Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Konrad/Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. Like Conrad, it can also a surname and less uncommon variations in Germanic languages including ,

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Kort Kort or KORT may refer to: People Given name *Kort Rogge (c. 1425-1501) a Swedish bishop and member of the Privy Council of Sweden * Kort Schubert (born 1979), American rugby union footballer Surname: Kort * Dawid Kort (born 1995), Polish football ...

, Kurth, and Kurtu. In Turkish, Kurt means "wolf" and is a surname and less commonly a given name in numerous Turkic countries.

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* Curt Boström (1926–2014), Swedish social democrat politician * Curt Casali (born 1988), American baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants *

Curt Gowdy Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC S ...

(1919–2006), American sportscaster * Curt Hasler (born 1964), American baseball coach *

Curt Hennig Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), better known by the ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler. Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time by peers, critics, and fans, he per ...

(1958–2003), American professional wrestler * Curt Jensen (born 1990), American shot put thrower *

Curd Jürgens Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in ''Des Teufels Gener ...

(1915–1982), German-Austrian actor *

Wolf Curt von Schierbrand Wolf Curt von Schierbrand (31 January 1807 – 20 February 1888) was a German zoological scientist and member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. His report of his travels in Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. ...

(1807–1888), German zoologist *

Curt Schilling Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball right handed pitcher and commentator for media outlet BlazeTV. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a World Series appearance in 1993 World Seri ...

(born 1966), American baseball player * Curt Sjöö (born 1937), Swedish Army lieutenant general *

Curt Smith Curt Smith (born 24 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist, bassist, and co-founding member of the pop rock band Tears for Fears along with childhood friend Roland ...

(born 1961), British musician, member of

Tears for Fears Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands o ...

Curt Stone Curtis Charles "Curt" Stone (November 19, 1922 – July 30, 2021) was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics with the best result of sixth place in 1948. He also competed in the 10000 m at ...

(1922–2021), American long-distance runner *

Curtis Stone Curtis Travis Stone (born 4 November 1975) is an Australian celebrity chef, author, and television personality. Stone has been the fresh food and recipes ambassador for Coles Supermarkets in Australia since 2010. Early life Stone was born ...

(born 1975), Australian chef and TV personality *

Curt Westberg Major General Curt Westberg (born 14 September 1943) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer. His senior commands include commanding officer of the Gotland Military District, Central Military District as well as Commandant General in Stockho ...

(born 1943), Swedish Air Force major general *

Curt Wittenberg Curt Wittenberg is an American biologist at Scripps Research Institute and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–base ...

, American biologist

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Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

(1915-2024), German theologian and biblical scholar *

Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler. He first earned recognition for winning a Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg, gold me ...

(born 1968), American wrestler *

Kurt Asle Arvesen Kurt Asle Arvesen (born 9 February 1975) is a Norway, Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2011. Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset Municipality, Nesset. He won the Norwegian National Roa ...

(born 1975), Norwegian racing cyclist *

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and record producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for metalcore band Converge and for his recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and pe ...

(born 1974), American guitarist and producer *

Kurt Barling J. Kurt Barling (born November 1961) is a British professor of journalism at Middlesex University.Kurt Beck Kurt Beck (born 5 February 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served as the 7th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013 and as the 55th President of the Bundesrat in 2000–01. In May 2 ...

(born 1949), German politician (SPD) * Kurt Benkert (born 1995), American football player * Kurt Bevacqua (born 1947), American baseball player *

Kurt Biedenkopf Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (; 28 January 1930 – 12 August 2021) was a German jurist, academic teacher and politician of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) party. He was rector of the Ruhr University Bochum. Biedenkopf made a political career ...

(1930–2021), German politician (CDU) * Kurt Browning (born 1966), Canadian figure-skater * Kurt Burnette (born 1955), American Ruthenian Catholic bishop of the Eparchy of Passaic *

Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...

(born 1978), American NASCAR driver *

Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ) was an American musician. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana (band), Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establis ...

(1967–1994), American musician, frontman of the band

Nirvana Nirvana, in the Indian religions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism), is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering ('' duḥkha'') and from the ...

