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Otto Hermann Kahn ( February 21, 1867 - March 29, 1934) was a banker, collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts.

Born and raised in Mannheim, Germany, Kahn started working for the Berliner Deutsche Bank and, in 1888, was sent to their London office. He became a naturalized British citizen but in 1893 went to the United States, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1897 he joined the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Company in New York City. In 1917 Kahn gave up his British citizenship.

An extremely wealthy financier, Kahn supported artists such as Hart Crane, George Gershwin or Arturo Toscanini. In 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus Kahn, who had acquired a 443-acre estate on Long IslandThis article is about Long Island in New York State. For other uses, see Long Island (disambiguation Long Island part of New York State, is an island off the North American coast, some 118 miles (190 km) long, and from 12 to 20 miles wide, extending from, had Oheka Castle built as its centrepiece. Oheka (from Otto Hermann Kahn) was designed as the second largest private residence in the United States (126 rooms) by Delano & Aldrich of New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,; its landscaping was done by Frederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted ( April 27, 1822 August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well known urban parks, including Central Park in New York, New York, Mount Royal Park in Montreal, the Metropolitan Parks System in of Brookline, MassachusettsBrookline is a census-designated place and town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It borders Newton (part of Middlesex County) on the southwest and Boston (part of Suffolk County) in all other directions, so it is not actually contiguous with any other pa (who had also designed Central ParkCentral Park is a large park (843 acres 3. 4 km², a rectangle of 2. 5 miles/4 km by one-half mile/800 m) in Manhattan, New York. An oasis for Manhattanites escaping from their skyscrapers, the park is well-known worldwide after its appearance in many movi).

His son, Roger Wolfe KahnRoger Wolfe Kahn ( October 19, 1907 July 12, 1962) was a United States jazz and popular musician, composer, and band leader ("Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra"). Born in Morristown, New Jersey into a very rich family his father, Otto Hermann Kahn, was a, was a popular jazz musician and band leader of the late 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t and early 1930s. Otto Kahn's granddaughter is wife of the present 13th Earl of Airlie, a former Royal courtier and a Scottish peer (whose younger brother Rt Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy is married to Princess Alexandra of Kent, a member of the British Royal Family).