Kuhn is a surname of German origin. It may refer to the following: *

Abraham Kuhn (banker) Abraham Kuhn (June 20, 1819 – May 30, 1892) was an American merchant and banker of German-Jewish origins, a founding partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York City, one of the great US investment banking firms of the 19th and 20th centuries. Biog ...

(1819–1892), German-American founder of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. * Abraham Kuhn (otolarynologist) (1838–1900), Alsatian otolaryngologist *

Adam Kuhn Adam Kuhn (28 November 1741 – 5 July 1817) was an American physician and naturalist, and one of the earliest professors of medicine in a North American university. Formative years Kuhn was born in Germantown, Province of Pennsylvania, a son ...

(1741–1817), American naturalist and physicist * Albert Kuhn (1860–1934), Washington state pioneer and businessman *

Alvin Boyd Kuhn Alvin Boyd Kuhn (September 22, 1880 – September 14, 1963) was an American Theosophist, lecturer, and self-published author. He was a proponent of the Christ myth theory. Harpur, Tom. (2004). '' The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light''. Tor ...

(1880–1963), American scholar of mythology and linguistics *

Amy Kuhn Amy Kuhn is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since December 7, 2022. She represents Maine's 111th House district. Electoral history She was elected on November 8, 2022, in the 2022 Maine Ho ...

, American politician *

Annette Kuhn Annette Frieda Kuhn, FBA is a British author, cultural historian, educator, researcher, editor and feminist. She is known for her work in screen studies, visual culture, film history and cultural memory. She is Professor and Research Fellow in ...

, British author, cultural historian, and educator *

Anthony Kuhn Anthony Kuhn () is the National Public Radio correspondent in Seoul, South Korea. He was previously NPR's correspondent in Beijing, China. Before his roles in South Korea and China, he served as NPR correspondent for Southeast Asia based in Jaka ...

, NPR correspondent in Beijing, China *

Bradley M. Kuhn Bradley M. Kuhn (born 1973) is a free software activist from the United States. Kuhn is currently Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence of the Software Freedom Conservancy, having previously been executive director. Until 2010 he was the FLOSS ...

(born 1973), American free software activist *

Bowie Kuhn Bowie Kent Kuhn (; October 28, 1926 – March 15, 2007) was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for M ...

(1926–2007), American baseball commissioner *

Charles Kuhn Charles Harris Kuhn (March 20, 1892 – 1989), nicknamed Doc Kuhn, was a cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Grandma (comic strip), Grandma''. He usually signed his drawings and comic strips Chas. Kuhn. Born in Prairie ...

(1892–1989), cartoonist * Charles L. Kuhn (1902-1985), American academic and art historian *

Deanna Kuhn Deanna Zipse Kuhn (born 1944) is an American psychologist. She is Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University. She is known for contributions to the psychology of science – the scientific study of scientific thought and behavi ...

(born 1944), professor of psychology *

Franz Kuhn Franz Walther Kuhn (10 March 1884 – 22 January 1961) was a German lawyer and translator chiefly remembered for translating many Chinese novels into German, most famously the ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. Biography Kuhn studied law at the Unive ...

(1884–1961), German lawyer and translator of Chinese novels *

Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn (19 November 1812 – 5 May 1881) was a German philologist and folklorist. Kuhn was born in Königsberg in Brandenburg's Neumark region. From 1841, he was connected with the Köllnisches Gymnasium at Berlin, of wh ...

(1812–1881), German philologist and folklorist *

Frédéric Kuhn Frédéric Kuhn (born 10 July 1968 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine) is a retired male hammer thrower from France, who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He set his personal best (76.80 metres) on 30 May 1992 at a meet in Ang ...

(born 1968), French hammer thrower *

Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn (3 December 1842 – 13 September 1894) was a German botanist, who specialized in the field of pteridology. He went by the name "Max," and his name was often written "Maximilian Friedrich Adalbert Kuhn." He stu ...

(1842–1894), German botanist *

Fritz Kuhn Fritz Kuhn (born 29 June 1955) is a German politician who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 2012 until 2021. He was co-chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German Green party, in 2002 and its parliamentary group from 2002 to 2013. Early lif ...

