremen. Life August was the son of a woodcutter. His intention was to study law, ...

(1855–1932), German businessman, co-founder of

Kuehne + Nagel Kuehne + Nagel International AG (or Kühne + Nagel) is a global transport and logistics company based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. Its main owner and operator is Klaus-Michael Kühne via his ''Kühne Holding'' and ''Kühne Foundation ...

Alfred Kühne Alfred Kühne (14 April 1895 – 16 October 1981) was a German businessman, the son of August Kühne (1855–1932), the co-founder of Kuehne + Nagel, the global transportation and logistics company and a member of the Nazi Party. Alfred Kühne was ...

(1895–1981), son of August, German businessman *

Klaus-Michael Kühne Klaus-Michael Kühne (born 2 June 1937) is a German billionaire businessman. In October 2021, the ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' estimated Kühne's net worth to be US$36.2 billion, making him the richest person in Germany. He is the honorary c ...

(born 1937), son of Alfred, German businessman, honorary chairman of Kühne + Nagel

Sports

* Anke Kühne (born 1981), German field hockey player * Frank Kühne (born 1961), German swimmer * Marc Kühne (born 1976), German bobsledder * Matthias Kühne (born 1987), German footballer * Rico Kühne (born 1982), German footballer *

Rita Kühne Rita Kühne (later Andrich then Schiemann; born 5 January 1947, in Dresden) is a former East Germany, East German Sport of athletics, athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held ...

(born 1947), former East German athlete * Simon Kühne (born 1994), Liechtensteiner footballer *

Stefan Kühne Tim Stefan Kühne (born 15 August 1980, in Wiesbaden) is a German football coach and former football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primaril ...

(born 1980), German footballer

Other people

* Alfred von Kühne (1853-1945), German general during World War I *

Eric Kuhne Eric Robert Kuhne (September 2, 1951 – July 25, 2016) was an American-born British architect based in London. With major projects around the world, Kuhne's assignments included the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent completed in 1999 and the Tit ...

(1951–2016), American-born British architect *

Friedrich Kühne Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' The Iron Cross'' (1914) * '' Detektiv Braun ...

(1870–1959), German film actor of the silent era *

Hans Kühne Hans Kühne (3 June 1880 – 18 February 1969) was a German chemist on the board of IG Farben and a defendant during the IG Farben Trial. Early years The son of Julius and Elisabeth Kühne, Hans Kühne enrolled in the University of Leipzig to stu ...

(1880–1969), German chemist * Helmut Kuhne (born 1949), German politician *

Louis Kuhne Louis Kuhne (14 March 1835 – 4 April 1901) was a German naturopath primarily known for his cold water hydrotherapy methods that were meant to improve detoxification functions of the body by stimulation of the lower abdomen. Biography Kuhne wa ...

(1835–1901), German naturopath *

Otto Kühne Otto Kühne (12 May 1893, in Berlin – 8 December 1955, in Brandenburg an der Havel) was a German communist militant, who led a maquis group of German antifascist fighters in the French region of Lozère in 1943 and 1944 during World War II. A r ...

(1893–1955), German antifascist militant *

Roy Kühne Roy Kühne (born 27 September 1967) is a German physiotherapist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2013 to 2021. Political career Born in Magdebur ...

(born 1967), German politician *

Thomas Kühne Thomas Kühne (born 13 March 1958, in Cologne) is a German historian. He holds the Strassler Chair for the Study of Holocaust History and is the Director of the 'Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies' at Clark University, Massachuset ...

(born 1958), German historian *

Walter Georg Kühne Walter Georg Kühne (February 26, 1911 in Berlin – March 16, 1991 ibid.) was a German paleontologist, known as a "legendary explorer of Mesozoic mammals". He graduated in March 1930 from reform boarding school '' Schule am Meer'' on the island o ...

(1911–1991), German paleontologist *

Wilhelm Kühne (disambiguation) Wilhelm Kühne may refer to: * Wilhelm Kühne Wilhelm Friedrich Kühne (28 March 183710 June 1900) was a German physiologist. He coined the word enzyme in 1878. Biography Kühne was born at Hamburg on 28 March 1837. After attending the gymn ...

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