# 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 (1938–2025), French journalist and essayist
* 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