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

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