Kurt Daluege Kurt Max Franz Daluege (15 September 1897 – 24 October 1946) was a German ''SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer'' and ''Generaloberst'' of the police, the highest ranking police officer, who served as chief of ''Ordnungspolizei'' (Order Police) of N ...

(1897–1946), German SS general and police official * Kurt Damrow (born 1962), American politician * Kurt Darren, South African Afrikaans singer *

Kurt Demmler Kurt Demmler (born ''Kurt Abramowitsch'', 12 September 1943 Posen – 3 February 2009 Berlin) was a German songwriter, who in the earlier part of his life was a dissident East German songwriter. Accused of alleged sexual abuse of underage gir ...

(1943–2009), German songwriter; accused of sexual abuse he hanged himself in his jail cell * Kurt Epstein (1904–1975), Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player * Kurt Equiluz (1929–2022), Austrian classical tenor in opera and concert * Kurt Feldman (born 1984), American musician, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist * Kurt Gerstein, German SS officer and member of Waffen-SS *

Kurt Gödel Kurt Friedrich Gödel ( ; ; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel profoundly ...

(1906–1978), German mathematician * Kurt Gregor (1907–1990), German socialist politician * Kurt Großkurth (1909–1975), German actor and singer *

Kurt Hahn Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn (5 June 1886 – 14 December 1974) was a German educator. He was decisive in founding Stiftung Louisenlund, Schule Schloss Salem, Gordonstoun, Outward Bound, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and the first of the U ...

(1886–1974), German educator, creator of Outward Bound *

Kurt Hamrin Kurt Roland "Kurre" Hamrin (; 19 November 1934 – 4 February 2024) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a winger. He began his career in his home country with AIK, but later played for several Italian clubs, most notably Fioren ...

(born 1934), Swedish football player *

Kurt Harland Kurt Harland is an American singer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He is the lead singer of Information Society. He also works on video game scores, including two of the soundtracks for the '' Legacy of Kain'' video game series ('' Legacy of ...

(born 1963), American musician, audio engineer and lead singer of the band

Information Society An information society is a society or subculture where the usage, Content creation, creation, information distribution, distribution, manipulation and information integration, integration of information is a significant activity. Its main drive ...

Kurt Heegner Kurt Heegner (; 16 December 1893 – 2 February 1965) was a German private scholar from Berlin, who specialized in radio engineering and mathematics. He is famous for his mathematical discoveries in number theory and, in particular, the Stark–H ...

(1893–1965), German mathematician *

Kurt Hensel Kurt Wilhelm Sebastian Hensel (29 December 1861 – 1 June 1941) was a German mathematician born in Königsberg. Life and career Hensel was born in Königsberg, Province of Prussia (today Kaliningrad, Russia), the son of Julia (née von Adelson ...

(1861–1941), German mathematician * Kurt Hinish (born 1999), American football player *

Kurt Holman Kurt Holman is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of London—Fanshawe in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Background Holman was born in Sarnia, Ontario and grew up in Forest. ...

, Canadian politician * Kurt James (born 1972), American musician * Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian football player and coach * Kurt Kafentzis (born 1962), American football player *

Kurt Georg Kiesinger Kurt Georg Kiesinger (; 6 April 1904 – 9 March 1988) was a German politician who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became Chancellor he served as Minister-President of Baden-Württembe ...

(1904–1988), German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1966–1969 *

Kurt Krenn Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Sankt Pölten, near Vienna, from 1991 to 2004. Childhood and youth Kurt Krenn was born in Rannariedl, in the municipality of Neustift im Mühlk ...

(1936–2014), Austrian bishop * Kurt (Kubrat) (632–665 AD), Bulgar statesman *

Kurt Kuenne Kurt Kuenne (born October 24, 1973) is an American filmmaker and composer. He has directed a number of short and feature films, including ''Rent-a-Person'', the YouTube film ''Validation'', described as "a romantic epic in miniature", and the do ...

