Jahn

Jahn (Jähn) is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: *

Jahn Coleman Jahn (Jähn) is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Jahn Coleman (born 1993), English builder specialising in driveways * Constanze Jahn (born 1963), German chess player * David Jahn (born 1975), Czech bur ...

(born 1993), English builder specialising in driveways * Constanze Jahn (born 1963), German chess player *

David Jahn David Jahn is a neo-burlesque impresario, filmmaker and musician based in Prague, Czech Republic. Burlesque Jahn is best known for his louche MC persona Sonny VargasJohnston, R."Cabaret-style shows takes the striptease back in time" ''Prague Po ...

(born 1975), Czech burlesque impresario * Eduard Jahn (1871–1942), German mycologist and microbiologist * Erich Jahn (born 1907, date of death unknown), Hitler Youth leader *

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (11August 177815October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports ...

(1778–1852), German educator, founding figure of German Turner athletic movement * Gunnar Jahn (1883–1971), Norwegian politician and resistance member * Gunter Jahn (1910–1992), German U-boat commander * Hans Max Jahn (1853–1906), German physical chemist *

Helmut Jahn Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Libert ...

(1940–2021), German-American architect * Hermann Arthur Jahn (1907–1979), British scientist *

Jan Jahn Jan Jakub Quirin Jahn (4 June 1739 – 18 August 1802, both in Prague) was a Czech painter and art historian. Jahn studied painting from an early age, under his father until 1758 and later under established painters Jan Ferdinand Schor and Fran ...

(1739–1802), Czech painter and art historian *

Jeff Jahn Jeff Jahn (born 1970) is a curator, art critic, artist, historian, blogger and composer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. He coined the phrase declaring Portland "the capital of conscience for the United States," in a ''Portland Tribune'' ...

(born 1970), American artist and critic * Johann Jahn (1750–1816), German Orientalist *

Kurt Jahn General Kurt Jahn, aka Curt Jahn, (February 16, 1892 – November 7, 1966) was a German Army general and commander in Lombardy, Italy during World War II. Born in Schmalkalden, Germany, he was captured west of Milan on 1 May 1945 and interned in Br ...

(1892–1966), German general *

Marie-Luise Jahn Marie-Luise Jahn (28 May 1918 – 22 June 2010) was a German physician and a member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose during World War II. Biography Jahn was born in Sandlack, East Prussia (today Sędławki, Poland), where she ...

(1918–2010), German physician * Martin Jahn (c. 1620 – c. 1682), German church musician, minister, hymnwriter * Martin Jahn (born 1970), Czech economist and politician * Joseph

Michael Jahn Joseph Michael Jahn (born August 4, 1943) is an American journalist, author and memoirist. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Sayville, New York. He moved to New York City in 1966 and was educated at Dowling College, Adelphi Universi ...

(born 1943), American author and critic *

Molly Jahn Molly Jahn is an American plant geneticist and breeder and Professor of Agronomy at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She was Under Secretary of Research, Education and Economics in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2009 - 2010). Career Ja ...

, American plant scientist and food security policy advisor *

Otto Jahn Otto Jahn (; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Biography After the completion of his university studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, ...

(1813–1869), German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music *

Patrick Jahn Patrick Jahn (born 22 February 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a retired German football player. He spent one season in the Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is ...

(born 1983), German football player * Robert G. Jahn (1930–2017), American scientist, electrical engineer, and psychic investigator *

Ryan David Jahn Ryan David Jahn (born 1979) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Biography Born in Arizona, Jahn spent much of his youth moving between his father's apartment in Austin, Texas, and his mother's various rentals in and around Los Angeles, Cal ...

(born 1979), American novelist and screenwriter *

Sigmund Jähn Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German Aircraft pilot, pilot, cosmonaut, and ''Generalmajor#Generalmajor in East Germany, Generalmajor'' (equivalent to a Brigadier General in Western armies) in the Nat ...

(1937–2019), German astronaut *

Thomas Jahn Thomas Jahn (born 9 July 1965) is a German film and television director. Filmography Feature films * ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of th ...

(born 1965), German film and television director *

Wilhelm Jahn Wilhelm Jahn (24 November 1835 in Dvorce – 21 April 1900 in Vienna) was an Austrian conductor. Life Jahn served as director of the Vienna Court Opera from 1880 to 1897 and principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 ...

(1835–1900), Austro-Hungarian orchestral conductor *

Willie Jahn Wilhelm Hans "Willie" Jahn (27 February 1889 – 24 January 1973) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Biography Jahn was born in Magdeburg, Germany, to a family of publishers. He attended school ...

(1889–1973), German athlete, leader of the ''Wandervogel'' youth movement, folksong composer, publisher, World War II army officer {{surname, Jahn, Jähn German-language surnames Surnames from given names