(born 1955), German Green Party politician *

Fritz Julius Kuhn Fritz Julius Kuhn (May 15, 1896 – December 14, 1951) was a German Nazi activist who served as the elected leader of the German American Bund, a German-American Nazi organization before World War II. He became a naturalized United States cit ...

(1896–1951), leader of the German American Bund *

Hans Kuhn (philologist) Hans Kuhn (13 July 1899 – 8 October 1988) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. He was Professor of Nordic philology at the University of Kiel. Biography Hans Kuhn was born in Minden, Germany on 13 July 1899. After gai ...

(1899-1988), German philologist *

Hans Kuhn (chemist) Hans Kuhn (5 December 1919 – 25 November 2012) was a Swiss chemist. He was professor emeritus for physical chemistry and former scientific director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute) in ...

(1919-2012), Swiss chemist *

Harold W. Kuhn Harold William Kuhn (July 29, 1925 – July 2, 2014) was an American mathematician who studied game theory. He won the 1980 John von Neumann Theory Prize jointly with David Gale and Albert W. Tucker. A former Professor Emeritus of Mathemat ...

(1925–2014), American mathematician, John von Neumann Theory Prize winner, developer of Kuhn poker *

Heino Kuhn Heino Gunther Kuhn (born 1 April 1984) is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team. He has played for Titans and Northerns in South African domestic cricket and in March 2018 signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cric ...

(born 1984), South African cricketer *

Ida Soule Kuhn Ida Soule Kuhn (born Ida Soule Howes; 1869–November 19, 1952) was a social and political activist from Hoquiam, Washington. Kuhn was an honorary member of and occupied managerial positions in a number of famous American social organizations. An ...

(1869–1952), American political and social activist *

Jeff Kuhn Jeffrey Richard Kuhn, also known as Jeff Kuhn, is an American physicist and astronomer who is a professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi. He is known for his contributions to astrophysics and the search for extraterrestrial life, part ...

, physicist and astronomer *

Johannes von Kuhn Johannes Evangelist von Kuhn (19 February 1806 – 8 May 1887) was a German Catholic theologian. With Franz Anton Staudenmaier he occupied the foremost rank among the speculative dogmatists of the Catholic Tübingen school. Life Kuhn was born ...

(1806–1887), German Catholic theologian *

Joseph Kuhn-Régnier Joseph Kuhn-Régnier, (born as Joseph Louis Wilfrid Kuhn-Regnier ,10 December 1873 - 1940) was a French illustrator, draughtsman, and painter who worked and exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne. His work is recognizable by his characters i ...

(1873–1940), French illustrator *

John Kuhn John Allen Kuhn (born September 9, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Shippensburg University, he was signed by the Pittsburgh ...

(born 1982), American football player *

Judy Kuhn Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is an American actress, singer and activist, known for her work in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, she has released four studio albums and sang the title role in the 1995 film ''Pocahontas'', includ ...

(born 1958), American singer and actress, Tony Award winner *

Kaila Kuhn Kaila Kuhn (born April 8, 2003) is an American freestyle skier specializing in aerials. She represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Kuhn made her FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships debut in 2019, where she was the y ...

(born 2003), American freestyle skier *

Keegan Kuhn Keegan Kuhn is an American documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and professional musician. He is best known for co-directing the documentary films '' Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret'' and '' What the Health'', along with Kip Andersen ...

, American documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and professional musician *

Köbi Kuhn Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn (12 October 1943 – 26 November 2019) was a Swiss football player and manager. During his playing career he played primarily for FC Zürich and won 63 caps for Switzerland, one of which was at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in Engl ...

(1943–2019), Swiss football coach *

Maggie Kuhn Margaret Eliza "Maggie" Kuhn (August 3, 1905 – April 22, 1995) was an Americans, American activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement, after she was forced to retire from her job at the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, then ...

