Kurtz

Kurtz

Kurtz is the surname of several people:

* Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials
* Bob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscaster
* Efrem Kurtz, conductor
* Frank Kurtz, diver and aviator
* Frank Kurtz (director) - creator of the Creepsville comic-book series
* Gary Kurtz, a producer on "Star Wars"
* Hal Kurtz, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Howard A. Kurtz , American Criminologist
* Howard Kurtz, American journalist, author and media critic
* J. Banks Kurtz, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
* Johann Heinrich Kurtz, German Lutheran theologian
* Katherine Kurtz, fantasy author
* Paul Kurtz, prominent skeptic
* Stanley Kurtz, Contributing Editor for National Review Online
* Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player
* Steve Kurtz, performance artist
* Swoosie Kurtz, American actress, daughter of Frank Kurtz
* Thomas Eugene Kurtz, computer scientist who co-developed the BASIC programming language
* Joseph Edward Kurtz, The Archbishop of Louisville Kentucky;Fictional persons:
* Kurtz (Heart of Darkness), main character of Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness"
* Colonel Kurtz, a main character of the film "Apocalypse Now" played by Marlon Brando, who is based off the above character.

;Places:In the United States:
* Kurtz, Indiana
* Kurtz Township, Minnesota
* Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

See also

* Kurz


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