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 (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 (1912–1979), American journalist
 * Alex Kahn (born 1967), American artist
 * Alexander Kahn (1881–1962), American lawyer and newspaper editor
 * Alfred E. Kahn (1917–2010), American economist
 * Alfred R. Kahn (born 1947), American businessman, CEO of 4Kids Entertainment
 * Ashley Kahn, American jazz historian
 * Aunia Kahn (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, American writer and radio host
 * Brenda Kahn (born 1967), American singer-songwriter
 * Charles H. Kahn, 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 (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 (1911–1988), American poet, born in New York City
 * Harold L. Kahn (1930–2018), American historian
 * Herman Kahn (1922–1983), American military theorist and futurologist
 * Irving Kahn (1905–2015), American investor
 * Israel Kahn (born 1988), Peruvian footballer
 * Jean-François Kahn (born 1938), French journalist
 * Jeff Kahn, American mathematician at Rutgers University
 * Jenette Kahn (born 1947), American comic book editor
 * Julius Kahn (1861–1924), United States congressman
 * Larry Kahn, American tiddlywinks champion
 * Lehman Kahn (1827–1915), Belgian educationalist and writer
 * Lisa B. Kahn, American economist
 * Lisa M. Kahn (1921–2013), German-American scholar and poet
 * Lloyd Kahn (born 1935), American publisher and author
 * Louis Kahn (1901–1974), American architect
 * Lucian Kahn (born 1982), American singer, songwriter and guitarist of Schmekel
 * Lucille Kahn (1902–1995), American actress and parapsychology advocate
 * Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), American actress
 * Michael Kahn (born 1935), American film editor
 * Oliver Kahn (born 1969), German former footballer
 * Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934), German-born American banker and patron of the arts
 * Paul W. Kahn (born 1952), professor at Yale Law School
 * Philippe Kahn (born 1952), French-born American entrepreneur
 * Reuben Leon Kahn (1887–1979), Lithuanian physician
 * Richard Ferdinand Kahn (1905–1989), English economist
 * Robert Kahn (1865–1951), German composer
 * Robert Louis Kahn (1918–2019), psychologist and social scientist
 * Robert Ludwig Kahn (1923–1970), professor of German studies and poet
 * Roger Kahn (1927–2020), American author and sports journalist
 * Roger Wolfe Kahn (1907–1962), American jazz musician
 * Ruth Ward Kahn (1872–?), American writer
 * Sam Kahn (1911–1987), South African anti-apartheid politician, activist and lawyer
 * Tom Kahn (1938–1992), American social-democrat, civil-rights leader, and labor-union officer
 * Yoel Kahn (1930–2021), American, Chabad rabbi
 * Zadoc Kahn (1839–1905), 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