(1905–1995), American activist, founder of the Gray Panthers * Markus Kuhn (American football) (born 1986), German-born American football player *

Markus Kuhn (computer scientist) Markus Guenther Kuhn (born 1971) is a German computer scientist, currently working at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge and a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. Education Kuhn was educated at University of Erlangen (Germany), ...

(born 1971), German computer scientist *

Mickey Kuhn Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. (September 21, 1932 – November 20, 2022) was an American actor. He started his career as a child actor, active on-screen during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1930s until the early 1950s. He is noted for ...

(1932–2022), American child actor *

Oliver Kuhn Oliver Wall Kuhn (August 14, 1898 – October 8, 1968), nicknamed "Doc Kuhn", was an American football, baseball and basketball player for the Vanderbilt University Commodores and later a prominent businessman of Tampa, Florida. As a colleg ...

(1898–1968), "Doc Kuhn", American football, baseball and basketball player *

Oskar Kuhn Oskar Kuhn (7 March 1908, Munich – 1 May 1990) was a German palaeontologist. Life and career Kuhn was educated in Dinkelsbühl and Bamberg and then studied natural science, specialising in geology and paleontology, at the University of Mun ...

(1908–1990), German paleontologist * Philip A. Kuhn (1933–2016), Harvard professor and China expert * Paul Kuhn (disambiguation), several people *

Peter Kuhn Peter Kuhn (April 14, 1955, in Summit, New Jersey – June 25, 2009, in Stafford Township, New Jersey ) was an American race car driver. In 1980, he won both the USAC and SCCA Formula Super Vee championships. Late in the 1984 season he competed in ...

(1955–2009), American race car driver *

Richard Kuhn Richard Johann Kuhn (; 3 December 1900 – 31 July 1967) was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins". Biography Early life Kuhn was born in Vienna, Austria ...

(1900–1967), Austrian biochemist, 1938 Nobel Prize in Chemistry * Rick Kuhn (born 1955), Australian Marxist economist and lecturer *

Robert Lawrence Kuhn Robert Lawrence Kuhn (born November 6, 1944) is an American public intellectual and investment banker. He is also an author, TV-producer, columnist and commentator, especially on topics related to China. Kuhn is the creator of the PBS series ''C ...

(born 1944), American author, investment banker, China specialist and PBS TV documentary host * Robert Verrill Kuhn (known as

Bob Keane Robert Verrill Kuhn (January 5, 1922 – November 28, 2009), professionally known as Bob Keane, and also sometimes known as Bob Keene, was an American musician, producer and the founder and owner of the record label Del-Fi Records. He was the ...

, 1922–2009), American clarinetist, producer and label owner *

Roland Kuhn Roland Kuhn (4 March 1912 – 10 October 2005) was a Swiss psychiatrist who discovered that the drug imipramine had antidepressant properties. he was born in Biel and died in Scherzingen. In 1957, Kuhn published the results of his observations of ...

, Swiss psychiatrist * Simone Kuhn (born 1980), Swiss beach volleyball player *

Steve Kuhn Steve Kuhn (born March 24, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator. He is the composer of the jazz standard " The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers". Biography Kuhn was born in New York City, New York, to S ...

(born 1938), American jazz pianist *

Thomas Kuhn Thomas Samuel Kuhn (; July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996) was an American History and philosophy of science, historian and philosopher of science whose 1962 book ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' was influential in both academic and ...

(1922–1996), American philosopher and historian of science, author of ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' *

Walt Kuhn Walter Francis Kuhn (October 27, 1877 – July 13, 1949) was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. Biography Kuhn was born in New Yor ...

(1877–1949), American painter Kihn (variant)Kinh
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Greg Kihn Gregory Stanley Kihn (; July 10, 1949 – August 13, 2024) was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits " The Br ...

, American musician and novelist *

Martin Kihn Martin Kihn is an American writer and digital marketer. Early life and education Martin Kihn was born in Zambia, where his parents met while working in a hospital. His South African-born father is a doctor, and his Scottish mother, a former actre ...

, American writer and digital marketer * W. Langdon Kihn (1898–1957), American painter and illustrator

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