Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn; April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist.

Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los AngelesHis father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, “loved to hear any and all versions of his songs”. He took piano lessons as a child and played drums for the surf rock band the Chantays. The band’s guitarist exposed him to the albums Tough Talk by The Crusaders and Movin’ Wesby Wes Montgomery. In his late teens he quit the drums and started playing guitar. He was a member of the R&B band Friends of Distinction, recorded with keyboardist Phil Moore, then played on the album Bullittby Wilton Felder (“one of my heroes”). Despite his father’s advice to avoid a career in the music business, he graduated from UCLA with a degree in music composition and theory.