Jahn (Jähn) is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Constanze Jahn (born 1963), German chess player
David Jahn (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 (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 (1940–2021), German-American architect
Hermann Arthur Jahn (1907–1979), British scientist
Jan Jahn (1739–1802), Czech painter and art historian
Jeff Jahn (born 1970), American artist and critic
Johann Jahn (1750–1816), German Orientalist
Kurt Jahn (1892–1966), German general
Marie-Luise Jahn (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 (born 1943), American author and critic
Molly Jahn, American plant scientist and food security policy advisor
Otto Jahn (1813–1869), German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music
Patrick Jahn (born 1983), German football player
Robert G. Jahn (1930–2017), American scientist, electrical engineer, and psychic investigator
Ryan David Jahn (born 1979), American novelist and screenwriter
Sigmund Jähn (1937–2019), German astronaut
Thomas Jahn (born 1965), German film and television director
Wilhelm Jahn (1835–1900), Austro-Hungarian orchestral conductor
Willie Jahn (1889–1973), German athlete, leader of the Wandervogel youth movement, folksong composer, publisher, World War II army officer
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Jahn (Jähn) is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: Constanze Jahn (born 1963), German chess player David Jahn (born...
Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club...
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (11 August 1778 – 15 October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with...
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;...
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...
Eduard Adolf Wilhelm Jahn (20 May 1871, Berlin – 23 January 1942, Hann. Münden) was a German biologist and mycologist. Jahn studied natural sciences at...
Jahns or Jähns is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annette Jahns (1958–2020), German operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, and opera...
Dr. Alfredo Jahn Hartman (8 October 1867 – 12 July 1940) was a Venezuelan civil engineer, botanist and geographer. Jahn was a member of the Academy of...
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...
Thomas Jahn (born 9 July 1965) is a German film and television director. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997) Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998) Auf Herz...
Lilli Jahn (born Schlüchterer; 5 March 1900 – ca. 19 June 1944) was a German-Jewish medical doctor and victim of Nazism in Germany. She gained international...
Sarah Jahn is an American Christian pop singer from Wood River, Illinois. Jahn sang in a middle school choir, but did not consider a career in music until...
Jahn Teigen (born Jan Teigen; 27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision...
Patrick Jahn (born 22 February 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a retired German football player. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with FC Energie...
he identified the Jahn–Teller effect. He is not to be confused with Hermann Jahn, the 20th Century German politician, or Hermann Jahn the 20th Century...
Roland Jahn (born 14 July 1953) is a German journalist and former East German dissident who took office as Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records in...
Otto Jahn (German: [jaːn]; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music...
Fee Jähn (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːlɪks kʊʁt jɛːn]; born Felix Kurt Jähn), known professionally as Felix Jaehn, is a German DJ and record producer. Jaehn...
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...
Cheri Jahn (born July 12, 1953) is a politician from Colorado. She served in both the State Senate and the State House of Representatives. While serving...
Johann Jahn (18 June 1750 in Tasswitz, Moravia – 16 August 1816 in Vienna) was a German orientalist. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of University...
Janheinz Jahn (23 July 1918 in Frankfurt on Main – 20 October 1973 in Messel, Darmstadt-Dieburg) was a German writer and influential scholar of literature...
Jahn Ivar Jakobsen, nicknamed Mini, (born 8 November 1965) is a Norwegian former football player (winger/forward) who has played for, amongst others, Bodø/Glimt...
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