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Kurtz (surname)

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Kurtz or Kurz is a surname first found in Switzerland. It is mainly a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, meaning someone who is short in height. It comes from the German word 'kurz' meaning 'short'.

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Notable people of this name

  • Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials
  • Bob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscaster
  • Dan Kurtz (Bass Player), German/Brazilian musician
  • David B. Kurtz (1819–1898), American politician in California
  • Dayna Kurtz, American singer/songwriter
  • Efrem Kurtz (1900–1995), conductor
  • Eugene Kurtz (1923–2006), American composer
  • Frank Kurtz (1911–1996), diver and aviator
  • Frank Kurtz (director), creator of the Creepsville comic-book series
  • Gary Kurtz (born 1940), a producer on Star Wars
  • Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989), Dutch historian, writer and archivist
  • Glenn Kurtz (born 1962), American writer
  • Hal Kurtz (born 1943), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Howard Kurtz (born 1953), American journalist, author and media critic
  • Jacob Banks Kurtz (1867–1960), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
  • Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1809–1890), German Lutheran theologian
  • Joseph Edward Kurtz (born 1946), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
  • Joyce Kurtz (born 1958), American voice actress
  • Justin Kurtz (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Katherine Kurtz (born 1944), fantasy author
  • Linda Kurtz, American beauty queen and television host
  • Lucy Kurtz (1861–1937), wife of Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland
  • Maxine Kurtz (born 1921), American city planner
  • Michael L. Kurtz (born 1941), Southeastern Louisiana University historian
  • Mike Kurtz (c. 1845–1904), American burglar and gang leader in New York City
  • Oliver Kurtz (born 1971), former field hockey forward from Germany
  • Paul Kurtz (1925–2012), American philosopher and prominent skeptic
  • Stanley Kurtz, contributing editor for National Review Online
  • Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player
  • Stephen G. Kurtz, American historian
  • Steve Kurtz, performance artist
  • Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944), American actress, daughter of Frank Kurtz
  • Thomas Eugene Kurtz (born 1928), computer scientist who co-developed the BASIC programming language
  • William Kurtz (1833–1904), German-American photographer based in New York City
  • William Henry Kurtz (1804–1868), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania

    • In fiction

  • Kurtz (Heart of Darkness), novel character
  • Colonel Kurtz, film character, from Apocalypse Now

    • References

    Kurtz (surname) Wikipedia
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