Kahn
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- This page is about a German and Jewish family name. "Kahn" is also a common misspelling of the Mongolian name "Khan."
People whose family name is or was Kahn include
- Albert Kahn – French banker
- Albert Kahn – American industrial architect
- Albert E. Kahn – American journalist
- Alfred R. Kahn – CEO of 4Kids Entertainment
- Ashley Kahn – American jazz historian
- Axel Kahn – French genetician
- Barbara B. Kahn – researcher at Joslin Diabetes Center
- Barbara E. Kahn – professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Brenda Kahn – American singer-songwriter
- C. Ronald Kahn – head researcher at Joslin Diabetes Center
- David Kahn – US historian, journalist and writer
- Fritz Kahn – German Jewish gynecologist, artist, and popular science writer
- Gilbert Kahn – French philosopher (1914-1995)
- Gus Kahn – musician and songwriter
- Gustave Kahn – French poet
- Herman Kahn – American futurologist
- Jeremy L. Kahn – American Street Luge Athlete
- Ken Kahn – creator of the ToonTalk computer programming language
- Louis I(sadore). Kahn – architect
- Madeline Kahn – American actress
- Oliver Kahn – German footballer
- Otto Hermann Kahn – banker and patron of the arts
- Paul W. Kahn, a professor at Yale Law School.
- Philippe Kahn – French-born entrepreneur
- Regis Kahn – French film director
- Reuben Leon Kahn – Lithuanian physician, famous for Kahn test
- Richard Ferdinand Kahn – (1905), English economist
- Robert Kahn – German composer
- Robert E. Kahn – ARPANET (see also History of the Internet)
- Roger Wolfe Kahn – jazz musician
- Shao Kahn - Mortal Kombat Character
- Sergey Kahn - Photographer
- Zadoc Kahn
- Kahn - the stage name for Dave Batista
- Kahn is also the first name of Hank Hill's neighbor on FOX cartoon King Of The Hill.
- Kahn is also the German word for a small boat. See also Schiff, Kohen (Cohen), Kohn (Cohn), Kann (Can, Cann), Kuhn (Cuhn, Koen), Kagan (Cahan, Kaan, Caan), Kogan (Kohan, Cohan), Coen, Cowen, Katz.
[edit] Cahn
- Cahn Ingold Prelog priority rules (CIP system, CIP convention), named after Robert Sidney Cahn, Christopher Ingold, Vladimir Prelog
- Edward Cahn
- John W. Cahn
- Lazard Cahn (?-1940), founder of the Cahnite.
- Leopold Cahn & Co. (cf. Leopold Cahn), see Bache & Co.
- Robert Sidney Cahn (Robert S. Cahn, Robert Cahn/Sidney Cahn)
- Sammy Cahn
[edit] Caan
- Ah Chun Caan.
- Hopop Caan.
- James Caan, an American actor.
- Scott Caan, an American actor.
- Caan, a member of the Cult of Skaro in Doctor Who.
- see also Kaan
