Kurtz (surname)

Notable people of this name

• Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri, a companion of Muhammad
• Jacob Kurz von Senftenau, Imperial pro-chancellor for Rudolph II
• Adolf Kurz, German wrestler
• Christoph Albert Kurz, Swiss politician who served as the third mayor of Bern
• Bastian Kurz, German football midfielder
• Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer, primarily in film and TV commercials
• Bob Kurtz, American sportscaster
• Bruno Kurz, German painter
• Craven Kurz, American Orthodontist, inventor of Lingual braces
• David B. Kurtz, American politician in California
• Dayna Kurtz, American singer/songwriter
• Diana Kurz, Austrian-born feminist painter
• Edmund Kurtz, Russian-born Australian cellist and music editor
• Efrem Kurtz, conductor
• Erwin Kurz, President of the Swiss National Council
• Eugene Kurtz, American composer
• Frank Kurtz, diver and aviator
• Frank Kurtz, American film director and comics writer
• Fred Kurz, English football player
• Gary Kurtz, American film producer
• Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz, Dutch historian, writer and archivist
• Glenn Kurtz, American writer
• Hal Kurtz, baseball player
• Heinrich Kurz, Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Passau
• Heinz D. Kurz, Austrian professor of economics
• Hermann Kurz, German poet and novelist
• Howard Kurtz, American journalist, author and media critic
• Ilona Kurz, Czech concert pianist and professor
• Irma Kurtz, American-born UK-based agony aunt
• Isolde Kurz, German poet and short story writer
• Jacob Banks Kurtz, US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Jerry Kurz, one of the earliest leaders of Arena football
• Johann Kurz, Roman Catholic Presbyter and schoolmaster of the Archbishop seminary Hollabrun
• Johann Heinrich Kurtz, German Lutheran theologian
• Joseph Edward Kurtz, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
• Josef Kurz, or Josef Kruz, Czech sports shooter
• Joseph Kurtz, engineer and builder
• Joyce Kurtz, American voice actress
• Justin Kurtz, Canadian ice hockey player
• Karl Friedrich Kurz, Swiss-German-Norwegian novelist
• Katherine Kurtz, fantasy author
• Kurt Kurz, Austrian ice hockey player
• Lester R. Kurtz, American Sociologist
• Logan T. Kurtz, Tourette Syndrome advocate
• Lucy Kurtz, wife of Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland
• Marco Kurz, German footballer
• Maxine Kurtz, American city planner
• Michael L. Kurtz, American historian
• Mike Kurtz, American burglar and gang leader in New York City
• Nico Kurz, German darts player
• Oliver Kurtz, German hockey player
• Otto Kurz, Austrian historian
• Robert Kurz, American basketball player
• Paul Kurtz, American philosopher and skeptic
• Robert Kurz , German Marxist, social critic and editor of the journal Exit!
• Rudolf Friedrich Kurz, Swiss painter of native Americans
• Stanley Kurtz, contributing editor for National Review Online
• Rosemary Kurtz, American educator and politician
• Sanne Kurz, German cinematographer
• Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player
• Selma Kurz, Austrian operatic soprano
• Stephen G. Kurtz, American historian
• Steve Kurtz, performance artist
• Swoosie Kurtz, American actress, daughter of Frank
• Thomas Kurz, German football player
• Thomas Eugene Kurtz, computer scientist, co-developed the BASIC programming language
• Toni Kurz, German mountain climber
• Vilém Kurz, Czech pianist and renowned piano teacher
• Werner Kurz, Canadian researcher on climate change accountability
• Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, German botanist and garden director
• William Kurtz, German-American photographer based in New York City
• William Henry Kurtz, US Congressman from Pennsylvania

  In fiction

• Kurtz, novel character
• Colonel Kurtz, film character, from Apocalypse Now