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.^[1]

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 (born 1938), French journalist
• 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