Famous People with Name Jahn

Jahn Teigen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Jahn Teigen: is a Norwegian singer and musician. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983 respectively. His given name was Jan, he added the silent H later. Since October 2006 he has been living in Sweden.

Cheri Jahn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cheri Jahn: is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 20th District since 2011. Her district encompasses the city of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.Previously she was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2001 through 2008.In the 2011 s

Rudolf (Rudi) Jahn            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Rudolf (Rudi) Jahn: was a German politician (KPD, SED) and Minister-President of Brandenburg (1949-1952).

Roland Jahn            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Roland Jahn: is a German journalist and former East German dissident who took office as Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives in March 2011. In 2010, Jahn was nominated as Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives by the Christian Democratic Union in the Feder

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn: was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist. He is commonly known as Turnvater Jahn, roughly meaning "father of gymnastics" Jahn.

Gunnar Jahn            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Gunnar Jahn: was a Norwegian jurist, economist, statistician, politician for the Liberal Party and resistance member. He held several important positions, such as Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs from 1934 to 1935 and in 1945, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1941 to 1966 and Governor of the Central Bank of Norway from 1946 to 1954. From 1917 to 1919 he worked in Rasjoneringsdirektoratet, and from 1919 to 1920 he was the director there. In 1920 he became director of Statistics Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1927. From November 1934 to March 1935 he was the Minister of Finance and Customs in Mowinckel's Third Cabinet. He became a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1937, and chairman from 1941 to 1966. He was also a member of the Liberal Party's national board for some time.