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People with the personal name Kahn

Kahn Fotuali'i Kahn Fotuali'i (born 22 May 1982) is a Samoan rugby union player for Montpellier in the Top 14. He plays as a scrum-half. In 2002 he played with New Haven Rugby in the United States and led the club to a Division II national championship playi ...

(born 1982), New Zealand rugby-union player of Samoan origin *

Kahn Singh Nabha Kahn Singh Nabha (30 August 1861 – 24 November 1938) was a Punjabi Sikh scholar, writer, anthologist, lexicographer, and encyclopedist. His most influential work, Mahan Kosh, inspired generations of scholars after him. He also played a role in ...

(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 Albert Eugene Kahn (May 11, 1912 – September 15, 1979) was an American journalist, photographer, and author. He is known chiefly for his books ''Sabotage! The Secret War Against America'' (1944), related to Nazi and German-American subversive ...

(1912–1979), American journalist * Alex Kahn (born 1967), American artist *

Alexander Kahn Alexander Kahn (May 31, 1881 – March 11, 1962) was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher. Early life and education Kahn was born on May 31, 1881 in Smolensk, Russia, the son of Solomon and B. Lena Ben Zionoff. He immigrated to America in ...

(1881–1962), American lawyer and newspaper editor *

Alfred E. Kahn Alfred Edward Kahn (October 17, 1917 – December 27, 2010) was an American economist and political advisor who specialized in regulation and deregulation. He was an important influence in the deregulation of the airline and energy industries ...

(1917–2010), American economist * Alfred R. Kahn (born 1947), American businessman, CEO of 4Kids Entertainment *

Ashley Kahn Ashley Kahn is an American music historian, journalist, and producer. Kahn graduated from Columbia University in 1983. In 2014, Kahn co-authored the autobiography of Carlos Santana, titled ''The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light''. To dat ...

, American jazz historian *

Aunia Kahn __NOTOC__ Aunia Marie Kahn (born December 5, 1977) is an American artist, photographer, author, designer, digital marketer and inspirational speaker. She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and currently lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is also ...

(born 1977), American artist * Axel Kahn (1944–2021), French geneticist *

Barbara B. Kahn Barbara B. Kahn is an endocrinologist and the George Richards Minot professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is also the vice chair for research strategy in the department of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and was f ...

, American endocrinologist and professor * Bob Kahn (born 1938), American developer of the TCP and IP protocols *

Brian Kahn Brian Kahn (1947-2020) was an American attorney, author, journalist, and public radio host. He founded the weekly public affairs program ''Home Ground'' which is broadcast on 30+ stations/translators in the Rocky Mountain west. On the air since 1996 ...

, 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 Charles N. ("Chip") Kahn III (born 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is the president and chief executive officer of the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH),FAH Press Release.Federation of American Hospitals Names Charles N. Kahn III As New Presi ...

(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 Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (; born 25 April 1949), also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist ...

(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 Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including "Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Go ...

(1886–1941), American musician and songwriter *

Gustave Kahn Gustave Kahn (21 December 1859, in Metz – 5 September 1936, in Paris) was a French Symbolist poet and art critic. He was also active, via publishing and essay-writing, in defining Symbolism and distinguishing it from the Decadent Movement. P ...

(1859–1936), French poet * Hannah Kahn (1911–1988), American poet, born in New York City *

Harold L. Kahn Harold L. Kahn (November 15, 1930 - December 11, 2018) was an American historian. He was a professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, and the author of a book about Imperial China. Early life Kahn was born on November 15, 1930 in Poughk ...

(1930–2018), American historian *

Herman Kahn Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems the ...

(1922–1983), American military theorist and futurologist *

Irving Kahn Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, who popularized the value investing methodology. Kahn began ...

(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 Julius Kahn may refer to: * Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete * Julius Kahn (congressman) (1861–1924), United States congressman {{Hndis, Kahn, Julius ...

(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 Lloyd Kahn (born April 28, 1935) is an American publisher, editor, author, photographer, carpenter, and self-taught architect. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, Inc., and is the former Shelter editor of the '' Whole Earth ...

(born 1935), American publisher and author *

Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

(1901–1974), American architect *

Lucian Kahn Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syria (region), Syrian satire, satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequent ...

(born 1982), American singer, songwriter and guitarist of

Schmekel Schmekel was an all-transgender, Jewish folk punk band from Brooklyn, New York, known for their satirical lyrical material. Eddy Portnoy of ''The Forward'' cited Schmekel as an example of the cultural movement "Queer Yiddishkeit." Schmekel mad ...

* 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 Paul W. Kahn (born 1952) is the Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School and the director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. Biography Kahn received his Bachelor of Arts from the U ...

(born 1952), professor at Yale Law School * Philippe Kahn (born 1952), French-born American entrepreneur *

Reuben Leon Kahn Reuben Leon Kahn (July 26, 1887 in Kovno, Russian Empire – July 22, 1979 in Miami) was an American immunologist. He is best known for his investigations of blood reactions, like the Kahn test, an efficient test for syphilis Syphilis () i ...

(1887–1979), Lithuanian physician *

Richard Ferdinand Kahn Richard Ferdinand Kahn, Baron Kahn, CBE, FBA (10 August 1905 – 6 June 1989) was a British economist. Kahn was born in Hampstead into the orthodox Jewish family of Augustus Kahn, inspector of schools and former German schoolmaster, and Reg ...

(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 Roger Kahn (October 31, 1927 – February 6, 2020) was an American author, best known for his 1972 baseball book '' The Boys of Summer''. Biography Roger Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 31, 1927, to Olga (''née'' Rockow) and ...

(born 1927), American author and sports journalist * Roger Wolfe Kahn (1907–1962), American jazz musician *

Ruth Ward Kahn Ruth Ward Kahn (, Ward; August 4, 1870/72 – ?) was a Jewish American lecturer and writer. In addition to being the author of novel, ''The Story of Judith'' (novel), ''The First Quarter'' (collected poems; 1898), and "Gertrude" (epic poem), she ...

(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 ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. The main characters are Hank Hill, Peggy Hill, Bobby Hill, Dale Gribble, Bill Dauterive, Jeff Boomhauer, Luanne Platter, Nancy Gribble, Joseph Gribble, ...

, Hank Hill's neighbor in the television cartoon series ''King of the Hill'' *

Shao Kahn Shao Kahn is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Depicted as emperor of the fictional realm Outworld, he is one of the franchise's primary villains. Feared for his immen ...

, in the ''Mortal Kombat'' universe *

Kotal Kahn This is a list of playable and boss characters from the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise and the games in which they appear. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series depicts conflicts between various realms. Most characters fi ...

, playable character in "Mortal Kombat X" * Commander Kahn, a character in the 2006 rhythm game ''

Elite Beat Agents ''Elite Beat Agents'' is a rhythm video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in North America, Europe and South Korea. As the second of three rhythm games developed by iNiS specifically for the D ...

'' * Noel Kahn, in the American TV series ''Pretty Little Liars''

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