Kahn
Kahn is a surname of German origin. Kahn means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn.
People with the personal name Kahn
- Kahn Fotuali'i, New Zealand rugby-union player of Samoan origin
- Kahn Singh Nabha, Punjabi Sikh scholar, writer, anthologist, lexicographer, and encyclopedist
People with the surname Kahn
- Albert Kahn (banker), French banker and philanthropist
- Albert Kahn (architect), American industrial architect
- Albert E. Kahn, American journalist
- Alex Kahn, American artist
- Alexander Kahn, American lawyer and newspaper editor
- Alfred E. Kahn, American economist
- Alfred R. Kahn, American businessman, CEO of 4Kids Entertainment
- Ashley Kahn, American jazz historian
- Aunia Kahn, American artist
- Axel Kahn, French geneticist
- Barbara B. Kahn, American endocrinologist and professor
- Brian Kahn, American writer and radio host
- Brenda Kahn, American singer-songwriter
- Charles H. Kahn, professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania
- Charles N. Kahn III, president and chief executive officer of the Federation of American Hospitals
- C. Ronald Kahn, American physician and scientist
- David Kahn (writer), American historian, journalist and writer
- David Kahn (sports executive), American sports executive, former G.M. of the Minnesota Timberwolves
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French former managing director of the International Monetary Fund
- Emilie Kahn, Canadian musician
- Ely Jacques Kahn, American commercial architect
- Fritz Kahn, German doctor and graphic designer
- Gilles Kahn, French computer scientist, described Kahn process networks
- Gus Kahn, American musician and songwriter
- Gustave Kahn, French poet
- Hannah Kahn, American poet, born in New York City
- Harold L. Kahn, American historian
- Herman Kahn, American military theorist and futurologist
- Irving Kahn, American investor
- Israel Kahn, Peruvian footballer
- Jean-François Kahn, French journalist and essayist
- Jeff Kahn (mathematician), American mathematician at Rutgers University
- Jenette Kahn, American comic book editor
- Julius Kahn (congressman), United States congressman
- Julius Kahn (inventor), American engineer, industrialist, and manufacturer
- Larry Kahn (tiddlywinks), American tiddlywinks champion
- Lehman Kahn, Belgian educationalist and writer
- Lisa B. Kahn, American economist
- Lisa M. Kahn, German-American scholar and poet
- Lloyd Kahn, American publisher and author
- Louis Kahn, American architect
- Louis B. Kahn, American computer scientist and statistician
- Louis Kahn (admiral), French admiral
- Lucian Kahn, American singer, songwriter and guitarist of Schmekel
- Lucille Kahn, American actress and parapsychology advocate
- Madeline Kahn, American actress
- Michael Kahn (film editor), American film editor
- Michael Kahn (theatre director), American theater director and drama educator
- Morris Kahn, Israeli entrepreneur
- Oliver Kahn, German footballer
- Otto Hermann Kahn, German-born American banker and patron of the arts
- Paul W. Kahn, professor at Yale Law School
- Philippe Kahn, French-born American entrepreneur
- Reuben Leon Kahn, Lithuanian physician
- Richard Ferdinand Kahn, English economist
- Robert Kahn (composer), German composer
- Robert Kahn (computer scientist), American electrical engineer, developer of the TCP and IP protocols
- Robert Louis Kahn, psychologist and social scientist
- Robert Ludwig Kahn, professor of German studies and poet
- Roger Kahn, American author and sports journalist
- Roger Wolfe Kahn, American jazz musician
- Ruth Ward Kahn, American writer
- Sam Kahn, South African anti-apartheid politician, activist and lawyer
- Tom Kahn, American social-democrat, civil-rights leader, and labor-union officer
- Yoel Kahn, American Chabad rabbi
- Zadoc Kahn, Alsatian-French, chief rabbi of France
Fictional characters
- Kahn Souphanousinphone, Hank Hill's neighbor in the television cartoon series King of the Hill
- Shao Kahn, a fictional character in Mortal Kombat video game series
- Kotal Kahn, a fictional character in Mortal Kombat video game series
- Commander Kahn, a character in the 2006 rhythm game Elite Beat Agents
- Noel Kahn, in the American TV series ''Pretty Little Liars''