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Kurtz is a surname, mainly a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic/Yiddish), meaning someone who is short in height. It comes from the German word 'kurz' meaning 'short'. Variant: Kurz. Notable people with the surname include:

Jacob Kurz von Senftenau (or Latin: Jacob Curtius; Czech: Jakub Kurz ze Senftenavy), Imperial pro-chancellor for Rudolph II
Adolf Kurz (1888–1959), German wrestler
Bastian Kurz (born 1996), German football midfielder
Bob Kurtz (animator), director, producer, artist, and designer, primarily in film and TV commercials
Bob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscaster
David B. Kurtz (1819–1898), American politician in California
Edmund Kurtz (1908–2004), Russian-born Australian cellist and music editor
Efrem Kurtz (1900–1995), conductor
Erwin Kurz (1846–1901), President of the Swiss National Council (1887/1888)
Eugene Kurtz (1923–2006), American composer
Federico Kurtz (1854–1920), German-Argentine botanist
Frank Kurtz (1911–1996), diver and aviator
Frank Kurtz (director), American film director and comics writer
Fred Kurz (1918–1978), English football player
Gary Kurtz, American film producer (Star Wars)
George Kurtz American cybersecurity entrepreneur
Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989), Dutch historian, writer and archivist
Glenn Kurtz (born 1962), American writer
Hal Kurtz (born 1943), baseball player
Heinrich Kurz (died 1557), Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Passau
Heinz D. Kurz (born 1946), Austrian professor of economics
Hermann Kurz (1813–1873), German poet and novelist
Howard Kurtz (born 1953), American journalist, author and media critic
Ilona Kurz (1899-1975), Czech concert pianist and professor
Irma Kurtz (born 1935), American-born UK-based agony aunt
Isolde Kurz (1853–1944), German poet and short story writer
Jacob Banks Kurtz (1867–1960), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
Jeff Kurtz (born 1954), American politician
Jerry Kurz (born 1949), one of the earliest leaders of Arena football
Johann Kurz (1913-1985), Roman Catholic Presbyter and schoolmaster of the Archbishop seminary Hollabrun
Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1809–1890), German Lutheran theologian
Josef Kurz, or Josef Kruz (1889-?), Czech sports shooter
Joseph Kurtz (born 1964), engineer and builder
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
Karl Friedrich Kurz (1878–1962), Swiss-German-Norwegian novelist
Katherine Kurtz (born 1944), fantasy author
Kurt Kurz (1927–2013), Austrian ice hockey player
Lucy Kurtz (1861–1937), wife of Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland
Marco Kurz (born 1969), German footballer
Maxine Kurtz (1921-2009), American city planner
Michael L. Kurtz (born 1941), American historian
Mike Kurtz (c. 1845–1904), American burglar and gang leader in New York City
Nico Kurz (born 1997), German darts player
Oliver Kurtz (born 1971), German hockey player
Otto Kurz (1908-1975), Austrian historian
Paul Kurtz (1925–2012), American philosopher and skeptic
Robert Kurz (born 1985), American basketball player
Robert Kurz (philosopher) (1943–2012), German Marxist, social critic and editor of the journal Exit!
Rosemary Kurtz (born 1930), American educator and politician
Rudolf Friedrich Kurz (1818–1871), Swiss painter of native Americans
Sarah Kurtz, American solar cell researcher
Stanley Kurtz, contributing editor for National Review Online
Samuel Kurtz, Welsh politician
Sanne Kurz (born 1974), German cinematographer
Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player
Selma Kurz (1874–1933), Austrian operatic soprano
Stephen G. Kurtz, American historian
Steve Kurtz, performance artist
Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944), American actress, daughter of Frank
Thomas Kurz (born 1988), German football player
Thomas Eugene Kurtz (1928–2024), computer scientist, co-developed the BASIC programming language
Toni Kurz (1913–1936), German mountain climber
Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), Czech pianist and renowned piano teacher
Werner Kurz, Canadian researcher on climate change accountability
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834–1878), German botanist and garden director
William Kurtz (photographer) (1833–1904), German-American photographer based in New York City
William Henry Kurtz (1804–1868), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
William Joseph Kurtz (1935-2023), Polish Roman Catholic prelate




Fictional characters


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




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