Kahn, Otto Hermann

Kahn, Otto Hermann
(1867–1943)
   US banker. Born in Germany, Kahn reached the United States at the age of twenty-six, became a partner of Kuhn, Loeb and Company, and a respected and influential banker. He was one of the leading American Jewish philanthropists, and as a patron of the arts subsidized galleries, museums, orchestras and cultural visits from abroad. He was chairman and then president of the Metropolitan Opera Company.

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  • KAHN, OTTO HERMANN — (1867–1934), U.S. banker, arts patron, and philanthropist. Kahn, who was born in Mannheim, Germany, was the son of Bernhard Kahn, a banker and arts patron. Otto Kahn began his banking career at a small bank in Karlsruhe. After service with a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Kahn, Otto Hermann — ▪ American businessman born Feb. 21, 1867, Mannheim, Baden [Germany] died March 29, 1934, New York, N.Y., U.S.       banker and patron of the arts who played an important role in reorganizing the U.S. railroad systems.       In 1888 Kahn was sent …   Universalium

  • Otto Hermann Kahn — Born February 21, 1867(1867 02 21) Mannheim, Germany Died March 29, 1934(1934 03 29) (aged 67) New York City, U …   Wikipedia

  • Otto Hermann Kahn — (1929) Otto Hermann Kahn (* 21. Februar 1867 in Mannheim; † 29. März 1934 in New York City) war ein erfolgreicher Bankier und Unternehmer in den USA. Bekannt wurde er als Mäzen insbesondere der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Kahn — is a German surname. Kahn is the German word for a small boat. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn. People with the surname Kahn * Albert Kahn (banker) (1860 ndash;1940), French banker,… …   Wikipedia

  • Otto Wagener — Otto Wilhelm Heinrich Wagener (* 29. April 1888 in Durlach; † 9. August 1971 in Chieming) war deutscher Generalmajor, Mitglied des Reichstages (November 1933 bis 1938) und Wirtschaftsberater Adolf Hitlers …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Roger Wolfe Kahn — Roger Wolfe Kahn, seine erste Frau Hannah Williams und Otto Hermann Kahn 1931 vor dem Hotel Adlon in Berlin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bernhard Kahn — (* 23. Mai 1827 in Stebbach; † 8. März 1905 in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Industrieller, Bankier und Stadtrat in Mannheim. Leben Bernhard (auch Benedikt) Kahn war einer von fünf Söhnen des Michael Kahn und der Franziska, geb. Bär, aus Stebbach …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Roger Wolfe Kahn — (October 19, 1907 – July 12, 1962) was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader ( Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra ).Roger Wolff Kahn (Wolff was his middle name s original spelling) was born in Morristown, New Jersey into …   Wikipedia

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