Kurt

Kurt

Kurt is a given name. Its principal English variant is Curt, while others include Cord, Curd, and Kort. It originated as a short form of Curtis, Konrad (Conrad), and Kunibert. Curt also means to be impolitely brief. The meaning of the name is: "Full of wisdom"

Its name days are November 12 (Sweden), November 26 (Norway) and September 13 (Australia).

Kurt also appears as a surname and means wolf in Turkish.

Given name

• Kurt Angle (born 1968), American wrestler
• Kurt Beck (born 1949), German politician
• Kurt Biedenkopf (born 1930), German politician
• Kurt Browning (born 1966), Canadian figure-skater
• Kurt Busch (born 1978), American NASCAR Driver
• Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), American musician, member of the band Nirvana
• Kurt Epstein (1904-75), Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player
• Kurt Gödel (1906-1978), German mathematician
• Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), German educator, creator of Outward Bound
• Kurt Hensel (1861-1941), German mathematician
• Kurt James (born 1972), American musician
• Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian football player and coach
• Curd Jürgens (1915-1982), German-Austrian actor
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988), German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1966-1969
• Kurt Krakowian (born 1964), Child actor
• Kurt Krenn (born 1936), Austrian bishop
• Kurt (Kubrat) (632–665 AD), Bulgar statesman
• Kurt Lamm (1919–87), German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator
• Kurt Loder (born 1945), American media correspondent
• Kurt Masur (born 1927), German conductor
• Kurt Nilsen (born 1978), Norwegian singer
• Kurt Russell (born 1951), American actor
• Curt Schilling (born 1966), American baseball player
• Kurt von Schleicher (1882-1934), German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany 1932-1933
• Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), German painter
• Kurt Sinette (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago boxer
• Curt Smith (born 1961), British musician, member of Tears for Fears
• Curt Stone (born 1922), American long-distance runner
• Kurt Student (1890-1978), German air force general
• Kurt Suzuki (born 1983), American baseball player
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), German journalist
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American writer
• Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director
• Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian politician, UN Secretary General 1972-1981, convicted Nazi war criminal.
• Kurt Warburton, English mixed martial arts fighter
• Kurt Warner (born 1971), American football player
• Kurt Weill (1900-1950), German-American composer
• Kurt Westergaard (born 1935), Danish cartoonist
• Kurt Wolff (1887-1963), German publisher
• Kurt Wubben (born 1972), Dutch marathon ice speed skater
• Kurt (Kubrat), 7^th century Khan of Bulgars

Surname

• Kemal Kurt (1947-2002), author, translator and photographer
• Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet, writer and sociologist
• Yaşar Kurt, Turkish rock artist
• Sabahudin Kurt, Bosnian singer

Fictional characters

• Kurt-051, character in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
• Kurt Hummel, character in the TV series Glee
• Colonel Kurt Von Strohm, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
• Kurt Wagner (comics), also known as Nightcrawler, Marvel comic book superhero
• Kurt Wallander, detective in the works of Henning Mankell
• Curt Wild, character in the movie Velvet Goldmine
• Kurt Dierker, a character from the game The Saboteur

Other meanings

• Conrad, full of wisdom
• Qurut, type of cheese popular in Central Asia

External links

• Statistics Norway page on number of Norwegians with the name

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