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It comes from the German word ‘kurz’ meaning ‘short’.[2][better\u00a0source\u00a0needed]Notable people of this name[edit]Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri (628 AD), a companion of MuhammadJacob Kurz von Senftenau (or Latin: Jacob Curtius; Czech: Jakub Kurz ze Senftenavy), Imperial pro-chancellor for Rudolph IIAdolf Kurz (1888\u20131959), German wrestlerChristoph Albert Kurz (1806-1864), Swiss politician who served as the third mayor of BernBastian Kurz (born 1996), German football midfielderBob Kurtz (animator), director, producer, artist, and designer, primarily in film and TV commercialsBob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscasterBruno Kurz (born 1957), German painterCraven Kurz, American Orthodontist, inventor of Lingual bracesDavid B. Kurtz (1819\u20131898), American politician in CaliforniaDayna Kurtz, American singer\/songwriterDiana Kurz (born 1936), Austrian-born feminist painterEdmund Kurtz (1908\u20132004), Russian-born Australian cellist and music editorEfrem Kurtz (1900\u20131995), conductorErwin Kurz (1846\u20131901), President of the Swiss National Council (1887\/1888)Eugene Kurtz (1923\u20132006), American composerFrank Kurtz (1911\u20131996), diver and aviatorFrank Kurtz (director), American film director and comics writerFred Kurz (1918\u20131978), English football playerGary Kurtz, American film producer (Star Wars)Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899\u20131989), Dutch historian, writer and archivistGlenn Kurtz (born 1962), American writerGeorge Kurtz American cybersecurity entrepreneurHal Kurtz (born 1943), baseball playerHeinrich Kurz (died 1557), Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of PassauHeinz D. Kurz (born 1946), Austrian professor of economicsHermann Kurz (1813\u20131873), German poet and novelistHoward Kurtz (born 1953), American journalist, author and media criticIlona Kurz (1899-1975), Czech concert pianist and professorIrma Kurtz (born 1935), American-born UK-based agony auntIsolde Kurz (1853\u20131944), German poet and short story writerJacob Banks Kurtz (1867\u20131960), US Congressman from PennsylvaniaJerry Kurz (born 1949), one of the earliest leaders of Arena footballJohann Kurz (19131-985), Roman Catholic Presbyter and schoolmaster of the Archbishop seminary HollabrunJohann Heinrich Kurtz (1809\u20131890), German Lutheran theologianJoseph Edward Kurtz (born 1946), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Louisville, KentuckyJosef Kurz, or Josef Kruz (1889-?), Czech sports shooterJoseph Kurtz (born 1964), engineer and builderJoyce Kurtz (born 1958), American voice actressJustin Kurtz (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey playerKarl Friedrich Kurz (1878\u20131962), Swiss-German-Norwegian novelistKatherine Kurtz (born 1944), fantasy authorKurt Kurz (1927\u20132013), Austrian ice hockey playerLucy Kurtz (1861\u20131937), wife of Douglas Hyde, 1st President of IrelandMarco Kurz (born 1969), German footballerMaxine Kurtz (1921-2009), American city plannerMichael L. Kurtz (born 1941), American historianMike Kurtz (c. 1845\u20131904), American burglar and gang leader in New York CityNico Kurz (born 1997), German darts playerOliver Kurtz (born 1971), German hockey playerOtto Kurz (1908-1975), Austrian historianRobert Kurz (born 1985), American basketball playerPaul Kurtz (1925\u20132012), American philosopher and skepticRobert Kurz (philosopher) (1943\u20132012), German Marxist, social critic and editor of the journal Exit!Rosemary Kurtz (born 1930), American educator and politicianRudolf Friedrich Kurz (1818\u20131871), Swiss painter of native AmericansSarah Kurtz, American solar cell researcherStanley Kurtz, contributing editor for National Review OnlineSamuel Kurtz, Welsh politicianSanne Kurz (born 1974), German cinematographerScott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. PlayerSelma Kurz (1874\u20131933), Austrian operatic sopranoStephen G. Kurtz, American historianSteve Kurtz, performance artistSwoosie Kurtz (born 1944), American actress, daughter of FrankThomas Kurz (born 1988), German football playerThomas Eugene Kurtz (born 1928), computer scientist, co-developed the BASIC programming languageToni Kurz (1913\u20131936), German mountain climberVil\u00e9m Kurz (1872\u20131945), Czech pianist and renowned piano teacherWerner Kurz, Canadian researcher on climate change accountabilityWilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834\u20131878), German botanist and garden directorWilliam Kurtz (photographer) (1833\u20131904), German-American photographer based in New York CityWilliam Henry Kurtz (1804\u20131868), US Congressman from PennsylvaniaWilliam Joseph Kurtz (1935-2023), Polish Roman Catholic prelateIn fiction[edit]References[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/kurtz-surname-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Kurtz (surname) – Wikipedia"}}]}]