(born 1973), American filmmaker, known for the documentary ''Dear Zachary'' * Kurt Lamm (1919–1987), German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator *

Kurt Loder Kurt Loder (born May 5, 1945) is an American entertainment critic, author, columnist and television personality. He served in the 1980s as editor at ''Rolling Stone'', during a tenure that ''Reason'' later called "legendary". He has contributed ...

(born 1945), American media correspondent * Kurt Looby (born 1984), Antiguan basketball player * Kurt Mann (born 1993), Australian rugby league project *

Kurt Masur Kurt Masur (; 18 July 192719 December 2015) was a German Conducting, conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewand ...

(1927–2015), German conductor *

Kurt Meyer Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS (the combat branch of the SS) and participated in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, and oth ...

(1910–1961), German commander * Kurt Mørkøre (born 1969), Faroese footballer *

Kurt Nilsen Kurt Erik Nilsen () (born 29 September 1978) is a Norwegian pop/country singer. He won the first season of the Norwegian reality show ''Idol'', which aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He then won a one-off international version of ''Pop Idol'' called ...

(born 1978), Norwegian singer *

Kurt Pompe Kurt Bruno Pompe (March 4, 1899 in Schmiedeberg, Lower Silesia, German Empire – August 1, 1964 in Schweinfurt, West Germany) occupied important positions in several forced labor camps for Jews in Silesia (German until 1945) during World War II, p ...

(1899–1964), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Kurt Rambis Darrell Kurt Rambis (; born February 25, 1958) is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach who is a senior basketball adviser for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won f ...

(born 1958), Greek-American basketball coach and former player *

Kurt Reidemeister Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister (13 October 1893 – 8 July 1971) was a mathematician born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany. Life He was a brother of Marie Neurath. Beginning in 1912, he studied in Freiburg, Munich, Marburg, and Göttin ...

(1893–1971), German mathematician * Kurt Roberts (born 1988), American shot putter *

Kurt Russell Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor before transitioning to leading roles as an adult in various genres such as action adventures, science-fiction, westerns, romance films, co ...

(born 1951), American actor *

Kurt von Schleicher Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and the penultimate Chancellor of Germany#First German Republic (Weimar Republic, 1919–1933), chancellor of Germany during the Weim ...

(1882–1934), German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany 1932–1933 * Kurt Fritz Schneider (1902–1985), German circus performer in the USA * Kurt Hugo Schneider (born 1988), also known as KHS, American film director, producer, singer and songwriter *

Kurt Schneider Kurt Schneider (7 January 1887 – 27 October 1967) was a German psychiatrist known largely for his writing on the diagnosis and understanding of schizophrenia, as well as personality disorders then known as psychopathic personalities. ...

(1887–1967), German psychiatrist * Kurt Schneider (aviator) (1888–1917), German World War I flying ace * Kurt Schneider (athlete) (1900–1988), German athlete * Kurt Schwertsik, Austrian composer *

Kurt Schwitters Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including Dadaism, Constructivism (a ...

(1887–1948), German painter * Kurt Sinette (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago boxer * Kurt Sonnenfeld (1921-1997), Austrian musician and composer * Kurt Spenrath (born 1976), Canadian filmmaker * Kurt Stettler (1932–2020), Swiss footballer *

Kurt Student Kurt Arthur Benno Student (12 May 1890 – 1 July 1978) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. An early pioneer of airborne forces, Student was in overall command of developing a paratrooper force to be known as the ''Fallschi ...

(1890–1978), German air force general * Kurt Suzuki (born 1983), American baseball player *

Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satire, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the Kaspar Hauser, historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wr ...

(1890–1935), German journalist * Kurt Vile (born 1980), American singer and songwriter *

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut ( ; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his Satire, satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfict ...

(1922–2007), American writer * Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director *

Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations#List of secretaries-general, secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 a ...

(1918–2007), Austrian politician, UN Secretary General 1972–1981, convicted Nazi war criminal * Kurt Warburton, English mixed martial arts fighter *

Kurt Warner Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals. His career, whi ...

(born 1971), American football player *

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...

