Kurtz (surname)
Kurtz or Kurz is a surname first found in Switzerland.[1] 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'.[2]
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
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