(1900–1950), German-American composer *

Kurt Westergaard Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard; 13 July 1935 – 14 July 2021) was a Danish cartoonist. In 2005 he drew a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban as a part of the ''Jyllands-Posten'' Muhammad cartoons, whic ...

(1935–2021), Danish cartoonist *

Kurt Widmer Kurt Widmer (28 December 1940 – 31 May 2023) was a Swiss baritone and voice teacher, who appeared and recorded internationally. He focused on concert singing, especially of oratorios from the Romantic music, Romantic period. His recordings cov ...

(1940–2023), Swiss bariton *

Kurt Wolff (aviator) ''Oberleutnant'' Kurt Robert Wilhelm Wolff Pour le Merite, PlM (6 February 1895 – 15 September 1917) was one of Imperial Germany's highest-scoring Flying ace, fighter aces during World War I. The frail youthful orphan originally piloted bomber ...

(1895–1917), German flying ace *

Kurt Wolff (publisher) Kurt Wolff (3 March 1887 – 21 October 1963) was a German publisher, editor, writer, and journalist. Wolff was born in Bonn, Rhenish Prussia; his mother came from a Jewish-German family. He married Elisabeth Karoline Clara Merck (1890–1 ...

(1887–1963), German publisher * Kurt Wubben (born 1972), Dutch marathon ice speed skater * Kurt Zouma (born 1994), French footballer

Fictional characters

* Curt Wild, in the movie '' Velvet Goldmine'' * Colonel Kurt Von Strohm, in the BBC sitcom ''

'Allo 'Allo! ''Allo 'Allo!'' is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson. Originally broadcast on BBC1, the series focuses on the life of a Frenc ...

'' *

Kurt-051 ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' is a military science fiction novel by Eric Nylund, based on the Halo (franchise), ''Halo'' series of video games. The book was released in October 2006 and is the fourth ''Halo'' novel; Nylund's third contribution to the ...

, in the novel '' Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' *

Kurt Barlow Kurt Barlow is a fictional vampire and the main antagonist of Stephen King's 1975 horror novel Salem's Lot''. The character is a powerful vampire who moves to the Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot with the intent to form a vampire colony of its r ...

, in the novel ''

'Salem's Lot ''Salem's Lot'' is a 1975 American horror fiction, horror novel by author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (Stephen King), Jerusalem's Lot ( ...

'' * Kurt Dierker, from the game '' The Saboteur'' * Kurt Dussander, from the novella ''

Apt Pupil ''Apt Pupil'' (1982) is a novella by Stephen King subtitled "Summer of Corruption", originally published in the 1982 novella collection '' Different Seasons'' with a more dramatic bent, rather than the horror fiction for which King is famous. ''A ...

'' * Kurt Frank, a survivor in the video game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a 2018 free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by the Chinese company NetEase(网易) in cooperation with Behaviour Interactive, creators of the similar game Dead by Daylight. Play ...

'' *

Kurt Hummel Kurt Elizabeth Hummel is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee''. Series creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan initially conceived of him as a fashionable gay countertenor who is routinely bullied a ...

, in the TV series ''

Glee Glee may refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Gle ...

'' * Kurt von Trapp, in the musical ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' * Kurt Wylde, in the movie '' Hot Wheels: World Race'' and the movie series Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers * Kurt Wagner (comics), also known as Nightcrawler, Marvel comic book superhero *

Kurt Wallander Kurt Wallander () is a fictional Swedish police inspector created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015). He is the protagonist of many thriller/mystery novels set in and around the town of Ystad, south-east of the city of Mal ...

, detective in the works of

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a ...

* Kurt Kelly, a jock from the movie ''

Heathers ''Heathers'' is a 1988 American teen dark comedy crime film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, K ...

'' and its

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

and

TV series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming platf ...

adaptations * Kurt Kunkle, main character and killer in the movie Spree (film) * Kurt Vander, from the Japanese video game The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III * Curtis 'Curt' Henderson, in the movie

American Graffiti ''American Graffiti'' is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat ...

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